{"id":19847,"date":"2021-09-13T19:09:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T23:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=19847"},"modified":"2021-09-13T19:09:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T23:09:20","slug":"prince-andrews-lawyer-says-ny-case-is-baseless-and-non-viable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/09\/13\/prince-andrews-lawyer-says-ny-case-is-baseless-and-non-viable\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Andrew’s lawyer says NY case is baseless and non-viable"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Duke of York’s lawyer has described allegations of sexual assault filed in a US court as “baseless, non-viable [and] potentially unlawful”.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Andrew Brettler told a pre-trial conference call in New York that a 2009 settlement between Virginia Giuffre and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released the duke from “any and all liability”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He also said the duke had not been properly served notice of proceedings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prince Andrew has consistently denied Ms Giuffre’s claims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Brettler – a Los Angeles-based lawyer promoted as a “media and entertainment litigation” specialist – requested a copy of the 2009 agreement, which is not public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“There has been a settlement agreement that the plaintiff [Ms Giuffre] has entered into in a prior action that releases the duke and others from any and all potential liability,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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During the conference call on Monday, Mr Brettler denied that the prince had been given legal documents properly, a process known as “service” in US law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Brettler went on to argue it was for the High Court in London to decide whether the documents had been served correctly, but the judge, Lewis Kaplan, disagreed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Judge Kaplan told Ms Giuffre’s lawyer, David Boise, he had a week to find an alternative method of serving legal documents to the duke in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The judge said the next meeting in the case would happen on 13 October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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