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Prince Andrew wins court victory after judge orders sex allegations to be erased Judge orders Prince Andrew sex allegations struck from court record
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Allegations that a 17-year-old was forced to have sex with Britain’s Prince Andrew, which prompted a crisis at Buckingham Palace earlier this year, have been removed from a federal court case by a judge in the US.Allegations that a 17-year-old was forced to have sex with Britain’s Prince Andrew, which prompted a crisis at Buckingham Palace earlier this year, have been removed from a federal court case by a judge in the US.
Judge Kenneth Marra ordered Virginia Roberts’s accusations about Andrew to be struck from the record as he denied her attempt to join a lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein, a friend of the prince and a convicted sex offender.Judge Kenneth Marra ordered Virginia Roberts’s accusations about Andrew to be struck from the record as he denied her attempt to join a lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein, a friend of the prince and a convicted sex offender.
“At this juncture in the proceedings, these lurid details are unnecessary,” Marra wrote in his order, issued at the US district court in southern Florida on Tuesday morning. “These unnecessary details shall be stricken.”“At this juncture in the proceedings, these lurid details are unnecessary,” Marra wrote in his order, issued at the US district court in southern Florida on Tuesday morning. “These unnecessary details shall be stricken.”
Andrew and Buckingham Palace vehemently deny Roberts’s allegations.
Marra made no ruling or statement about the veracity of Roberts’s allegations.Marra made no ruling or statement about the veracity of Roberts’s allegations.
Roberts, who was referred to only as Jane Doe 3, and a fourth woman were seeking to join two other alleged victims of Epstein in suing the US government over a plea deal that federal prosecutors struck with the Epstein, a hedge fund tycoon. Roberts, who is referred to in the case only as Jane Doe 3, and a fourth woman were seeking to join two other alleged victims of Epstein in suing the US government over a plea deal that federal prosecutors struck with the hedge fund tycoon in 2008.
Marra ruled on Tuesday that the application by Roberts and Jane Doe 4 should be denied, as it was “unnecessary” for the pair to be added as plaintiffs in the lawsuit. Marra ruled on Tuesday that the application by Roberts and Jane Doe 4 should be denied as it was “entirely unnecessary” for the pair to be added as plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
Andrew and Buckingham Palace vehemently denied Roberts’s allegations.