Ghislaine Maxwell said she is ready to drop bombshell evidence soon after Prince Andrew received a damaging lawsuit.
Prince Andrew found a friend in Ghislaine Maxwell as she is, reportedly, prepared to support him amid his new case.
This month, Virginia Roberts Giuffre launched a lawsuit against Prince Andrew for sex trafficking and abusing her. The events, reportedly, happened on three different occasions when she was 17.
She also alleged that the Duke abused her after Maxwell “groomed” her.
Following the filing, a friend of the infamous socialite revealed to The Telegraph Maxwell’s plans.
“Ghislaine will be prepared to give evidence on the Duke’s behalf. By the time the case against the Duke gets to court, Ghislaine will either be convicted and serving up to 85 years in jail [or if] cleared of course she would help Prince Andrew,” the source added, per Express UK.
The insider went on to defend that Maxwell and the royal prince have been friends for a long time. As a result, their relationship will lead her to assist him throughout the trial.
Giuffre’s Team Warned Prince Andrew
Following the new development, the alleged victim’s attorney sat for an interview claiming that the royal’s lawyers “have stonewalled.”
According to David Boise, Prince Andrew cannot ignore the whole judicial process. He added that the evidence “doesn’t go directly and conclusively to the fundamental question as to whether there was sexual abuse.”
“It does I think significantly go to his credibility. And… this ultimately comes down to a question of credibility,” he told Channel 4 News.
The plaintiff has been one of the most outspoken victims of the late sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein.
In her recent claims, she revealed that the prince assaulted him at Maxwell’s home in London, in the US Virgin Islands, and Epstein’s homes in New York.
She also brought the New York’s Child Victims Act to strengthen the civil case against the duke. Although she filed her complaint within the window, it remains unknown whether Prince Andrew will ever attend the hearings and trials in the U.S since the U.K does not deport people overseas for such civil cases.
If the court rules in favor of Giuffre, she could receive awards that the prince would be forced to pay.
“During each of the aforementioned incidents,Prince Andrew acted with intent to compel plaintiff’s submission,” the filing reads, as quoted by Independent.
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