New York ¨C A U.S. judge on Tuesday appeared skeptical of a bid by Britain¡¯s Prince Andrew to dismiss Virginia Giuffre¡¯s lawsuit accusing the Duke of York of sexually abusing her when she was 17 and being trafficked by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
During a hearing in Manhattan, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan heard arguments on the prince¡¯s contention that terms contained in a 2009 settlement between Epstein and Giuffre that paid her $500,000 to resolve a lawsuit she had filed against the financier prevented her from pursuing litigation against Andrew.
A provision in that settlement blocked Giuffre from suing certain third parties in the future, with language to ¡°forever discharge¡± various people who ¡°could have been included as a potential defendant¡± in her resolved lawsuit against Epstein.
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