Woman who claims Epstein flew her to the UK to have sex with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may now testify against him after all
A woman who claims she was flown to the UK by paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has had a change of heart about testifying against him.
The Mail on Sunday reported in May that the unnamed woman – who alleges she spent a night with the former prince at Royal Lodge in Windsor – was reluctant to make a formal complaint to British detectives investigating trafficking claims because she did not want to ‘risk losing her privacy’.
Now her US lawyer, Bradley Edwards, has revealed he has been in contact with police in the UK after his client went from a ‘hard no’ to a ‘maybe’ in assisting the ongoing criminal case.
The woman says she was in her 20s when, at Epstein’s request, she spent a night with Andrew at Royal Lodge in 2010. It is alleged she was also given a tour of Buckingham Palace and tea afterwards.
Mr Edwards said he had spoken to British police about interviewing his client in the US, but nothing had been agreed.
He added: ‘She has gone from a hard no, to a maybe. Her main concern is to protect her child and she doesn’t want her kid being harassed.
‘If those issues can be addressed it could happen. She is thinking about it. I think she should testify because what happened was wrong. But I’m not going to push her. It has to be her choice.’
Andrew was arrested on his 66th birthday in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office after documents released by the Trump administration appeared to show him passing sensitive information to Epstein during their decade-long friendship.
A woman who claims she was flown to the UK by paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may now testify against him. (Pictured: Andrew pictured over an unidentified woman in an image from the Epstein files)
The woman’s lawyer has revealed he has been in contact with police in the UK after his client went from a ‘hard no’ to a ‘maybe’ in assisting the ongoing criminal case. (Andrew pictured leaving Aylsham Police Station in February)
In May, Thames Valley Police, which is leading the investigation, said it was widening the inquiry to include sex trafficking. The former duke denies any wrongdoing.
The information he allegedly shared included reports of official visits to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore as well as a confidential briefing about investment opportunities in the reconstruction of Helmand in Afghanistan.
It is understood that Thames Valley Police’s investigation into Andrew is being resourced in the same way as a major crime probe and that specialist sexual offence investigators are part of the team.
Mr Edwards, who has represented more than 200 alleged Epstein victims, previously sued Andrew on behalf of the late Virginia Giuffre, who alleged she had sex at 17 with the former duke of York in London, New York and on Epstein’s Caribbean island.
Andrew settled for a reported £12million before the case went to trial but did not admit liability.
The files released by the Department of Justice contained damning messages from Andrew to Epstein in 2010 talking about setting him up with a woman.
Epstein offered to set the former prince up with a ‘friend’ who was ’26, russian, clevere [sic] beautiful, trustworthy’. It is not known if the woman in the email is the same one Mr Edwards represents.
