Posted on 10/25/2021 10:32:39 PM PDT by RandFan
Prince Andrew must be questioned under oath by Virginia Giuffre's lawyers in her civil sexual assault case by mid-July next year, a US judge has ruled.
District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan set the deadline of 14 July 2022 to complete depositions in a scheduling order agreed to by lawyers for Andrew and Ms Giuffre
It means the questioning could clash with the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, which will take place in June.
Andrew has vehemently denied allegations he sexually assaulted Ms Giuffre when she was a teenager.
Under something known as "Mutual Legal Assistance" (MLA), both prosecutors and the lawyers acting for Ms Giuffre can issue a formal request for the prince to give evidence (known as a deposition) in the UK.
MLA is a method of cooperation between countries or states for obtaining assistance in legal proceedings. This assistance is usually requested by courts or prosecutors and is also referred to as 'judicial cooperation'.
In civil claims a formal letter of request, known as a 'Commission Rogatoire' must be issued under MLA. The High Court would then appoint an examiner - either an experienced barrister or a "master", a judge who deals with procedural matters before a trial.
Prince Andrew would be required to attend a place and answer questions on oath in a private hearing. Questions would be put by lawyers representing Ms Giuffre, and Prince Andrew would be entitled to legal representation. He could exercise his right against self-incrimination and not answer.
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Well, hell. Sucks to be Andy. They do have televisions in jail in the UK, don't they?
I’m going to say this again: I did not have sexual relations with that woman
What was the poor and delicate Virginia doing at that well known party place? Wasn’t she just another teenage hooker?
She didn’t just wander off from her local Girl Scout meeting and lose her direction.
Nothing saying he can’t go ahead and get it done before the deadline so it won’t interfere with the shindig
Age of consent used to mean something . . . and should.
The comments on the thread about the 13 year old vax victim should apply here.
He’ll be dead by then, probably by suicide to the back of the head; the British deep state will make sure of it.
Next year in mid July?! Nothing like putting things off
“District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan set the deadline of 14 July 2022 to complete depositions”
9 months, no hurry there. Heck, by then some of the Jan 6th ‘insurrectionists’ might even have their Preliminary Hearings.
Remember, Epstein did not kill himself.
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