more than 20 years after this photograph was claimed to have been taken, lawyers for prince andrew and virginia giuffre will go into a legal battle today over whether miss giuffre s civil case against him can proceed. miss giuffre, then called roberts, said she was trafficked by the paedophilejeffrey epstein and then sexually assaulted by prince andrew in london, new york and the caribbean. the prince has consistently denied the allegations. prince andrew s lawyers will try to convince the court in new york that the case shouldn t go any further, claiming that a deal struck in 2009 between ms giuffre and epstein, prevents herfrom pursuing her claims against him. the settlement, revealed yesterday, showed that epstein paid half a million dollars to giuffre to stop any further legal action against him. in the settlement, giuffre agreed to. release, acquit, satisfy and forever discharge epstein from further claims. the wording goes on to cover any other person who could have been a potent
contact with virginia roberts, then or any other time? none whatsoever. there might not be an outcome today from the hearing but prince andrew s lawyers will be hoping the case can be stopped in its tracks. otherwise it opens the door to a phase of more evidence gathering, investigations, and public scrutiny and the possibility of prince andrew facing questions in an unprecedented civil trial in new york. sean coughlan, bbc news. the labour leader sir keir starmer has been setting out his party s vision for power if they win the next general election. in a new year speech he accused the conservatives of losing voters trust, promising that labour would govern based on the principles of security, prosperity and respect. i believe that the best still lies ahead for this country, but only if we have the courage to create a new britain a country in which you and your family get the security, the prosperity and the respect
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