Second woman claims she was sent by Epstein to UK for sex with Andrew, lawyer says
A second woman claimed that she was sent to England by Jeffrey Epstein to have sexual intercourse with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
The woman’s lawyer told the BBC the encounter took place in 2010 at the Royal Lodge, the former residence of the disgraced former prince.
It was stated that the woman, whose name was not disclosed, was in her 20s at the time. No evidence was provided to support the woman’s claims.
Speaking to the BBC, lawyer Brad Edwards said that they showed the non-British woman around Buckingham Palace after spending the night with Andrew.
“We are talking about at least one woman who was sent to Prince Andrew by Jeffrey Epstein. She even toured Buckingham Palace after a night with Prince Andrew,” said Mr Edwards, of law firm Edwards Henderson.
The woman is the second person to claim she was brought to London to have sex with Andrew, who was stripped of his royal titles because of his ties to Epstein.
Virginia Giuffre claimed she had sex with the former prince three times; one of them was in London when I was 17. Andrew has always denied these allegations.
Epstein was convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution in 2008 and died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
On Friday, the latest tranche of documents that were part of the so-called Epstein files was released by the US Department of Justice, revealing other conversations between the financier and the former prince.
The latest release included images showing Andrew on all fours above a woman on the ground. While it is not clear where and when the photos were taken, the woman’s identity is also hidden.
Mr Edwards told the BBC he represented more than 200 alleged survivors of Epstein. He said he was considering filing a civil lawsuit against Andrew on behalf of the woman.
Meanwhile, the UK government is pressuring the former prince to reveal everything he knows about Epstein so that the pedophile financier’s victims are given everything they “deserve and need”.
After making the remarks, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the former duke should be prepared to testify before the US Congress about his links to Epstein.
Communities secretary Steve Reed said in an interview on Sunday that Andrew “clearly had an idea of what was going on”.
However, he was not asked whether the government would comply with the US request for Andrew’s extradition.
“You are now asking me about the details of the legislation which depend on the type of crime committed or not committed. This is purely hypothetical,” Mr Reed replied.
“I don’t think it makes sense for me to come here and start talking hypothetically about situations that may or may not exist.”
Andrew and Mr Edwards were contacted. Independent.
