Prince Andrew, Duke of York, named in underage 'sex slave' lawsuit

[ruffneck23]

I reckon he rocked up with 10 million dollars and said ' If you don't take this, then the stress will kill my Mum, and you will always be known as the girl who killed the queen.'

And she just thought 'fuck it' and vowed never to get a taxi in Paris.

I'm drunk though.

 

[ouirdeaux]

I'm drunk though.

In which case I'd advise you not to drive a taxi in Paris either.

 

[clicker]

I reckon he's toast.

 

[friedaweed]

Surprised by that.
So now he's done exactly what his noncey mate Eppo did who was eventually convicted for being a peado. Are we likely to find him hanging in the tower as a finale?

I reckon he's toast.

French tunnel toast?

 

[Wilf]

...supporting the fight against the evils of sex trafficking...

yeah right yer fucking nonce

Didn't know whether that bid was deeply offensive, staggeringly postmodern or just plain lol. I'll be interested to know what form his 'support' takes. I hope journos keep checking.

 

[friedaweed]

Best outcome for her. Everyone knows he's guilty and she doesn't have to go through being torn apart in court.

I wholeheartedly agree with that on a point of principal but I think the premise for the settlement has probably been done because his legal team know he'd of been torn apart in court.

 

[friedaweed]

On the beeb

Anti-monarchy group Republic believes there remains “a lot of serious questions” after the Duke of York’s settlement of the civil sex assault claim against him.

Graham Smith, from the campaign group, said: “I’m pleased Virginia Giuffre has achieved a settlement in this case, but there remain a lot of serious questions to which the public deserve answers.”

He said taxpayers “deserve to know where the money is coming from for a settlement, which we must assume is in the millions, if not tens of millions”, PA reports.

Smith said: “So much public money ends up in royal pockets one way or another. Are the British public ultimately paying for Andrew to avoid appearing in court?

“This scandal has done significant damage to the monarchy, and these questions aren’t going away.”

Where the money comes from might come out in the charity's accounts according to one commentator on the live feed. He can't have that much in his piggy bank without Mummy making it ching ching.

 

[bluescreen]

On the beeb



Where the money comes from might come out in the charity's accounts according to one commentator on the live feed. He can't have that much in his piggy bank without Mummy making it ching ching.

Well, it's not over until he actually pays up...

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I'll take that with a pinch of salt, the Mail is hardly a reliable source.

They probably have more inroads to the Establishment than other rags. They're sensationalist but not necessarily unreliable when it comes to the wealthy.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Unfortunately there’s plenty of loyalists in NI who still support him, as he is a member of their beloved Royal Family. ‘Innocent until proven guilty’ was their main point leading up to this and now it’s ‘she was only looking his money’. This is what we have to deal with on a daily basis here.

And here, tbf.

 

[SpookyFrank]

I don't suppose FOI requests work on her Majesty's accounts do they. She probably counts as a private citizen for the purposes of accountability.

 

[Calamity1971]

Unconscious, slumped over the bar at Tramp.

He'd have to find out where it is first.

 

[bluescreen]

Settles for £7.5M according to the Mail. That might include costs.

Prince Andrew reaches 'settlement in principle' with Virginia Giuffre

Prince Andrew has settled the sexual abuse lawsuit with Virginia Giuffre after he agreed an undisclosed deal said to be worth £7.5million with his accuser without admitting her accusations.

www.dailymail.co.uk

US/UK legal expert quoted by the Graun reckons possibly more:

“You can anticipate this would be probably in excess of £10m, even £20m perhaps. I don’t know what it is for a fact but as someone who does these agreements all the time it could easily be up there. And frankly it could be far higher.”

Why Andrew had to settle with Virginia Giuffre: lawyers say he had little choice

Agreeing a payout estimated to be at least $10m spares the duke from the risk of a poor performance on the witness stand

www.theguardian.com

 

[Yossarian]

Am I the only one who feels disappointed by this outcome?

I'm a little disappointed that we won't get to see a judge order him to be placed in some kind of heat chamber in front of the jury to determine the truth of his "can't sweat" claim, in a moment like the glove in the OJ Simpson trial.

"If sweat starts to ooze, this case the prince will lose."

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Speculation about the dough coming from the sale of the chalet; he bought that with a mortgage and cash his mummy gave him. Neither was sufficient to buy the place and he had to sell it to raise the last £6m to pay the French scuzbag he bought it from. So if it is £18m, less £6m, less mortgage, that don’t leave much. That’s before Fergie grabs a bit of bunce, it was ‘jointly owned’ after all…

 

[friedaweed]

Speculation about the dough coming from the sale of the chalet; he bought that with a mortgage and cash his mummy gave him. Neither was sufficient to buy the place and he had to sell it to raise the last £6m to pay the French scuzbag he bought it from. So if it is £18m, less £6m, less mortgage, that don’t leave much. That’s before Fergie grabs a bit of bunce, it was ‘jointly owned’ after all…

Looking forward to seeing how she plays this out. I always thought she signed some sort of non disclosure to avoid a collision with a white fiat Uno anyway.

"I never sensed any noncery in Andrew, I just set him up with a long mine of massages"

 

[equationgirl]

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Sweaty nonce.

That was the bit that stuck out to me. That's exactly what he's been doing for months the lying toad.

I'm sad he's settled as Boies would have absolutely shredded him. But I am glad Virginia Guiffre won't have to subject herself to a trial.

Clearly someone has told Andrew to sort this out and make it go away. Will be interesting to see if he hands back his Duke of York title or where he is exiled to.

 

[friedaweed]

That was the bit that stuck out to me. That's exactly what he's been for months the lying toad.

I'm sad he's settled as Boies would have absolutely shredded him. But I am glad Virginia Guiffre won't have to subject herself to a trial.

Clearly someone has told Andrew to sort this out and make it go away. Will be interesting to see if he hands back his Duke of York title or where he is exiled to.

Marched up to the top of the hill never to come down again hopefully.

 

[AverageJoe]

Is it a bit tin foil hat to suggest that his lawyers got the people that he would have dropped into the shit if he was found guilty (I really didn't want to say fingered) to pay up the money?

As in "if HRH goes down, you'll be next so pay up to buy her silence and keep your reputation in place."

I dont know how these things work but I can imagine there were probably a lot of people that HRH Nonce was acquaintances with that would have happily paid up to keep the heat from them based on the photos we know about.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Is it a bit tin foil hat to suggest that his lawyers got the people that he would have dropped into the shit if he was found guilty (I really didn't want to say fingered) to pay up the money?

As in "if HRH goes down, you'll be next so pay up to buy her silence and keep your reputation in place."

I dont know how these things work but I can imagine there were probably a lot of people that HRH Nonce was acquaintances with that would have happily paid up to keep the heat from them based on the photos we know about.

He’s no longer an HRH publicly.

And the people pushing him to end this were his ma and brar.

 

[AverageJoe]

He’s no longer an HRH publicly.

And the people pushing him to end this were his ma and brar.

I get that bit what I'm trying to elucidate is that when his lawyers realised he was on a hiding to nothing they contacted his phone book (Spacey, Clinton etc) and said "you need to stump up cos if HRH is done then you guys are next.

So almost blackmailing them to pay up so HRH takes the hit and they stay out the way.

Was just an idea to make me feel better about me paying part of the settlement via taxes.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I get that bit what I'm trying to elucidate is that when his lawyers realised he was on a hiding to nothing they contacted his phone book (Spacey, Clinton etc) and said "you need to stump up cos if HRH is done then you guys are next.

So almost blackmailing them to pay up so HRH takes the hit and they stay out the way.

Was just an idea to make me feel better about me paying part of the settlement via taxes.

Nah, mummy’s stumping up for this.

 

[Athos]

I get that bit what I'm trying to elucidate is that when his lawyers realised he was on a hiding to nothing they contacted his phone book (Spacey, Clinton etc) and said "you need to stump up cos if HRH is done then you guys are next.

So almost blackmailing them to pay up so HRH takes the hit and they stay out the way.

Was just an idea to make me feel better about me paying part of the settlement via taxes.

Just not worth the aggro given his mum will give him our money to make it go away. The money was never going to be an issue for him; it was just whether or not she was determined to have her day in court, on principle.

 

[Dystopiary]

ching ching.

Wasn't that the egg-laying panda?

 

[friedaweed]

Wasn't that the egg-laying panda?

Wouldn't be surprised to hear he's been sniffing round the zoo too.

 

[Raheem]

Wasn't that the egg-laying panda?

If I had an egg-laying panda, I'd call it Kerr Ching.

 

[TopCat]

does prince andrew have any fans though? Jackson was a nonce, but he also created some of the most successful popular music of the 20th century. He has fans who're prepared to look past the noncing as a result. Prince Andrew does not.

This will never go away.

 

[killer b]

This will never go away.

reckon - maybe he'll be welcomed back to the homes of some of his grosser friends, but his life as a public figure is over.

 

[Raheem]

He'll probably still be allowed to attend royal funerals dressed as Captain Birdseye.

 

[DaveCinzano]

He'll probably still be allowed to attend royal funerals dressed as Captain Birdseye.

Vice Admiral Birdseye, shurely