dChan - Q Origins Project Archive

EXCLUSIVE: Prince Andrew's sex accuser Virginia Giuffre is seen for the first time in a year while out shopping in Australia - as the royal is urged to challenge '£12million settlement' he paid her

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11692701/Prince-Andrew-accuser-Virginia-Giuffre-seen-time-year-shopping-Australia.html

By TOM PYMAN and JACK NEWMAN and MARTIN ROBINSON, CHIEF REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 10:48 EST, 30 January 2023 | UPDATED: 11:48 EST, 30 January 2023

Virginia Giuffre stepped out at a shopping mall near Perth with her support dog

Alan Dershowitz was sued by Giuffre over claims he forced her to sleep with him

But Giuffre then dropped the case, admitting she 'may have made a mistake'

Prince Andrew's accuser Virginia Giuffre has been seen in public for the first time in a year as she went shopping in her adopted homeland of Australia.

The 39-year-old, who received an out-of-court settlement reported to be worth £12million from the Duke of York last year, visited a mall in the suburbs of Perth with her service dog.

The alleged Jeffrey Epstein victim, who is set to release a tell-all memoir, bought a milkshake and visited H&M during the rare public outing.

It comes on the same day that leading US lawyer Alan Derschowitz urged Prince Andrew to challenge the £12million settlement he gave Ms Giuffre.

Ms Giuffre, from Sacramento, California, moved to Australia after meeting Robert Giuffre in 2002 who she then married.

She accused Prince Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was a minor under US law but Andrew has consistently denied the allegations.

Alan Dershowitz was also sued by the Jeffrey Epstein victim for calling her a liar over her claims that she had been forced to have sex with him.

But in a statement in November Mrs Giuffre - who was known by her maiden name of Roberts when she was abused by Epstein - admitted she 'may have made a mistake' in pointing the finger at Mr Dershowitz, who denied her claims.

Prince Andrew is said to believe that this now raises serious questions over Mrs Giuffre's credibility, even though he has already settled the case outside court in the US.

Mr Dershowitz told The Daily Telegraph that the Duke of York made a 'mistake' in not taking the case to trial and should now try to overturn the settlement.

He said: 'I have never understood why he accepted the settlement. There were many, many good defences he could have raised. I've thought right from the beginning as soon as the deal was done it was a mistake to do it. He should pursue every legal remedy and the media should investigate thoroughly all of the allegations because this is just the tip of the iceberg.'

He added: 'I think that the media ought to do a deep investigation to determine the whole truth.

'Everybody should be interested in the truth coming out, the whole truth about everything, and it's very important for the media to start digging deeply into all the allegations and do their due diligence on it. That's what should be reported, not just one side of the story.'

(continued)