{"id":247818,"date":"2022-01-02T09:52:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T09:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=247818"},"modified":"2022-01-03T07:35:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T07:35:28","slug":"us-judge-delivers-double-setback-to-prince-andrews-abuse-case-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=247818","title":{"rendered":"US judge delivers double setback to Prince Andrew\u2019s abuse case battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Introduction \u2013 Jan 2, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The karmic consequences of Prince Andrew\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>They knew this was coming. That\u2019s why the royal house <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/prince-andrew-removal-royal-duties-permanent\">formally cut ties with Prince Andrew<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=247744\">conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell<\/a> 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\u2019s sex abuse operation is still being overlooked by the media: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=196503\">Mossad\u2019s involvement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s bidding.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>US judge delivers double setback to Prince Andrew\u2019s abuse case battle<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Edward Helmore and Mark Townsend \u2013 The Guardian Jan 2, 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_201780\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Prince-Andrew-Virginia-Roberts-and-Ghislaine-Maxwell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201780\" class=\"wp-image-201780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Prince-Andrew-Virginia-Roberts-and-Ghislaine-Maxwell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Prince-Andrew-Virginia-Roberts-and-Ghislaine-Maxwell.jpg 849w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Prince-Andrew-Virginia-Roberts-and-Ghislaine-Maxwell-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Prince-Andrew-Virginia-Roberts-and-Ghislaine-Maxwell-768x856.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-201780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prince Andrew, 16-year-old Virginia Roberts and Ghislaine Maxwell. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Two of Prince Andrew\u2019s efforts to prevent or stall the progression of Virginia Roberts Giuffre\u2019s sex assault lawsuit against him were blocked on Saturday when a US federal judge ordered the prince\u2019s lawyers to turn over key legal documents, increasing pressure to settle claims before a crucial court hearing this week.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Lewis A Kaplan, in a written order, told the prince\u2019s lawyers they must turn over documents on the schedule that has been set in the lawsuit brought by Guiffre who claims she was abused \u2013 aged 17 \u2013 by the prince on multiple occasions in 2001 while she was being sexually abused by financier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/jeffrey-epstein\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kaplan also rejected arguments by the prince\u2019s 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 \u201cbaseless\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The prince\u2019s 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\u2019s dismissal.<\/p>\n<p>They argued that Giuffre has lived in Australia for all but two of the past 19 years, has an Australian driver\u2019s licence and lives in a $1.9m (\u00a31.4m) home in Perth, Western Australia, where she and her husband, an Australian national, live with their three children.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Giuffre\u2019s attorney, Sigrid McCawley, called the request to halt the case \u201cjust 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judge Kaplan, in a written order on Friday, noted the prince\u2019s lawyers have requested that \u201cextensive\u201d materials be turned over by Giuffre by 14 January, including documents related to where she has lived.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n<p>The developments follow revelations that Giuffre\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate development, Andrew\u2019s lawyers are also reported to have not provided documentary evidence that he has the \u201cinability to sweat\u201d, despite the claim supporting his denial against allegations he had sex with Giuffre.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The developments intensify Andrew\u2019s predicament as he faces intense pressure over his friendship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ghislaine-maxwell\">Ghislaine Maxwell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last Thursday Maxwell, 60, was found guilty of recruiting and trafficking young girls to be sexually abused by Epstein.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2022\/jan\/01\/prince-andrew-lawsuit-virginia-giuffre-effort-block-rejected\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While justice seems to be bearing down inexorably on Prince Andrew over his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein, the Western media continues to ignore a key player in the whole episode: Mossad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[93,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-historic-sexual-abuse","category-The_Rotten_Royals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=247818"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247822,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247818\/revisions\/247822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=247818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=247818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=247818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}