UK police won't act against Prince Andrew over abuse claim

LONDON — British constabulary volition not beryllium taking immoderate further enactment against Prince Andrew aft a reappraisal prompted by a Jeffrey Epstein accuser who claims that helium sexually assaulted her.

For respective years, Virginia Giuffre has claimed publically that she was sexually abused by Queen Elizabeth's 2nd lad successful 2001 erstwhile she was underage.

In August, Giuffre filed a suit against the prince, saying that Andrew sexually abused her nether the Child Victims Act erstwhile she was trafficked and flown to London by Epstein and his subordinate erstwhile she was 17.

Andrew has denied each the allegations.

Following Giuffre's lawsuit, the Metropolitan Police began a reappraisal of allegations connected to precocious convicted enactment offender Epstein successful August. The constabulary unit said precocious Sunday it had concluded its reappraisal and won't beryllium taking further action.

The August suit wasn't the archetypal clip Giuffre has publically claimed that she was sexually abused by the prince, Epstein and subordinate Ghislaine Maxwell.

Giuffre filed a defamation lawsuit against Maxwell successful 2015 for Maxwell's repeated denying of maltreatment against her. That suit was settled retired of court.

In a 2019 interrogation with the BBC, Giuffre elaborate Andrew's alleged maltreatment of her. She claimed that successful 2001, erstwhile she was inactive underage, Maxwell flew her to London, wherever she was ordered to person enactment with the prince.

In November 2019, Prince Andrew was asked during an interrogation astir Giuffre's accusations, to which helium responded that helium had "no recollection of ever meeting."