Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Andrew's lawyers hold 'emergency talks'over Maxwell verdict as experts warn socialite's conviction will raise questions over how much prince knew about his friend's 'debauched behaviour' - amid royal fears she will 'name names' to reduce jail term
https://www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | MARTIN ROBINSON, CHIEF REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 03:41 EST, 30 December 2021 | UPDATED: 10

Posted on 12/30/2021 9:44:36 AM PST by Red Badger

* Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of sex trafficking charges yesterday after six days of deliberations

* Prince Andrew is fighting to get Virginia Roberts Giuffre's claim thrown out of court on January 4

* Legal experts warn that Duke of York's chances of victory will have been diminished by Maxwell's convictions

* Jury of 6 men and 6 women found the British socialite guilty on five of six counts. She faces 65 years in prison

* British socialite had recruited them when they were teens to take part in orgies with Epstein at his properties

* Maxwell declined to give evidence at trial - but experts ponder if she will now 'name names' to cut sentence

---------------------------------------------

Prince Andrew's US lawyers have reportedly held emergency talks after Ghislaine Maxwell's convictions for child sex trafficking as experts told MailOnline the guilty verdicts are 'not good news' for the Duke of York whose future as a frontline royal is now looking increasingly 'bleak'.

Lawyers in the US believe the ninth in line to the British throne should now be 'quaking in his boots' as his old friend faces spending the rest of her life behind bars unless she flips and 'names names'.

Experts also believe that the Duke of York's chances of defeating the legal action brought against him by Virginia Roberts Giuffre will now be even harder after Maxwell was found guilty by a New York jury yesterday.

The 60-year-old British socialite was labelled a 'dangerous' predator as she was convicted of helping to entice vulnerable teenagers to Jeffrey Epstein's homes for him to sexually abuse between 1994 and 2004.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: breaking; didyousearch; ghislainemaxwell; jeffreyepstein; princeandrew; scrolldown; virginiagiuffre
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-69 next last
To: Red Badger

Turning state’s evidence is exactly how prosecution is playing out for all of the January 6th defendants. If I knew one of them I would never speak to him again.


41 posted on 12/30/2021 10:29:02 AM PST by nagant
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: servantboy777

Judge already sealed important details..

JackPosobiec twitter-We now know the FBI uncovered 20,000 images from Epstein’s mansion in Manhattan. Multiple hard drives. Multiple CD-Rs.

And now they are sealed.

This isn’t an investigation, this is a coverup


42 posted on 12/30/2021 10:35:25 AM PST by hercuroc
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

Totally glossing over the blackmail/intel operation that fueled the entire enterprise.


43 posted on 12/30/2021 10:42:13 AM PST by Yollopoliuhqui
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sinsofsolarempirefan

>>He was also notorious for the way he picked and chose his Royal Duties depending on whether there was a golf course nearby.<<

C’mon man, princes have their privileges. What do you think of Fauci with his $335000/year retirement income? What did HE ever do to justify that income? It is not only royalty that receive privileges. Would you like the privilege of doing some insider trading? Become a congress critter.


44 posted on 12/30/2021 10:48:41 AM PST by 353FMG
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: nagant
Turning state’s evidence is exactly how prosecution is playing out for all of the January 6th defendants...

How so? They are all already viciously over-charged and confined. It is just that they are essentially undefended, and being encouraged to confess.

Or am I missing something?

45 posted on 12/30/2021 10:49:41 AM PST by gloryblaze
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 41 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

Suspect many of their lawyers are making these girls preliminary cash offers.

***********************************************************

Exactly right! If you are one of these “johns”, your best CHANCE is to make a settlement NOW while the perp, and her lawyer, really, really need money!

Once she/he get some money in their jeans from some other settlement from some other john, they will be impossible to settle with.


46 posted on 12/30/2021 10:51:02 AM PST by Cen-Tejas
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

The Brits are infamous for refusing to extradite their citizens to the US. Their judges (and politicians) see our court system as being Third World. If Prince Andrew is indicted will they send him here? My guess is “no”.


47 posted on 12/30/2021 10:52:54 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Leaning Right

I agree. Why stay in the USA when you had the means to move somewhere else with no extradition to the US.
Why not move to Ecuador or some other country that would tell the Feds to go pound sand.

FYI, a friend’s family used to have a lake house in Bradford, NH where she was living. It is a small town with a population of 1650.


48 posted on 12/30/2021 10:55:38 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 32 | View Replies]

To: gloryblaze

The Brandon (anything but) Justice Department will get convictions on every one of the January 6th defendants they can, then attempt to get the defendants to provide evidence on others in order to reduce the defendants’ sentences ....just like the title author is claiming in Maxwell’s case.


49 posted on 12/30/2021 11:27:08 AM PST by nagant
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies]

To: RBW in PA
In this case crickets and nobody is asking why.

Bingo, I can't understand why people think there is even an offer of a reduced sentence on the table.

If she had anything the government really wanted she would have offered it up before her conviction. I bet she did and the gov said no thanks.

50 posted on 12/30/2021 11:35:51 AM PST by usurper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

I thought andrew was going to be suicided last year. I’m surprised he’s still alive.


51 posted on 12/30/2021 11:59:05 AM PST by Trillian
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Pollard

Only thing naming names will reduce is her life expectancy

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Naming names mean nothing, she has to provide proof. Otherwise it’s she said, he said. The Clintons are expert liars.


52 posted on 12/30/2021 11:59:21 AM PST by Graybeard58 (The China virus doesn't scare me, Venezuelaism does.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

Hi.

I would guess that the Mossad could open a can of worms.

5.56mm


53 posted on 12/30/2021 12:02:10 PM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Graybeard58

FBI has all the proof. Epstein kept videos and pics. Locked up in an FBI vault forever. They’ll probably use whatever they have on conservatives for blackmail purposes but dems will be safe.


54 posted on 12/30/2021 12:04:57 PM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 52 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

It is my guess she will be beaten to death by other female inmates.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

More and more prisons are segregating pedophiles.


55 posted on 12/30/2021 12:07:39 PM PST by Graybeard58 (The China virus doesn't scare me, Venezuelaism does.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: Graybeard58

“More and more prisons are segregating pedophiles.”

What a pity.

L


56 posted on 12/30/2021 12:16:24 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: Red Badger

The legal standard to get a lawsuit thrown out at this early stage before any evidence is offered is very high. In light of Gizzy’s conviction, I doubt any judge would even consider a dismissal now.


57 posted on 12/30/2021 12:18:31 PM PST by colorado tanker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Menehune56
Maxwell did not kill herself.

She's going to keep her mouth shut to make sure that nobody ever speculates about that.

58 posted on 12/30/2021 12:19:56 PM PST by DoodleDawg (</)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: servantboy777
Slick Willy...flew on the Lolita express 26 times. He had a super weird portrait painted of himself in a blue dress and high heels found in one of Epstein’s Lair.

What could Maxwell disclose about Bill Clinton that would surprise anyone?

59 posted on 12/30/2021 12:21:45 PM PST by DoodleDawg (</)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: DoodleDawg

>>What could Maxwell disclose about Bill Clinton that would surprise anyone?<<

That a former president was sex trafficking fifteen year old girls? I mean, that would be a start.


60 posted on 12/30/2021 12:27:27 PM PST by servantboy777
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 59 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-69 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson