To dissuade her from filing a lawsuit, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein paid Virginia Giuffre, who is currently suing British nobleman Prince Andrew for sexual abuse, $ 500,000. The previously secret agreement from 2009 became public on Monday as part of the current process.
Giuffre accuses Prince Andrew of sexually abusing her as a teenager. Epstein, along with other alleged perpetrators, “awarded” them to the nobleman. Andrew denies the allegations. In addition, Giuffre’s action is inadmissible on the basis of the settlement. It contains a passage according to which Giuffre cannot accuse Epstein or anyone else who could be considered a “potential defendant”.
Jeffrey Epstein is said to have built a human trafficking ring. According to US investigators, minors were “referred” to powerful men through his network in order to be sexually abused. Before he could be tried on the allegations, the billionaire was found dead in his cell while in custody in 2019. His former partner Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of numerous sex crimes last week. She had assisted Epstein with the abuse.