giuffre alleges he sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager. she is seeking unspecified damages but there is speculation that the sum could be in the millions of dollars. the breaking news again, the duke of york will be tried over allegations that he sexually assaulted virginia giuffre and she was underage after a us judge in new york has ruled that her civil lawsuit can be proceeded. in i m nowjoined in the studio for more on all of this. this is obviously a devastating news for prince andrew and the royal family? it s that the use he would have wanted to because his attempt to stop the trial has failed. what will happen now is the try will go ahead, possibly in the autumn in new york, before that, there is a phase of discovering which both sides of lawyers will try to get as much information as they can from each other. this can be a difficult and embarrassing position for prince entry because he will have to face very detailed and personal questions
deposition and ultimately a trial. at deposition, he would have a right to take the fifth amendment, do not say anything that would incriminate him criminally. he would have a basis for doing that, but that decision, of course, would hurt him in a civil case. that s a decision he would have to make very carefully. then, frankly, his lawyers have too seriously be considering the options for resolving this prior to those phases of this litigation. i can t imagine it s in prince andrew s interest for the details of his conduct to come out in the public domain. 50 the details of his conduct to come out in the public domain.- the details of his conduct to come out in the public domain. so you are or have been out in the public domain. so you are or have been a out in the public domain. so you are or have been a prosecutor out in the public domain. so you are or have been a prosecutor rather - or have been a prosecutor rather than a defence lawyer, if you were representing prince andre
going to be facts of the spirit, it s hard to imagine that there are no material facts of dispute. but thatis no material facts of dispute. but that is a stage in the case where the rules allow for and after the summaryjudgment you move into a trial phase. in this case the judge has indicated he would set the entire schedule, looking forward to a trial in the last quarter of 2022, sometime between september and december of 2022. should the prince and his lawyers either be unwilling or unable to come to some sort of settlement before that, it is entirely possible we could see prince andrew having to give evidence in a trial? absolutely. the case would first have to provide information in a
of all years, they are of the queen s platinum jubilee, it would be preferable for his second son to recognise that as he said in that newsnight interview, he has let the side down and that he should therefore bow out gracefully and completely. a reminder there of the background of this case. we ve had this breaking news that a judge in new york has rejected an attempt by queen elizabeth s son, prince andrew, to have a lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault, thrown out. it means the british prince will now face a civil trial in the united states. his accuser alleges that prince andrew s friends jeffrey epstein and ghislaine maxwell, r for six with powerful associates including the prince. an allegation that he has repeatedly denied. it
criminal trial in new york in the autumn. throughout all of this, prince andrew has consistently denied any wrongdoing, any involvement. have yet had any reaction from his households, from the palace on this latest ruling from the judge in new york? i latest ruling from the udge in new york? . , ., , , latest ruling from the udge in new york? . , ., i, ., york? i have seen on myself so far, i am york? i have seen on myself so far, i am sure york? i have seen on myself so far, i am sure we york? i have seen on myself so far, i am sure we will york? i have seen on myself so far, i am sure we will soon. york? i have seen on myself so far, i am sure we will soon. there - york? i have seen on myself so far, i am sure we will soon. there is - york? i have seen on myself so far, i am sure we will soon. there is the court case, and he has strongly rejected any claims of wrongdoing but the source of reputational damage as well and how bad this will look having lost the attempt to use