Banished from the royal family, Prince Andrew still hopes to be able to regain his place. The Duke of York would seek to cancel the agreement he signed with the one who accused him of sexual assault.
- Prince Andrew is an outcast within the Crown
- Prince Andrew has signed a deal with Virginia Giuffre
- Prince Andrew is reportedly seeking to have it canceled
Is Prince Andrew about to launch his rehabilitation operation? Accused of sexual assault by Virginia Giuffre in the United States, the son of Elizabeth II signed an agreement but was banished from the British royal family, stripped of his military and royal titles. According to sources, the Duke of York is now reportedly seeking to overturn the financial agreement reached with his accuser thanks to a formidable team of American lawyers. To try to save his image, Prince Andrew can also count on Ghislaine Maxwell. Sentenced in June in New York to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking of minors on behalf of the deceased American financier Jeffrey Epstein, she has several times tried to clear the honor of Prince Andrew, in particular by ensuring that the photos of the Duke and his accuser were “false”.
According to British tabloids, including The Sun on Sunday and Mail on Sunday, Prince Andrew has been considering legal options for a few weeks to try to cancel the deal with Virginia Giuffre. The Duke of York “will seek to overturn the multi-million pound settlement with his sex accuser, after the failure of his trial against a well-known American lawyer”writing The Sun. Its goal ? “He hopes to obtain a retraction, or even an apology, which could allow him to resume his royal duties”. According to a source, the father of Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice “never wanted to make a deal and always maintained his innocence”. According to the Daily Mail, the Duke of York would have hired Andrew Brettler and Blair Berk, based in Los Angeles, to try to break this agreement signed with Virginia Giuffre.
Prince “Andrew and his lawyers are ready to attack”
In particular, Prince Andrew would like to ban Virginia Giuffre from writing about him. “As soon as she writes anything that repeats the original claims against him, she will be hit with a $100 million defamation lawsuit. Andrew and his lawyers are ready to attack. Then his claims will be considered for the first time by a court.” revealed a source. But for this agreement to be canceled, according to an American lawyer, his legal team will have to “provides evidence that he was coerced into entering into the agreement, that there was fraud, collusion or deceit inducing the settlement, that there was an error of fact or law, that the agreement was ineligible or that Prince Andrew lacked the ability to complete the deal.”