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Prince Andrew's defiant 41-denial response to Virginia Roberts' sex abuse lawsuit puts him on a 'collision course with the palace' as he demands a JURY trial and says Ghislaine Maxwell was NOT his 'close friend'
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | January 26, 2022 | Rebecca English

Posted on 01/26/2022 3:01:42 PM PST by Cecily

Prince Andrew last night demanded a 'trial by jury' as he hit back at accusations of rape and sexual assault made by a Jeffrey Epstein 'sex slave'.

In his official response to claims made against him by Virginia Roberts five months ago, the Queen's son issued 41 denials, rejecting all allegations of wrongdoing – but said a further 40 times that he 'lacks sufficient information to admit or deny' other claims.

He also submitted 11 defences calling for the case to be dismissed, including that Miss Roberts' claims should be barred by 'her own wrongful conduct' and 'unclean hands'. His decision to go ahead with the case puts him in contravention with the Royal Family who, sources say, are 'desperate' for him to settle and avoid the spectacle of a trial in New York later this year during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: epstein; ghislainemaxwell; princeandrew
If this goes to trial, it will be Andrew vs. David Boies. That should be interesting.

Oh and happy Platinum Jubilee year, Mama! - Love, your favorite son Randy Andy.

1 posted on 01/26/2022 3:01:42 PM PST by Cecily
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To: Cecily

Trial by jury?

Has he been arrested?


2 posted on 01/26/2022 3:03:13 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

All the stuff about the 41 denials and denials “on information and belief” and all the “defenses” including “unclean hands”, and “demand for trial by jury” is ABSOLUTELY boring, boilerplate, and routine. It is the standard everybody-always-does-it; any-first-year-associate-can-crank-it-out, way to respond to a civil complaint.

None of it deserves any response but “ho hum”. Of course, if you have a dirty imagination, Ho hum could be rather interesting. But that’s not what I meant.


3 posted on 01/26/2022 3:11:30 PM PST by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: Cecily

This is a pleading containing standard denials / affirmative defenses that are universally asserted in just about every answer to a complaint, breathlessly reported as substance.

There is no bark in this dog.


4 posted on 01/26/2022 3:12:40 PM PST by TonyinLA ( I don't have sufficient information to make an informed opinion said no lefty ever.)
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To: Cecily

Bois will eat his lunch in depositions.
Bois is one of America’s best lawyers.


5 posted on 01/26/2022 3:46:25 PM PST by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: Cecily

I am wondering how he can get a fair trial via a jury of his peers in New York, since the US does not grant titles of nobility to its citizens. Will Gov Hochul create various lords & ladies, counts and countesses, viscounts, discounts, marquess, barons, and etc in order for him to be tried by his Peers?


6 posted on 01/26/2022 3:47:16 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: tennmountainman

Boies was Algore’s lawyer in the 2000 election case.


7 posted on 01/26/2022 3:48:00 PM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: Cecily

He will settle


8 posted on 01/26/2022 3:49:45 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1)
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To: Cecily

ol andy’s been stripped of his titles, so he, officiially, is just a schlub.

i’d like to the peers of a child molester, teen rapist, and general degenerate.

now, for chiild trafficking ....


9 posted on 01/26/2022 4:03:50 PM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: Cecily

Summary of the long article: bring on bitch.


10 posted on 01/26/2022 4:12:29 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (When Satan craps another demon possessed Progressive is born.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

However, I think the Queen has a hundred ways to abort his arrogant ways.


11 posted on 01/26/2022 4:13:59 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (When Satan craps another demon possessed Progressive is born.)
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To: nascarnation

He was also an attack dog for Theranos when Elizabeth Holmes used intimidation tactics on employees and ex-employees to try to keep them from revealing her fraud.

He represented Harvey Weinstein too, so the shoe is on the other foot now in this case.


12 posted on 01/26/2022 4:22:03 PM PST by Cecily
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To: Cecily

I’m not so sure the “she has unclean hands” defense would stand if the reason her hands were dirty was as a result of something he made her do.


13 posted on 01/26/2022 5:55:55 PM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: nascarnation

Bois is a good lawyer.


14 posted on 01/26/2022 6:29:31 PM PST by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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