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Prince Andrew denies seeing any suspicious Epstein behaviour

Prince Andrew denies seeing any suspicious Epstein behaviour

Prince Andrew has commented on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, saying he did not “see, witness or suspect any behaviour of the sort that subsequently led to [the] arrest and conviction” of the deceased financier.

In a statement on Saturday, the Duke of York said there had been immense speculation about the convicted sex offender who killed himself in a New York jail earlier this month.

“This is particularly the case in relation to my former association or friendship with Mr Epstein,” he said. “Therefore I am eager to clarify the facts to avoid further speculation.”

Andrew said he met Epstein in 1999 and saw him once or twice a year during the time he knew him, and also stayed at several of his residences.

“At no stage during the limited time I spent with him did I see, witness or suspect any behaviour of the sort that subsequently led to his arrest and conviction,” the duke said.

“I have said previously that it was a mistake and an error to see him after his release [from prison] in 2010 and I can only reiterate my regret that I was mistaken to think that what I thought I knew of him was evidently not the real person, given what we now know.”

Video footage emerged last week showing the prince inside Epstein’s Manhattan mansion in December 2010 – two years after the financier pleaded guilty to Florida state charges of soliciting prostitution from a minor, in a controversial plea deal that saw him avoid federal charges and serve a relatively light custodial sentence.

It was subsequently reported that a prominent literary agent claimed to have seen the prince at Epstein’s residence, getting a foot massage from a young Russian woman.

Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein accuser who alleges she was made to have sex with Andrew and other friends of the financier, said in 2011 testimony that Andrew “knows the truth” about Epstein’s abuse of underage girls and should be forced to testify.

Andrew has vehemently denied the allegations. In 2015, a court ordered Giuffre’s accusations be struck from the record for being “immaterial and impertinent” and denied her attempt to join a lawsuit against Epstein.

Epstein, 66, was arrested again in July this year and killed himself on 10 August in jail in New York, while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges relating to the alleged abuse of underage girls.

A psychologist at the federal detention center in Manhattan had approved Epstein’s removal from suicide watch before he killed himself, the US justice department said on Friday. Epstein was reported to have attempted suicide in July.

Investigations of Epstein’s activities continue and lawyers for some of his victims have implored Andrew to give sworn testimony on “everything he knows” about the financier.

On Saturday the prince said he had “tremendous sympathy” for everyone affected by Epstein’s actions and behaviour.

“His suicide has left many unanswered questions and I acknowledge and sympathise with everyone who has been affected and wants some form of closure,” Andrew said.

“This is a difficult time for everyone involved and I am at a loss to be able to understand or explain Mr Epstein’s lifestyle. I deplore the exploitation of any human being and would not condone, participate in, or encourage any such behaviour.”

Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 as part of a lenient deal for him and “any potential co-conspirators” to avoid further prosecution over his extensive crimes.

The deal was criticized for years and was subject to renewed scrutiny when Donald Trump appointed Alex Acosta, the prosecutor in Florida who oversaw the deal, to be the US labor secretary. Acosta resigned last month amid criticism of his role in the case.

Epstein was jailed for just 13 months and was allowed to spend 12 hours a day, six days a week at his office rather than in the county jail. He was also permitted to make at least 69 doctors’ visits in six months, frequently to a chiropractor who he would see as many as three times a week.

New charges were filed against Epstein in July by federal prosecutors in New York, following an investigation by the Miami Herald newspaper. Epstein was accused of sexually exploiting and abusing dozens of underage girls from 2002 to 2005 at his homes in Manhattan, New York, and Palm Beach, Florida. The FBI continues to investigate the abuses.

Brad Edwards, a lawyer for Giuffre, told the Guardian on Monday the prince should help the women Epstein abused by testifying.

“I look forward to coordinating a formal deposition where he will be given the opportunity to tell us everything he knows,” Edwards said. “We would like to do this as soon as possible, at his convenience, and again we are very appreciative of his willingness to help.”

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