Prince Andrew placed his hand on Johanna Sjoberg's chest as a doll resembling him groped Virginia Giuffre, shocking court papers claim.
Testimony from Jeffrey Epstein 'victim' Johanna Sjoberg, who was recruited to work as a massage therapist at the age of 20, has embroiled the Duke of York in the sex scandal again.
Prince Andrew has always denied any allegations of sexual activity with Epstein's accusers, denying any wrongdoing.
Sjoberg's testimony was revealed Wednesday night — part of a nearly 950-page trove detailing Epstein's relationships, friendships and actions.
The documents come from a 2015 defamation lawsuit filed by Roberts — now married as Virginia Giuffre — against Maxwell. The documents were sealed in 2017 and made public on Wednesday.
In her testimony, Sjoberg said, “I was sitting on Andrew's lap and they took the doll's hands and put him on Virginia's chest, and so Andrew put his on mine.”
She added: “It looked like him. (Ghislaine) brought it down and presented it to (Prince Andrew); and that was a nice joke, because apparently it was a production from a program on the BBC.'
Sjoberg claimed that Ghislaine Maxwell took a photo of the two women being groped, but said she never saw the print.
Prince Andrew placed his hand on Johanna Sjoberg's chest as a doll resembling him groped Virginia Giuffre, shocking court papers claim. Pictured: Prince Andrew's image on Spitting Image
Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts (now Giuffre) and Ghislaine Maxwell are pictured at Maxwell's London mansion in 2001
Johanna Sjoberg (pictured) was recruited by Maxwell at the age of 20 on the campus of Palm Beach Atlantic University, where she attended school
She testified in May 2016 that she was a 20-year-old student at Palm Beach Atlantic University when Maxwell, a stranger, approached her and offered her a job as a personal assistant.
Sjoberg began working for Epstein in 2001 and was immediately forced to perform sex acts.
Sjoberg said she knew that another young woman close to Epstein, Virginia Roberts (now Giuffre), was underage.
Roberts had been recruited by Maxwell the year before, in 2000, while she was working as a locker room attendant at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach.
Roberts and Sjoberg would encounter a long list of famous faces, including Prince Andrew.
In part of her testimony, Johanna Sjoberg described the moment she first saw Prince Andrew's doll
She also shared the moment when the doll's hand was placed on Virginia Giuffre's chest and Prince Andrew's hand was placed on her own.
One of the documents – a request from Roberts' legal team for the judge to make more statements – states: 'Johanna confirms that she knew Virginia was a minor when she met her during the trip to New York with Jeffrey in 2001 because Virginia didn't go to the casino and later Johanna asked her and Virginia said she was 17.
“Johanna testified that Virginia looked young.
Johanna continues: 'I had the impression at the time that she had no family or that she had run away from her family.
“And it seemed to me, you know, they just adopted her, not as a child, but they were going to take care of her.”
Sjoberg also claimed that while Roberts was 17 and she was 20, they were all together at Epstein's Manhattan mansion with Prince Andrew.
Johanna Sjoberg is pictured in West Palm Beach. She now runs a hair salon in Florida
Prince Andrew (pictured on Christmas Day at Sandringham last year) has always denied any allegations of sexual activity with Epstein's accusers and denied any wrongdoing
The Duke paid a $12 million settlement to Giuffre in 2022 over her claims that he sexually assaulted her when she was 17, which he has always denied
During his infamous 2019 interview, he said he couldn't remember ever meeting her
Roberts would later say that she and Prince Andrew had sex that evening at Epstein's home.
Sjoberg said the prince groped her breast.
“Johanna confirmed that she witnessed Virginia when she was 17 at Jeffrey Epstein's mansion in New York with Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell,” the documents say.
“Johanna also testified that Prince Andrew sat with Virginia and Johanna and took a photo with a doll in his image that had his hand and Prince Andrew's hand on their respective breasts.”
Sjoberg repeated the same claims about the Prince Andrew doll in a 2007 interview.
Jeffrey Epstein is pictured on the New York State sex offender registry in March 2017
Epstein and Maxwell in an undated photo released by the court
Virginia Giuffre has been fighting for justice for almost a decade
Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein stroll through Central Park on December 5, 2010
She said she returned to the apartment after some “sightseeing” and “Prince Andrew was there and a few other girls my age.” Andrew was very charming… (Ghislaine) came with a present for him: a latex doll of his from Spitting Image.'
She added: “We had a photo taken.
“Virginia, another girl there, was sitting on a chair with the doll on her lap. Andrew sat down in another chair.
'I sat on his lap – and he put his hand on my chest. Ghislaine placed the doll's hand on Virginia's chest.
“Then Andrew put his hand on mine.
'It was a great joke. Everyone laughed.
“Ghislaine had a very dirty sense of humor.”
These claims have never been tested in court.
The Duke paid a $12 million settlement to Giuffre in 2022 over her claims that he sexually assaulted her when she was 17, which he has always denied.
During his infamous 2019 interview, he said he couldn't remember ever meeting her.
In another portion of the court papers released yesterday, a motion alleged: “Maxwell had direct connections to other powerful individuals with whom she could link Epstein.
“For example, one of those powerful individuals that Epstein forced Jane Doe #3 to have sexual relations with was a member of the British Royal Family, Prince Andrew.
'Jane Doe #3 was forced to have sexual relations with this prince when she was a minor, in three separate geographic locations: in London (in Ghislaine Maxwell's apartment), in New York, and on Epstein's private island in the US Virgin Islands ( in an orgy with countless other underage girls).
“Epstein instructed Jane Doe #3 to give the prince everything he demanded and demanded that Jane Doe #3 report to him the details of the sexual abuse.
“Maxwell facilitated Prince Andrew's sexual abuse by acting as a 'madame' to Epstein, thereby assisting in the international trafficking of Jane Doe #3 (and countless other young girls) for sexual purposes.”