Court Orders Removal Of Lurid Sex Allegations Against Prince Andrew From Records

Florida District Judge Kenneth Marra ordered on Tuesday the removal from court records of the lurid details of sex allegations made against Prince Andrew by an American woman. He said the accusations have no placed in a civil case which was actually against billionaire Jeffrey Epstein who is a close friend of the Duke of York.

Two women have tried to join the civil case filed against Epstein who is accused of keeping underage women as his sex slaves, some of whom allegedly were forced to have sex with Prince Andrew. In a 10-page ruling, Marra said that the lurid details are not needed to determine if the two women, identified only in court documents as Jane Doe 3 and Jane Doe 4, should be allowed to join the 2008 lawsuit, reports ABC.

Marra rejected their addition to the case, but said they could be called as witnesses at the trial of Epstein. The two women accused federal prosecutors of entering into a plea bargain deal with Epstein without consulting his victims. They said it breaches the US Crime Victims Rights Act.

Epstein was sentenced to 18 months jail term in 2008 after he filed a guilty plea to one charge of soliciting prostitution charge in Florida. As a result, he is considered a registered sex offender.

Since the scandal broke in 2014, Buckingham had repeatedly insisted that the Duke of York was not involved in having sex with a minor sex slave of Epstein, reports BBC.

Despite Marra’s order, the royal would have difficult time erasing from the public’s mind that scandal caused by the claim of Virginia Roberts that she was forced by Epstein to have sex with Prince Andrew thrice when she was still 17. At the very least, the prince knew her since they have photo in which the royal even had his hands around her waist taken in Epstein’s mansion where the tryst allegedly took place.

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