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Lawyers for Prince Andrew’s accuser are so confident they can see off one of his main arguments that they have done some of the duke’s work for him.
Attorneys for Virginia Roberts, suing Andrew in New York for alleged rape and sexual assault, have won the release of paperwork which the prince’s team believe is key, heading off the potential for more delays.
And Miss Roberts’s side are so satisfied that her legal settlement with Jeffrey Epstein will not protect the duke that they will happily hand it over.
Prince Andrew driving on the A93 Public road near Braemar as he leaves Balmoral Castle Estate
Pictures show the papers being sent to Prince Andrew's home address
Usually Andrew’s team would have to apply to the court to ask for a ruling but the pre-emptive move from the opposition negates the need for that.
Bringing the case under her married name, Giuffre, Miss Roberts claims she was forced to have sex with Andrew three times in 2001 when she was 17 and under the control of his friend, billionaire paedophile Epstein. Andrew has always vehemently denied her claims.
His lawyers said they believed the deal signed by Miss Roberts in 2009 to settle a civil claim against Epstein would release him ‘from any and all liability’.
Newly filed court documents show that her team has got permission from Epstein’s estate to pass on the agreement, which had until now been kept strictly under wraps.
