Prince Andrew interview over Epstein could be used against him in cross-examination, victims' lawyer says
Prince Andrew's TV interview over his friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein could be used against him in any potential cross-examination, a lawyer for the disgraced American sex offender's victims has said.
The Duke of York's grilling by Newsnight's Emily Maitlis on Saturday night continues to generate shock waves on both sides of the Atlantic.
The British royal is now facing renewed calls to tell US prosecutors about his friendship with Epstein, who died in prison where he was awaiting a sex trafficking trial.
And, if the matter comes to court, Spencer Kuvin - a US lawyer who represented three of Epstein’s victims - told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: "Anything he says can be used in cross examination against him later."
During the gripping interview on the BBC over the weekend, Prince Andrew stood by his friendship with a man he knew to be a sex offender.
The duke repeatedly pointed to Epstein's partner and the royal's friend Ghislaine Maxwell as the reason the two men met.
Maitlis' masterclass questioning also left Prince Andrew having to answer repeated questions about whether he had ever had sex with Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an Epstein sex slave, when she was 17, or with other young girls.
He denied it, but did not offer any remorse to the victims.
Now, there are growing calls for potential co-conspirators to be hauled into the courts over what they know about the scandal.
Mr Kuvin said: "A man that has been to all three of Epstein’s homes can’t avoid seeing what had been going on in those homes and girls being shuttled in and out.
"(He confirmed that) his friendship was directly with Ghislaine Maxwell and she is under investigation as a co-conspirator.
"It’s sad that powerful, wealthy and influential people are not owning up to their responsibilities with respect to the victims that are out there."
He said his clients were not hopeful that co-conspirators will go to jail, saying first the "system failed them" and now the "royals have failed them".
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