"The picture (above) taken by Epstein, of Mountbatten-Windsor with his arm around a 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre while the now-convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell stood at their side put Andrew, even if he spent years denying it, in a room with a girl who later claimed he sexually abused her while she was a minor. It was a pose that had no innocent explanation, Wendy Murphy, a former sex crimes prosecutor, said."
"For years, Andrew insisted he believed the picture had been doctored. Emails released with the Epstein files this year appeared to contradict that. In 2022, Mountbatten-Windsor settled a civil case Giuffre brought in New York alleging he had sexually assaulted her on three occasions, though he made no admission of liability and has always denied Giuffre's allegations."
The 2001 photograph shows Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with his arm around 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre while Ghislaine Maxwell stood nearby, placing him in proximity to a woman who later accused him of sexual abuse as a minor. Andrew long denied the picture's authenticity and said it was doctored, yet released emails later appeared to contradict that claim. A 2010 photograph captured Andrew walking with Jeffrey Epstein, prompting questions because Epstein had been convicted for soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008. In 2022 Andrew settled Giuffre's civil case in New York without admitting liability while continuing to deny the allegations. Public scrutiny and reputational fallout have continued.
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