US judge postpones Andrew sexual abuse trial likely to late 2022
A US judge has postponed a sexual abuse case of British Prince Andrew likely to late 2022 despite an earlier announcement that he would have to answer questions under oath by next July 14.
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan, based in Manhattan, New York, did not specify an exact date for the upcoming trial for the case, only announcing that it would likely take place between September and December of 2022, the Associated Press reported.
The Duke of York has been accused by Virginia Giuffre of having raped her at the London home of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Some individuals will also be asked to serve as witnesses in the court but the number depends “a little bit on who we can get and the timing of it,” according to David Boies, a lawyer for Giuffre.
“We would be prepared to start some of the depositions relatively promptly, but some we may not identify for as long as two months,” said the lawyer.
Andrew’s lawyers had been trying to use a secret settlement involving Epstein in 2009 to argue that the case must be closed.
The British prince was ultimately given permission to examine the terms of a confidential agreement between Giuffre and the dead pedophile.
The registered sex offender killed himself in a Manhattan jail in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges but the remnants of the case, including that of Maxwell continues to this day.
Andrew has also come under pressure to shed more light on the nature and extent of Epstein’s relationship with Maxwell, the daughter of the disgraced media mogul, Robert Maxwell.
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