Epstein electronic mail says Andrew had photograph taken with Virginia Giuffre

[ad_1] Jeffrey Epstein seems to have confirmed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was photographed with Virginia Giuffre, in line with a newly launched electronic mail.

The message despatched by Epstein - who's alleged to have taken the photograph - reads: "Sure she [Giuffre] was on my aircraft and sure she had her image taken with Andrew."

Epstein's account seems to contradict the previous prince's assertion that he by no means met Ms Giuffre and his longstanding suggestion that the picture of him along with his arm round her could have been doctored.

The July 2011 electronic mail was printed on Wednesday alongside greater than 20,000 pages of correspondence from the convicted intercourse offender and disgraced financier's property.

Ms Giuffre - a outstanding accuser of Epstein - alleged Andrew had intercourse together with her 3 times as a young person.

Andrew, who has denied the allegations, reached an out-of-court settlement with Ms Giuffre in 2022. It contained no admission of legal responsibility or apology.

The e-mail from Epstein to his publicist Peggy Siegal was despatched shortly after Ms Giuffre was recognized publicly within the Mail on Sunday.

The newspaper additionally printed the photograph of her with Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell, who's at the moment serving a 20-year jail sentence for intercourse trafficking.

In a 2019 interview with BBC Newsnight, Andrew denied assembly Ms Giuffre and instructed that the {photograph} - or parts of it - could have been faked.

Andrew stated on the time: "No person can show whether or not or not that {photograph} has been doctored however I do not recollect that {photograph} ever being taken."

The paperwork - printed by Democrats on the Home Oversight Committee - additionally counsel that Andrew and Epstein remained involved 4 months after the prince claimed their relationship had ended.

On 4 March 2011, Maxwell seems to have forwarded a right-of-reply electronic mail from the Mail on Sunday to Epstein.

It outlines a sequence of allegations, together with that Andrew had intercourse with a younger lady launched to him at Maxwell's London house in 2001.

The message seems to have then been forwarded by Epstein to Andrew, by way of redacted electronic mail handle marked "The Duke".

Andrew's reply reads: "Please guarantee that each assertion or authorized letter states clearly that I'm NOT concerned and that I knew and know NOTHING about any of those allegations. I am unable to take any extra of this my finish."

The Mail on Sunday went on to publish its story alongside the {photograph}.

It included allegations that ladies had been directed to sit down on Andrew's knee at Epstein's New York house, that he groped them and took half in sexual encounters on Epstein's non-public island.

The paperwork additionally reveal makes an attempt by Epstein to discredit Ms Giuffre's testimony.

Within the July 2011 electronic mail to his publicist, Epstein additionally wrote: "The lady who accused Prince Andrew can even simply be confirmed to be a liar. I feel Buckingham Palace would like it.

"You need to process somebody to research the lady Virginia Roberts, that has precipitated the Queen's son all this agro [sic]."

The most recent launch comes after Andrew was requested by Democrats within the US Congress to reply questions as a part of its investigation into Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 whereas awaiting trial on intercourse trafficking offences.

A Democrat on the Home Oversight Committee - Congressman Suhas Subramanyam - informed BBC Newsnight that Andrew had not but responded to the Committee's invitation to testify earlier than the committee.