A woman claims she was flown to Britain by a pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has changed his mind about testifying against him.
The Mail on Sunday reported in May that the unnamed woman – who claims she spent a night with the former prince at the Royal Lodge in Windsor – was reluctant to make a formal complaint to British detectives investigating human trafficking claims because she “didn’t want to risk losing her privacy.”
Now her US lawyer, Bradley Edwards, has revealed he has been in contact with police in Britain after his client went from a ‘hard no’ to a ‘maybe’ in assisting the ongoing criminal case.
The woman says she was in her 20s when she spent a night with Andrew at Royal Lodge at Epstein’s request in 2010. It is claimed that she was also given a tour of Buckingham Palace and tea afterwards.
Mr Edwards said he had spoken to British police about interviewing his client in the US but nothing had been agreed.
He added: “She’s gone from a hard no to a maybe. Her main concern is protecting her child and she does not want her child to be molested.
“If these issues can be addressed, it can happen. She thinks about it. I think she should testify because what happened was wrong. But I’m not going to push her. It has to be her choice.”
Andrew was arrested in February on his 66th birthday on suspicion of misconduct in public office following documents released by the Trump administration appeared to show that he passed sensitive information to Epstein during their decade-long friendship.
A woman who claims she was flown to Britain by pedophile Jeffrey Epstein to have sex with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has now been allowed to testify against him. (Pictured: Andrew pictured above an unidentified woman in an image from the Epstein files)
The woman’s lawyer has revealed he has been in contact with police in Britain after his client went from a ‘hard no’ to a ‘maybe’ in assisting in the ongoing criminal case. (Andrew introduced himself as he left Aylsham police station in February)
In May, Thames Valley Police, which is leading the investigation, said the investigation was being expanded to include sex trafficking. The former duke denies all allegations.
The information he reportedly shared included reports of official visits to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore, as well as a confidential briefing on investment opportunities in the reconstruction of Helmand in Afghanistan.
It is understood that Thames Valley Police’s investigation into Andrew is being funded in the same way as a major crime investigation and that specialist sexual crimes investigators are part of the team.
Mr. Edwards, who has represented more than 200 alleged Epstein victims, previously sued Andrew on behalf of the late Virginia Giuffre, who alleged that she had sex with the former Duke of York at age 17 in London, New York and on Epstein’s Caribbean island.
Andrew settled for a reported £12 million before the case went to trial but admitted no liability.
The files released by the Justice Department contain damning messages from Andrew to Epstein in 2010 about setting him up with a woman.
Epstein offered to put the former prince in touch with a ‘friend’ who was ’26, Russian, smart’ [sic] beautiful, reliable’. It is not known whether the woman in the email is the same one Mr Edwards represents.
