is a settlement agreement between the latejeffrey epstein and virginia giuffre, also known as virginia roberts. it dismisses the case for damages brought by ms giufrre, in return for the sum of $500,000, or £371,000. there was no admission of liability from epstein. it also adds that the document is a general release by virginia giuffre for any other person or entity who could have been included as a potential defendant, from all legal actions, including lawsuits both state and federal level. the agreement was overseen by the laws of florida, where it was agreed. it was signed by ms giuffre, who gave her address as being in new south wales, in australia. our legal correspondent dominic casciani has more details, he s been speaking to my colleague ben brown. so, this is a 12 page document signed in november 2009, which seems a whole world away, but you have to bear in mind the allegations virginia giuffre makes againstjeffrey epstein and people around him, including prince andrew, da
in london and in the caribbean nothing to do with florida, which is kind of the core of this case, and i think that s what s going to get argued about tomorrow. also, on top of that, the duke s lawyers are bringing all sorts of motions tomorrow in new york to have it thrown out. they re saying for technical reasons she can t bring that case since actually doesn t live in the us any more and they re saying effectively the whole thing will be stopped now but she is again saying whatever this document says, we are happy for it to be unsealed because we say it is not actually stopping our case against the prince. prince andrew has consistently denied knowing virginia giuffre. here he is speaking to emily maitliss on newsnight in 2019. i have no recollection of ever meeting this lady. none whatsoever. you don t remember meeting her? no. she says she met you in 2001, she dined with you, she danced with you, you bought her drinks, you were in tramp nightclub in london and she went on to hav
no longer lives in the us. this comes after ghislaine maxwell was convicted this week of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by her boyfriend, the late american financier jeffrey epstein, between 1994 and 200a. on tuesday, judge kaplan will hear oral arguments to decide whether virginia giuffre s lawsuit against prince andrew will proceed. aruna iyengar, bbc news. the latest headlines on bbc news: face masks are to be required to be worn by secondary school pupils in england as coronavirus cases continue to surge across europe. fears that a quarter of uk public sector workers could be off due to covid as firms are warned to make contingency plans. ministers say there s nothing in the current covid data to suggest more restrictions are required in england. sport, and for a full
a devastating fire that swept through south africa s houses of parliament in cape town has restarted. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us, or around the world. a legal document which prince andrew s lawyer believes could stop a civil case against him in the us, has been made public. the duke of york, who isn t named in the document, has consistenly denied sexually assaulting virginia giuffre when she was 17. the document, which has been unsealed,
in new york and say the plain language in this document makes clear that even though we say her allegations against the duke of york are baseless, she can t even try to bring them because she s effectively signed away her rights to sue anyone, so this is a really important document in this case. but the document really concerns allegations around what happened in florida, doesn t it? and geography is quite important here, isn t it? it could be. this is the really interesting thing about it, because ms giuffre s team seem incredibly confident that this document is going to be effectively irrelevant to their case. they ve already said at legal filings before this release that when this document becomes public as it has done today, it will be seen to be outside the four corners of her case against prince andrew . it does not cover her claims against him, and in particular she is alleging that she was abused by the duke of york in new york,