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‘More Brit victims can claim compo’
MANY British victims of the late Jeffrey Epstein are yet to come forward, says a US lawyer.
Jordana Feldman runs a compensation programme for those abused by the financier.
And she urged more British women to get in touch, saying: “We believe there are many victims in the UK yet to come forward.” The scheme means they can file claims against Epstein’s £505million estate.
Prince Andrew’s former pal spent time in London in the 1990s when he allegedly abused girls of 14.
Also involved in the scheme is injury specialist Jill Greenfield of London law firm Fieldfisher.
She said: “This fund is very good news for Epstein victims both in the US and in the UK. “Anything that eases the
Jill Feldman process for victims of sexual assault to receive financial support is extremely positive.
“I would be keen for the UK to replicate these US schemes to offer recourse without putting people through the distress of pursuing a claim through the courts.”
The programme has been set up independently of the Epstein estate and has been working with lawyers for more than 70 people. More information is at epsteinvcp.com.
THE detective who helped expose one of Britain’s worst paedophile scandals today demands a police investigation into Prince Andrew’s links with Ghislaine Maxwell.
Rochdale whistleblower Maggie Oliver says the Prince should be quizzed after the arrest of his friend Maxwell in America this week on child sex trafficking charges. Maxwell denies all charges.
The ex-detective constable’s demand came as legal experts claimed Scotland Yard had no grounds to suddenly drop a 2016 probe involving Jeffrey Epstein alleged sex slave Virginia Giuffre.
Giuffre claimed she was trafficked to the UK by financier Epstein and his ex-lover Maxwell, where they allegedly forced her to have sex with Prince Andrew at the age of 17 in 2001.
The Prince has always strenuously denied any wrongdoing. And in an infamous interview with Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis he claimed he had no recollection of Ms Giuffre, now 36 – even though he has been photographed with her.
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But Maggie – who quit Greater Manchester Police to expose the force’s poor handling of the Rochdale child sex abuse probe – said: “I absolutely think he should be questioned.
“I don’t believe for a single moment this was investigated fully and that the police could do nothing about it.
“Everyone is innocent until proven guilty, but the fact he [Prince Andrew] hasn’t been interviewed under caution suggests to me special treatment.
“I’ve listened to Virginia’s interviews and I don’t believe she wasn’t credible and didn’t have evidence to back up what she is saying. The establishment protects the establishment. At the very least, it’s coincidental.
“At the worst, it’s corruption at the highest level. When the authorities chose not to even investigate these crimes, the message that goes out to victims is they don’t matter.
“In many respects, this is worse than the abuse itself.”
The Metropolitan Police dropped their probe into Ms Giuffre’s claims on the grounds most of her complaint related to allegations of abuse in other countries.
But legal experts say there was then a UK law in place that made it a criminal offence for a person to procure a girl under 21 for unlawful sexual intercourse
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Ghislaine & dad Robert, 1984 in any part of the world. And although the Sexual Offences Act of 1956 has now largely been replaced with more modern laws on trafficking and sex abuse, it would still apply to cases dating back to when it was in force.
The Met dropped the case only three years before Epstein, 66, took his own life in a New York prison cell while awaiting