"UK Prince Andrew Receives Daily Massages at Billionaire's Home Accused of Minor Sexual Exploitation"

Epstein Housekeeper's Claim

Prince Andrew, the brother of King Charles III of the United Kingdom, is alleged to have stayed for several weeks at the American mansion of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who was imprisoned for sexually exploiting minors and later took his own life, receiving daily massages.

Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom
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Documents from the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, New York, released on the 5th (local time), include testimony from Juan Alessi, the house manager of Epstein's Palm Beach, Florida residence. In testimony recorded in 2009, Alessi claimed that Prince Andrew stayed in the guest room and received daily massages. However, it is not known who gave the massages to Prince Andrew.

Epstein was a billionaire former hedge fund manager. He was arrested in 2019 on charges of sexually exploiting minors and took his own life in prison the same year.

Earlier, on the 20th of last month, U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ordered the release of the real names of 150 individuals previously anonymized in documents related to Epstein. These documents pertain to a defamation lawsuit filed in 2015 by Virginia Giuffre, an American woman who was sexually exploited by Epstein, against the daughter of British media tycoon Robert Maxwell. Maxwell was Epstein’s girlfriend and is currently serving a prison sentence for assisting his crimes.

The publicly released "Epstein list" includes names such as former U.S. President Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom, former U.S. President Donald Trump, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, famous magician David Copperfield, and singer Michael Jackson. However, having a name on the list does not necessarily mean involvement in Epstein’s crimes.

The documents also contain allegations that a person presumed to be Giuffre was forced three times at the age of 17 to have sexual relations with Prince Andrew at Maxwell’s London residence. This was already known, and Prince Andrew has denied the allegations outright while paying a large settlement related to Giuffre’s civil lawsuit.

Following the appearance of Prince Andrew’s name on the Epstein list, public opinion in the UK has erupted in anger. The day before, the republican movement group "Republic" reported Prince Andrew to the police, and tabloid front pages featured headlines urging a "cut-off" such as "Time to Cut Andrew Loose" and "No Return."

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