An investigation into Prince Andrew’s friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been ‘parked’ by the FBI, insiders claim.
Officers and lawyers are said to be ‘extremely frustrated’ at having to suspend the investigation, a source said.
It is understood that ‘no new leads have been uncovered for some time’ and that the FBI’s investigation into the Duke of York will not continue until ‘new evidence is presented that could move the case forward’.
This was reported by a source close to the case the mirror: “The agents and attorneys who have worked diligently for years investigating Andrew’s friendship with Epstein are beyond frustrated.
“They are angry that the probe is parked.”
An investigation into Prince Andrew’s friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been ‘parked’ by the FBI, insiders claim
Early this year, Andrew was mentioned several times in files released by a US court regarding disgraced financier Epstein
Epstein’s victims last night labeled the measure a “systematic cover-up” as one said they “knew this day would come one day.”
It is claimed that the time investigators spend on the case has decreased over the past year, with resources now being diverted to working on the high-profile case against hip-hop mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.
A second source confirmed that “resources are going elsewhere at the moment” and said the investigation into Andrew is at an “impasse.”
Early this year, Andrew was mentioned several times in files released by a US court regarding disgraced financier Epstein.
The unredacted documents include allegations that the duke had an orgy with underage girls and touched a woman’s breast while posing with a doll of himself.
The 64-year-old prince, who has previously strongly denied the allegations, paid millions a year ago to settle a civil case with Virginia Giuffre out of court without an admission of guilt after she accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17 .
But he was mentioned more than 70 times in nearly 1,000 pages of interviews and transcripts released in the US in connection with a 2015 defamation case brought by Virginia Giuffre against Ghislaine Maxwell, who was jailed for sex trafficking young girls for Epstein.
Early this year, Andrew was mentioned several times in files released by a US court regarding disgraced financier Epstein
The 64-year-old prince paid millions a year ago to settle a civil case with Virginia Giuffre out of court, without admitting guilt, after she accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17.
The names of more than 170 people who were Epstein’s associates, friends or victims are being made public by order of a judge, including high-profile figures such as former US President Bill Clinton.
In 2022, a bombshell memoir by former top New York prosecutor Geoffrey Berman claimed he got “absolutely nowhere” with his efforts to bring Andrew to justice over his ties to Epstein.
Berman, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, wrote that Andrew’s attorneys denied his requests for an interview, saying they would “consider it.”
The Duke’s sparring with Berman began in November 2019 when Andrew gave a “disastrous” interview to the BBC about his association with Epstein.
Epstein was arrested in August that year and Andrew came under fire over claims by Giuffre that she was trafficked to him for sex three times when she was 17.
Andrew issued a press statement saying he would be willing to assist with any law enforcement investigations, and said the same to the BBC.
But Berman wrote in “In Holding the Line: Inside the Nation’s Preeminent US Attorney’s Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department” that he quickly became frustrated after asking two of his accusers to contact Andrew’s people for an interview.
They spent “two weeks trying to figure out who his lawyers were,” Berman writes.
He writes: ‘We tried calling Buckingham Palace but they were unhelpful. We tried the Attaché of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but without success. When we finally got his lawyers, they all had questions.
‘What kind of interview will it be? Are there protections? Is this there? Is that there? And we kept answering, and that all led to further questions and they said you know, ‘We’ll consider it.’
In January 2020, Berman was asked at a press conference outside Epstein’s mansion about Andrew’s help in the investigation. He responded that there had been “zero cooperation.”
Epstein was found dead in his cell at a federal prison in Manhattan, New York, in August 2019 as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges. The death was ruled a suicide.