Prince Andrew reported to the cops after sex assault claims resurface in unsealed Epstein docs
Prince Andrew was reported to London’s Metropolitan Police by the anti-monarchy group Republic after allegations that he had sexual relationships with minors trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein resurfaced in a trove of unsealed court documents released this week.
The disgraced royal — who was mentioned more than 70 times in the nearly 1,000 pages of documents that Manhattan federal Judge Loretta Preska ordered released last month — was accused of participating in an orgy with numerous underage girls on the late pedophile’s private island in the US Virgin Islands.
A victim referred to as “Jane Doe 3” in the court papers also said she was “forced to have sexual relations with this Prince when she was a minor” at Epstein’s private island, in New York and at Ghislaine Maxwell’s London apartment.
The Epstein accuser at the center of the document dump, Virginia Giuffre, said she was forced to have sex with Andrew three times around 2001 when she was 17 and 18 years old.
Giuffre’s since-settled 2015 defamation lawsuit against convicted madam Maxwell is the source of the unsealed documents and renewed interest in the case.
Another Epstein accuser, Johanna Sjoberg, described a time the Duke of York allegedly put his hand on her breast as she sat on his lap for a photo at Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse in 2001 in a newly unsealed deposition from 2016.
Republic said the newly unsealed documents call for a deeper investigation into Prince Andrew.
“The document is clear that while in London, an individual was forced to have sexual relations with Andrew when she was a minor,” Republic said in a statement posted to X.
“That’s why today Republic are reporting Andrew to the police, demanding that the Met investigate these accusations.”
What we know about the Jeffrey Epstein list of 170 associates
- On Wednesday, documents were released naming 170 associates of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The list included Michael Jackson, magician David Copperfield, Stephen Hawking, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and former President Bill Clinton — who an Epstein victim said “likes them young, referring to girls.”
- Disgraced royal Prince Andrew, a known friend of Epstein, was named in the documents and was previously sued by Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, who accused Andrew of sexual misconduct toward her. According to one royal family expert, the Firm “will stand beside” the Duke of York “no matter what.”
- Epstein’s former attorney and friend Alan Dershowitz defended the late multimillionaire sex offender’s associates, saying: “None of us knew about his private life that he kept so secret.” Dershowitz, who is on the list, added that no one should be automatically convicted in the court of public opinion simply for showing up in court documents.
- Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, told The Post that the ex-business mogul said he could have upended the 2016 election over what he knew about both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton: “Here’s a direct quote: ‘If I said what I know about both candidates, they’d have to cancel the election.’ That’s what Jeffrey told me in 2016.”
- Only some of the 170 names and their relationships to Epstein have been released. The remainder of the documents will likely become public record throughout the next week.
“It’s simple — the royals should not be above the law. Accusations of criminality should always be investigated thoroughly. THAT’S WHY THE MET MUST ACT.”
The Met has not yet commented on the Republic’s request for a new investigation into the royal.
The police department investigated Giuffre’s claims that Andrew sexually assaulted her previously and completed that probe in 2021, but did not take any action at its completion.
Andrew, who has denied all of the accusations lobbed by Giuffre, settled a civil claim with her in 2022 for millions without admitting guilt.
He was fired from his royal duties over his ties to Epstein three years earlier, in 2019.
