meeting virginia roberts, dining with her, dancing with her at tramp, or going on to have sex with her in a bedroom in a house in belgravia? yes, i can absolutely categorically tell you that never happened. do you recall any kind of sexual contact with virginia roberts then or at any other time? none whatsoever. this afternoon, prince andrew s team will ask a new yorkjudge to throw out ms giuffre s case. her lawyers say she is confident that won t happen and one way or another, the duke will have to answer her allegations. dominic casciani, bbc news. let s now speak to lucia osborne crowley, she is a reporter covering courts and the law for legal news service law360 she has been following the case. thank you forjoining us. tell us more about the arguments that will be hard around this agreement between virginia giuffre and jeffrey
yes, i can absolutely categorically tell you that never happened. do you recall any kind of sexual contact with virginia roberts then or at any other time? none whatsoever. this afternoon, prince andrew s team will ask a new yorkjudge to throw out ms giuffre s case. her lawyers say she is confident that won t happen and one way or another, the duke will have to answer her allegations. dominic casciani, bbc news. 0ur royal correspondentjonny dymond says prince andrew s lawyers think the legal documents released yesterday will help their case. well, they say that he is covered by the deal, not because he is necessarily a potential defendant, although that is the language of the deal, but because ms giuffre had mentioned royalty in her claim againstjeffrey epstein, the claim that was then dealt with the deal. that was dealt with by the deal that was released yesterday. and so they say that he is directly
newsnight interview. you can say categorically that you don t recall meeting virginia roberts, dining with her, dancing with her or going on to have sex with her in a bedroom in a house in belgravia? i can absolutely categorically tell you it s never happened. - do you recall any kind of sexual contact with virginia roberts, then or any other time? none whatsoever. tomorrow, prince andrew s team will ask for the case to be thrown out. throughout miss giuffre s case, her lawyers say she is confident that won t happen, and one way or another, the duke will have to answer her allegations. i m joined now by moira penza, former assistant us attorney for the eastern district of new york and an experienced prosecutor in civil trials and sex
do you recall any kind of sexual contact with virginia roberts then or at any other time? none whatsoever. this afternoon, prince andrew s team will ask a new yorkjudge to throw out ms giuffre s case. her lawyers say she is confident that won t happen and one way or another, the duke will have to answer her allegations. dominic casciani, bbc news. millions of pupils across the uk are returning from their christmas break today and over the next couple of days, amid concerns about staff shortages caused by the 0micron variant of covid. in england, secondary school students will have to take tests on site before they return to the classroom, as jayne mccubbin reports. for secondary school children this week, it is back to the classroom. back to masks, and in england at least, it will all kick off with a covid test on arrival in school. for ethan and louis, though, this is one last out before that begins. how are you feeling about it? a bit nervous.
do you recall any kind of sexual contact with virginia roberts then or at any other time? none whatsoever. this afternoon, prince andrew s team will ask a new yorkjudge to throw out ms giuffre s case. her lawyers say she is confident that won t happen and one way or another, the duke will have to answer her allegations. dominic casciani, bbc news. let s talk to our royal correspondent sean coughlan. what are we expecting to happen today, potentially? the what are we expecting to happen today, potentially? what are we expecting to happen today, potentially? the scene is set for a courtroom today, potentially? the scene is set for a courtroom battle today, potentially? the scene is set for a courtroom battle in today, potentially? the scene is set for a courtroom battle in new- today, potentially? the scene is set for a courtroom battle in new york, i for a courtroom battle in new york, prince andrew s lawyers say the court case should be thrown at straightaway because of the term