A leading American lawyer has called on the King and Prime Minister to use their power and influence to make Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor cooperate with US authorities investigating the Jeffrey Epstein network.
In an exclusive interview with the Express, attorney Spencer Kuvin said: “Both these British leaders have expressed their support for the women who were underage victims of a monster. But I believe it’s now time for them to use their power and influence to put real pressure on Andrew by urging him as strongly as possible to cooperate with US authorities and tell the world what he saw and heard.”
Congressional request unanswered
Lawmakers in Congress investigating Epstein’s sex trafficking network on the House Oversight Committee are furious that the former Duke of York has not replied to a written request to testify via video link, which was sent to him late last year. Andrew has strenuously denied any wrongdoing in his association with the billionaire financier.
Legislators in New Mexico also want to question him about his visit to Epstein’s sprawling Zorro desert ranch. Mr Kuvin said: “I have recently spoken to the state’s attorney general and they too are anxious to talk to Andrew.”
“Andrew himself praised the bravery of Epstein victims in a 2022 statement after legally settling the civil suit brought against him by Virginia Giuffre. He also said he would assist victims in any way he could. But since then, all we have from him is silence and stonewalling.”
“I hope King Charles and Prime Minister Burnham, both of whom have referred to their support for Epstein’s victims, now bring every ounce of their influence to bear on Andrew to press him to do the right and honourable thing.”
Calls after London meeting
Mr Kuvin’s call for action follows a meeting in London four weeks ago between MPs and Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips, who later said that Mr Burnham was “the most supportive” of her call for a UK public inquiry.
Just two months before that, in his April address to Congress during his official royal visit, the King pointedly referred to Britain and America’s “collective strength, including to support victims of some of the ills that, so tragically, exist in both our societies today.” Palace aides were quick to confirm afterwards that the phrasing was selected as an “indirect acknowledgement” of pressure from survivors and lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic to address “ongoing fallout” in the Epstein case.
Investigation and legal aftermath
Mr Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested and questioned in February, on his 66th birthday. He is currently under investigation by at least nine UK police forces over alleged misconduct in public office during his decade-long tenure as a British special trade envoy between 2001 and 2011. The probe relates to emails released by America’s Department of Justice between Epstein and Mr Mountbatten-Windsor.
Epstein was found hanged in his New York jail cell aged 66 in August 2019 while awaiting trial. Since his death, Florida-based Mr Kuvin has won multi-million dollar settlements from Epstein’s estate for nine “sex slave” survivors and is now representing two more alleged victims.
