Royal family ‘will stand beside’ disgraced Prince Andrew ‘no matter what,’ despite latest Epstein document dump: expert
The royal family “will stand beside” disgraced Prince Andrew “no matter what” despite him being named in the latest Jeffrey Epstein document dump, a royal expert has said.
The identities of more than 170 Epstein associates — such as former presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, as well as the Duke of York — mentioned in court documents were ordered to be released by Manhattan federal Judge Loretta Preska last month and contain a gross accusation of inappropriate touching by the scandal-scarred British royal.
They were filed in a since-settled defamation lawsuit that Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre brought against the late sicko’s madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, in 2015.
But although Andrew’s name came up in the unsealed documents, royal commentator Kinsey Schofield said it’s unlikely that the Firm will abandon the disgraced duke.
“I do think that the royal family is going to stand beside him no matter what,” Schofield told GB News.
“We saw it not only at Sandringham but remember those clear pictures we saw of Prince Andrew in the car with both the Prince and Princess of Wales on the way to church at Balmoral.”
“I think that he has stressed to them that he that there are no more skeletons in the closet,” she added.
What we know about the Jeffrey Epstein list of 170 associates
- On Wednesday, documents were released naming 170 associates of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The list included Michael Jackson, magician David Copperfield, Stephen Hawking, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and former President Bill Clinton — who an Epstein victim said “likes them young, referring to girls.”
- Disgraced royal Prince Andrew, a known friend of Epstein, was named in the documents and was previously sued by Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, who accused Andrew of sexual misconduct toward her. According to one royal family expert, the Firm “will stand beside” the Duke of York “no matter what.”
- Epstein’s former attorney and friend Alan Dershowitz defended the late multimillionaire sex offender’s associates, saying: “None of us knew about his private life that he kept so secret.” Dershowitz, who is on the list, added that no one should be automatically convicted in the court of public opinion simply for showing up in court documents.
- Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, told The Post that the ex-business mogul said he could have upended the 2016 election over what he knew about both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton: “Here’s a direct quote: ‘If I said what I know about both candidates, they’d have to cancel the election.’ That’s what Jeffrey told me in 2016.”
- Only some of the 170 names and their relationships to Epstein have been released. The remainder of the documents will likely become public record throughout the next week.
Schofield continued, “It’s not a great look and I do think that you are as strong as your weakest team member and unfortunately he’s their weakest team member.
“But they’re going to stand by him. It’s never complain, never explain. That’s what their strategy is going to be.”
Unsealed docs reveal that another alleged Epstein victim, Johanna Sjoberg, said in a 2016 deposition that the Duke of York put his hand on her breast as she sat on his lap at the financier’s Manhattan townhouse in 2001.
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She also posed for a photo alongside Giuffre, whose breast was groped using a puppet of Andrew, Sjoberg testified.
“They put the puppet on Virginia’s lap, and I sat on Andrew’s lap, and they put the puppet’s hand on Virginia’s breast, and Andrew put his hand on my breast, and they took a photo,” she said of Maxwell and Epstein.
Andrew has denied the accusation, which was revealed and reported on in a previous document dump, according to Reuters.
Sjoberg was also asked about Epstein’s comments on Clinton in the same deposition, whose name came up over 50 times in the documents.
“[Epstein] said one time that Clinton likes them young, referring to girls,” she testified.
The former US president was photographed with Epstein and took flights on the multimillionaire’s private plane.
