Sunday Mirror (Northern Ireland)
UK must run own quiz into Andy link to Maxwell
Fury over Met failure to grill Prince
Andrew with Epstein in New York in 2010
AT least 70 alleged victims of Epstein and Maxwell have applied for compensation, according to reports.
The most vocal of Maxwell’s accusers, Virginia Giuffre, met her while working at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Maxwell offered her a job as a massage therapist for Epstein – and Virginia claims the pair were soon grooming and abusing her. British actress Anouska de Georgiou, 42, has already bravely waived her anonymity to speak about her ordeal.
Anouska, who appeared with Jude Law in the 2004 film Alfie, claims she was abused for several years throughout the 1990s in
sex trafficking charges, meaning many victims were denied justice.
Top human rights lawyer Harriet Wistrich, director of the Centre for Women’s Justice, said: “The public interest stakes are very high in looking into this. It’s a very serious allegation and there is no reason why the police shouldn’t investigate it.
“If a crime is committed in your jurisdiction and the complainer wants you to investigate it, the fact that other allegations related to other jurisdictions is not a reason not to do then Oxford University. She became prominent on the London social scene in the 1980s – and in 1986 her dad named his yacht the Lady Ghislaine in her honour.
In 1991, his body was found floating by the yacht off the
Canary Islands in an apparent suicide. It was then discovered
so.” Her views were echoed by Olivia Coffey, specialist child abuse solicitor with national law firm Bolt Burdon Kemp. She said: “The Metropolitan Police appear to be simply leaving the criminal investigations up to the authorities in the US – rather than investigating what allegedly happened here and ultimately holding anyone who committed criminal
QUIZ HIM Ex-cop Maggie he had stolen the pension assets of Mirror Group Newspapers. Ghislaine, who has suggested he was murdered, moved to the US shortly afterwards.
She became a player in New York high society – making friends with Donald Trump’s first wife, Ivana. She
SOCIALITE At 1991 bash various countries. She said: “If you’re a young person walking into a mansion or someone’s island and all the people who are present are acting as though this is OK and you’re the only one who thinks it’s weird, it’s hard to say something.”
Artist Maria Farmer made the first criminal complaint against Epstein in 1996 – but prosecutors in New York took no action. She and her younger sister Annie say they were sexually assaulted.
Chauntae Davies, now 40, says she was repeatedly raped by Epstein for several years before she escaped his clutches in 2005.
Her complaint to prosecutors last year sparked Epstein’s arrest.
Jennifer Araoz, now 32, accused Epstein of raping her when she was 15. offences to account. Trafficking is an international issue that spans jurisdictions and you would therefore expect investigations to take place in the UK as well as the US and anywhere else where crimes were allegedly carried out. “Following Epstein’s death it will be more important than ever that Maxwell’s role is thoroughly investigated – here and in the US.
“You’d hope Prince Andrew would fully cooperate and met Jeffrey Epstein at a party in the late 1990s. It is unclear how she met Prince Andrew but they were close friends for years.
She introduced Andrew to Epstein in the late 1990s and was pictured with Epstein and Hollywood pervert Harvey Weinstein at Princess Beatrice’s 18th birthday bash at provide the police with as much information as he can.” It is understood the complaint to the Metropolitan Police in 2016 did not include any criminal allegations against Prince Andrew.
A source close to the Prince last night maintained he had agreed to cooperate fully with US authorities.
The insider said: “The Duke of York’s team are completely bewildered as to why the US authorities maintain they still need to speak to him.
“There have been several offers to cooperate with them throughout the
Windsor Castle. Ghislaine was not seen in public with Epstein after he was jailed in 2008 but continued her friendship with Andrew.
They are said to have met at Buckingham Palace last summer, shortly before Epstein took his own life while awaiting trial. The furore forced Ghislaine into hiding. year, to which there has been no response. The view is this is complete theatre on their part. Andrew has said he is innocent of any wrongdoing and nothing has changed.”
Metropolitan Police Commander Alex Murray said the force had no plans to investigate the claims from 2016 in light of this week’s developments. He said: “Our position remains unchanged.”
Both the CPS and a spokesperson for the Duke declined to comment.