| Virginia Giuffre v. Prince Andrew | |
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| Court | United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| Full case name | Virginia L. Giuffre vs. Prince Andrew, Duke of York, a/k/a Andrew Albert Christian Edward, in his personal capacity |
| Docket nos. | 1:21-cv-06702 |
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| Judge sitting | Lewis A. Kaplan |
Virginia Giuffre v. Prince Andrew was a lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court in which Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) sued Prince Andrew, Duke of York, second son of Queen Elizabeth II, for sexual assault. Giuffre's lawsuit, filed under New York's Child Victims Act, alleged that she was forced to have several sexual encounters with Andrew in the early 2000s at the age of 17, after being sex trafficked by the American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.[1][2] Andrew denied Giuffre's claims. The lawsuit was filed in August 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and was assigned to senior U.S. district judge Lewis A. Kaplan.
Giuffre and Andrew reached an out-of-court settlement in February 2022, and the case was dismissed by the parties' stipulation in March 2022 without going to trial.
- ^ Laird, Rox (August 9, 2021). "Principal Epstein accuser sues Prince Andrew, claiming underage sex abuse". Courthouse News Service. Archived from the original on September 11, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
- ^ Jacobs, Shayna (August 10, 2021). "Woman who says she was groomed and abused by Jeffrey Epstein sues Britain's Prince Andrew". Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.