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Introduction – Jan 2, 2022

The karmic consequences of Prince Andrew’s ties with Jeffrey Epstein are bearing down inexorably on the prince. No doubt the royal legal advisors see it in more mundane terms, but this explains why the other members of the royal house have been distancing themselves from Prince Andrew.

They knew this was coming. That’s why the royal house formally cut ties with Prince Andrew last year.

With the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell on sex trafficking charges the focus is now turning on those who actually participated in the abuse of young girls, which could mean charges of sexual abuse against Prince Andrew. While this is to be welcomed, we note that a crucial element in Epstein’s sex abuse operation is still being overlooked by the media: Mossad’s involvement.

The corporate media is staying silent about how Mossad used Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to gather compromising material on Western public figures and politicians. The object was to put them into a position where they could be pressured or blackmailed into doing Israel’s bidding.

US judge delivers double setback to Prince Andrew’s abuse case battle

Edward Helmore and Mark Townsend – The Guardian Jan 2, 2022

Prince Andrew, 16-year-old Virginia Roberts and Ghislaine Maxwell. Click to enlarge

Two of Prince Andrew’s efforts to prevent or stall the progression of Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s sex assault lawsuit against him were blocked on Saturday when a US federal judge ordered the prince’s lawyers to turn over key legal documents, increasing pressure to settle claims before a crucial court hearing this week.

Judge Lewis A Kaplan, in a written order, told the prince’s lawyers they must turn over documents on the schedule that has been set in the lawsuit brought by Guiffre who claims she was abused – aged 17 – by the prince on multiple occasions in 2001 while she was being sexually abused by financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Kaplan also rejected arguments by the prince’s lawyer, Andrew Brettler, on jurisdiction grounds after they argued last week that the lawsuit should be dismissed because Giuffre, a US citizen, no longer lives in the US. Brettler has called the lawsuit “baseless”.

The prince’s lawyers claimed evidence was so strong that Giuffre does not reside in the US that it was pointless to exchange evidence until that question is resolved because it could result in the lawsuit’s dismissal.

They argued that Giuffre has lived in Australia for all but two of the past 19 years, has an Australian driver’s licence and lives in a $1.9m (£1.4m) home in Perth, Western Australia, where she and her husband, an Australian national, live with their three children.

In a statement, Giuffre’s attorney, Sigrid McCawley, called the request to halt the case “just another in a series of tired attempts by Prince Andrew to duck and dodge the legal merits of the case Virginia Giuffre has brought against him. All parties in litigation are subject to discovery and Prince Andrew is no exception.”

Judge Kaplan, in a written order on Friday, noted the prince’s lawyers have requested that “extensive” materials be turned over by Giuffre by 14 January, including documents related to where she has lived.

The rulings come before an important case hearing in New York on Tuesday, one day after the scheduled public release on Monday of a 2009 settlement agreement between Epstein and Giuffre that lawyers for Andrew had hoped would protect him from Guiffre’s claims.

The developments follow revelations that Giuffre’s lawyers are reportedly claiming they have up to six witnesses linking the duke to his accuser on the eve of the hearing into a civil lawsuit filed by the 38-year-old, in which she accuses Prince Andrew of sexual assault.

In a separate development, Andrew’s lawyers are also reported to have not provided documentary evidence that he has the “inability to sweat”, despite the claim supporting his denial against allegations he had sex with Giuffre.

The duke is also said not to have so far named any witnesses to support his alibi that he was in Pizza Express in Woking on the night in 2001 he was accused of having sex with Giuffre.

The developments intensify Andrew’s predicament as he faces intense pressure over his friendship with Ghislaine Maxwell.

Last Thursday Maxwell, 60, was found guilty of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by Epstein.

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