A lawyer for victims of Jeffrey Epstein has stated Prince Andrew may be promoting his £17m alpine ski chalet with a purpose to shield it from seizure.
Spencer Kuvin recommended that the duke may benefit from the sale if he have been to lose the civil intercourse assault case towards Virginia Giuffre, who’s looking for damages from him in New York.
Ms Giuffre alleges she was pressured to have intercourse with Andrew on three events when she was 17 years outdated and being trafficked by Epstein, a former pal of the duke.
It has been speculated that Andrew was anticipating the price of a possible settlement by placing his ski lodge within the Swiss resort of Verbier up on the market.
However Mr Kuvin, who represented 9 individuals abused by Epstein, the late paedophile, recommended to the Mirror the sale was extra doubtless about stopping a declare towards his property.
He stated: “If Virginia will get a judgment towards Andrew, if this went all through to trial and she or he acquired a monetary judgment in her favour, she might execute on any properties he has, the most definitely being his ski chalet.
“If Andrew had properties in any companion nation that might abide by [US jurisdiction], she will be able to execute on these properties.”
He stated it might be “very tough” for Ms Giuffre to make a declare on Royal Lodge, Andrew’s Windsor Park dwelling the place he lives together with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson.
“A diplomatic dialog would [need] available, however I think about it might be unthinkable that it might come to that,” he stated.
“If the Queen has transferred any property to him, anyplace all through your entire world, they may try to execute on that property if profitable in international courts.”
Prince Andrew’s £17m chalet in Verbier, Switzerland
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Ms Ferguson is a co-owner of the chalet, having purchased it along with Andrew in 2014.
Andrew has strongly denied Ms Giuffre’s allegations, claiming she is after a “payday at his expense”.
His legal professionals introduced on Wednesday that he’s demanding a jury trial in her case towards him.
In a letter to presiding Decide Lewis Kaplan, Andrew’s lawyer Andrew Brettler denied a number of of the allegations, elsewhere saying he lacked “ample info to confess or deny the allegations”.
Mr Brettler set out greater than 10 “affirmative defences” referring to proof Andrew will use to attempt to disprove the case.
Amongst them is the “doctrine of unclean arms”, which claims Ms Giuffre has acted unethically in relation to the fees she has introduced.
The letter concludes: “Prince Andrew hereby calls for a trial by jury on all causes of motion asserted within the grievance.”
Andrew’s try to have the lawsuit thrown out was rejected by Decide Kaplan earlier this month.
The choose has ordered that each one preliminary proof be submitted by July for a trial late this 12 months.
After the trial was confirmed Andrew was stripped of his army titles and royal patronages by the Queen. Buckingham Palace stated he would face the trial as a “non-public citizen”.
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