Prince Andrew faces a legal bill of at least £10m Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s after reaching a settlement in her sexual abuse lawsuit against him.
Ms Giuffre’s lawyer David Boies revealed the settlement in a motion filed with US District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Tuesday, saying that both parties agreed for the Duke of York to pay an undisclosed amount to her, along with a donation to a charity “in support of victims’ rights”.
Legal experts estimated the settlement to be worth more than £10m, but questions remain about how the royal will fund the sum.
The lawsuit alleged Prince Andrew sexually abused Ms Giuffre as a teenager on multiple occasions in London, Manhattan, and the US Virgin Islands in 2001 – allegations that he strongly denied – when she was a victim of sex trafficking by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
