The great day of Prince Andrew's trial over alleged sexual harassment of a woman who allegedly smuggled Jeffrey Epstein and Galena Maxwell now a new treaty agreement sheds new light on that claim as the royal family faces increasing pressure.
prince James Longwood in Buckingham Palace hello James yes hello Michael d-day Prince Andrew the way another newspaper describes it.
Here Virginia Roberts defray says prince Andrew had sex with him many times after being trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein Prince. Andrew says that never happened today's hearing will determine that.
The case could continue today with secret court documents leaked in a long-running court case between Prince Andrew and his plaintiff Virginia Roberts challenging Andrew's legal team to disclose.
The 2009 agreement to sue rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, proving that he received five hundred. Thousands of dollars and would not include parties associated with Epstein, including royalty, the name mentioned in the first case now.
Several times and in many places including new york which started when he was 17 years old. These claims he denies many times I have said repeatedly and many times that we have never had any kind of sex.
The continuation of the trial is not the only argument the Duke's legal team is using to dismiss the case saying Jaffray lives in Australia and not us.
Where the case was opened and asked for a delay in the evidence Jeffrey's lawyer tried. The presenter in an interview with the BBC Duke of york has admitted that he met Epstein through his longtime friend now convicted of sexual offenses Killen maxwell met him in 1999.
I have known him since he was at a UK university. It would be to some extent to say that since we were best friends the interview was part of an extended BBC special when Prince Andrew said he would stay in the new Epstein.
York city property even after Epstein was convicted of trafficking in sex and this was the response to defray's allegations.
Which led to a notorious discussion he described dancing with you sweating and taking a bath may be a little out of place. sweating um because uh I have some form of illness i.e.
I don't sweat umm or I didn't sweat at that time and it was oh machine yes I didn't sweat at that time because I um had suffered what I would describe as adrenaline overdose in the Falklands battle.
When I was shot by Andrew denied what Jeffrey said and his lawyers have called his case unfounded which is intended to accomplish another payday now it is not clear.
When the judge will decide on this. but I think whatever the outcome the pressure has just come up for Andrew the big question is whether.
He will never return to his public duties as a member of the royal family George okay James thank you for bringing our chief legal analyst dan abrasive to welcome him back also royal expert Victoria murphy dan ake Let's start with you, any serious issues.
You may be facing. I can finish it at this point but this basic debate over whether it should be covered in a settlement agreement is a really interesting debate.
Because in his case he had said that these were the people who were harassing him including quote royalty rather than the compensation agreement, it should have applied to all.
Potential defendants and Penn's state attorney. Andrew's team says wait for a second for him to head to Prince Andrew and that should have been the solution for all of them.
Who may be the defendants who should ask him a little bit because he is not specifically mentioned in this there is no reference to Prince Andrew.
It will not be an easy dispute to win but there are real legal issues. It is also a little tricky because if he does when an argument is waiting for me sovereignty in that case.
That you are part of the involvement in the whole case not maybe not legally but publicly that is okay I mean but but
remember that the law is very different from society, his position.
I would not agree that any of this is true what he says as law when you argue that what I am experiencing here I answer by saying 'I will accept that in a legal dispute and tell you, therefore.
I am covered by the arbitrator's agreement it hurts him in a court of opinion it does not hurt him in a court of law because the lawyers do this every time.
They say look we do not agree but even if it was true. here is our legal argument with victoria when it comes to public opinion on how dismissal can help officer Andrew.
At this time well I think that is very interesting George and yes he has all these legal processes going on, however, in the background.
You have a public opinion court, and let's not forget that
it was public opinion and that negative reaction to his 2019 BBC interview about the axed chief.
That eventually led to his resignation and that was before Virginia was released and opened a case against him if his lawyers were successful.
Remove this case then it will be a legal victory and it will avoid the worst-case scenario in terms of his reputation that being found guilty is the worst thing that can happen to his reputation.
But which does not make me think it throws him a lot of things for a lot of people who face these allegations.
Themselves and to achieve that which is now what is needed to change this completely as his dignity is consistent with whatever is happening in the royal family right now.
The royal family is well aware of how harmful this is and we can see that in the fact that they removed him from the public eye of the monarchy and did their best to distance himself from the royal family for the past two years except for his father's funeral and that even in his royal wedding photos.
I think he tells us everything we need to know about how dangerous his presence seemed to them for he is finally the son of the queen and this is very great that reason will continue to play out as a royal affair and in the end dan.
That is really going to happen in court today this is not going to be a debate about facts it is not going to be a debate about whether this is true this is going to be a very legal debate in many areas where the prince trying to find out.
The case was dismissed when the plaintiff ordered that the case be dismissed and this would be a serious decision because if the case is dismissed at the moment, the case ends if the case goes ahead that is bad news for Prince Andrew in many respects.
