Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
‘Andrew groped two girls in Epstein Mansion’
Pair claim abuse in study
THIS opulent study in Jeffrey Epstein’s home is where Prince Andrew is claimed to have groped TWO of the paedophile’s victims using a latex puppet of himself.
After allegedly sexually molesting the pair, it is claimed the Duke of York was led into “the dungeon” for an erotic massage by Virginia Giuffre, then 17.
In 2016 Epstein’s former PA and victim Johanna Sjoberg alleged in court the Duke had fondled her breast while she sat on his knee in the study.
The incident came in April 2001 when Epstein and Maxwell presented Andrew, 60, with his Spitting Image puppet from the ’80s satirical ITV show.
But in newly released court documents Epstein’s teen “sex slave” Giuffre claims she too was groped at that time.
In the manuscript of her book, unpublished but released by New York Judge Loretta Preska, Giuffre details how the Duke touched her in front of Epstein and Ghislaine
Maxwell. Giuffre recalls that, in Easter 2001, Maxwell summoned her to the first-floor study of Epstein’s home in Manhattan, New York.
Virginia, 36, wrote: “Not an odd call, I would often meet him there first so he could tie up unfinished business before heading to the dungeon or what was thought to be the massage room.
“I cracked open the heavy wooden doors, and a familiar face revealed itself.
“Prince Andrew had that notorious cheesy grin slapped over his face, as he looked me up and down like a shiny new car on display and he was about to take it for a test drive.
“Ghislaine led me to the decadent sofa he was lounging on and twirled me around to give him a good look over before sitting me down on his lap.
“Like a show pony, I knew exactly how they wanted me to be paraded around, with the last of my dignity long lost, I had nothing more to lose.
“It was easy to give them the reaction they desired, all I had to do was pretend to be entertained by their lewd gestures, and when Andrew cupped my breast with a doll made in his image, I only giggled away.” Virginia added: “Ghislaine wanted to take a picture of the bizarre scene and even got Johanna (Sjoberg), another one