Prince Andrew’s former assistant asked to testify in civil sex assault case

Robert Olney, Prince Andrew’s ex-assistant, has been requested to present proof on his former boss’s relationships with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell (Image: PA/LinkedIn)

The choose presiding over Prince Andrew’s intercourse abuse case has requested for testimony from the duke’s former assistant.

Paperwork present the UK’s Excessive Courtroom has been requested for assist in gathering proof from Robert Olney, who beforehand labored for Andrew and lives in England.

He’ll possible be quizzed on the Duke of York’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and his former boss’s journey to their houses world wide.

Decide Lewis A Kaplan has written letters to each the Senior Grasp of the Queen’s Bench Division and the Australian Lawyer Common to request their help in buying proof for the civil declare filed by Virginia Giuffre.

Additionally being requested to testify is Shukri Walker, the girl who claims to have seen Andrew and Ms Giuffre in Tramp nightclub in March 2021.

Ms Giuffre, who now lives in Australia, is suing the duke for damages in her house nation of the US, claiming she was trafficked by disgraced financier Epstein to have intercourse with the royal when she was 17.

The duke is alleged to have sexually abused Ms Giuffre at Maxwell’s London house in addition to throughout a go to to Epstein’s personal island, Little St James, and on a separate event on the financier’s Manhattan mansion within the early 2000s.

Andrew has strenuously denied all allegations and final week insisted the case go earlier than a jury.

Prince Andrew has been stripped of his army titles as he fights the case in opposition to him (Image: AP)

Decide Kaplan’s letters to the Australian Lawyer Common have requested help in acquiring testimony from Ms Giuffre’s husband Robert and her psychologist Dr Judith Lightfoot.

The choose requested for Mr Giuffre’s testimony to incorporate how he met Ms Giuffre, his discussions along with her about Andrew, her alleged childhood trauma and abuse, and her relationship with Epstein and Maxwell.

The letter requests Mr Giuffre’s testimony additionally embody all claims Ms Giuffre has made in opposition to the duke, her alleged emotional and psychological hurt and damages, her alleged function in trafficking and recruiting younger women for Epstein and the Giuffre family’s funds.

In a separate letter to Dr Lightfoot, Decide Kaplan has requested her proof to incorporate Ms Giuffre’s medical therapy, her analysis of Ms Giuffre, issues mentioned throughout their classes, and claims made about Andrew.

Virginia Giuffre’s husband has additionally been requested to present proof (Image: AP)

Testimony can be sought from Dr Lightfoot about her opinions of the alleged psychological hurt suffered by Ms Giuffre, idea of false reminiscences and the implications of her childhood trauma.

Andrew is making ready to change into the primary member of the trendy royal household to undergo being cross-examined over critical allegations.

He has already been stripped of his army titles and patronages and Buckingham Palace mentioned he's contesting the case as a non-public particular person.

Decide Kaplan has requested that the testimony of all 4 witnesses be accomplished by April 29.

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