Newly unsealed court documents claim the Duke of York allegedly lobbied the US government for his former friend Jeffrey Epstein to secure a “favourable” plea deal in the disgraced late financier’s underage prostitution case.
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They appealed for the release of the documents in the case as they said it would prove Andrew’s involvement in Epstein’s case.
In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution as part of a secret “sweetheart deal” offered by Florida prosecutors.
The newly released documents also reveal email correspondence between Maxwell and Epstein, who died in August last year while in prison for other charges.
They said the documents should be blocked since Maxwell now faces criminal charges for aiding Epstein’s abuse of underage girls.
She has denied the charges and currently awaits trial in prison in New York following her arrest earlier this month. »