Prince Andrew served with legal documents in civil suit over sexual assault allegations
September 11, 2021, 5:09 am

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The NPR reported according to the Associated Press, lawyers for an American woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Prince Andrew say they have served him with legal papers in a U.S. civil suit.

Attorneys for Virginia Giuffre say the documents were handed over to a Metropolitan Police officer on duty at the main gates of Andrew's home in Windsor Great Park at 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 27.

The handover of the documents, first reported by Britain's Daily Mail newspaper, is important because Andrew would be obliged to respond within 21 days of the summons.

According to the NPR, Giuffre's lawyers said in the documents: "If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint."

Andrew's representatives did not respond to a request for comment. The prince has repeatedly denied the allegations in the lawsuit brought by Giuffre, a longtime accuser of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The NPR mentioned, when the suit was filed last month in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, legal experts suggested it left Andrew with no good options as the second son of Queen Elizabeth II seeks to repair his image and return to public life.

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If the prince tries to ignore the lawsuit, he runs the risk that the court could find him in default and order him to pay damages. And if he decides to fight, Andrew faces years of sordid headlines as the case winds its way through court.

The lawsuit is another unwanted story for the royals, reminding the public of Andrew's links to Epstein two years after his death. Britain's royal family is also still recovering from allegations of racism and insensitivity leveled at them by Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, earlier this year.

Source: npr

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