{"id":16526,"date":"2026-02-02T12:14:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=16526"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:14:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:14:54","slug":"new-jeffrey-epstein-accuser-claims-sexual-encounter-with-ex-prince-andrew-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=16526","title":{"rendered":"New Jeffrey Epstein accuser claims sexual encounter with ex-prince Andrew: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A second Jeffrey Epstein accuser has alleged the late US sex offender sent her to Britain for a sexual encounter with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/world\/585588\/latest-epstein-files-show-ex-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-on-all-fours-kneeling-over-woman\">former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a>, the BBC reported.<\/p>\n<p>A US lawyer for the woman told the broadcaster the alleged encounter occurred at the ousted royal&#8217;s residence on the Windsor estate, west of London, in 2010 when she was in her 20s.<\/p>\n<p>The latest account emerged after the US Justice Department released a huge new batch of documents on the Epstein case, including photographs of Andrew kneeling over a woman lying on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the disgraced royal should accept requests to testify before the US Congress about Epstein&#8217;s crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Brad Edwards, from the Florida legal firm Edwards Henderson, said that after spending the night with Andrew, the woman said she was given a tour of Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n<p>He added there were communications between his client and the former prince before the alleged encounter and that he is now considering filing a civil lawsuit on her behalf.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer, who reportedly represents more than 200 survivors of Epstein abuse, did not immediately respond to AFP&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew could not be reached for comment but has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing linked to Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>The claim comes more than a decade after sexual assault accusations against the ex-Duke of York by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/world\/559131\/deeply-loving-wise-and-funny-virginia-giuffre-who-accused-jeffrey-epstein-and-prince-andrew-of-sexual-abuse-has-died\">another Epstein accuser, Virginia Giuffre<\/a>, first emerged publicly.<\/p>\n<p>Giuffre, a US and Australian citizen who took her own life last year, has alleged she was trafficked to have sex with Andrew three times, including twice when she was 17.<\/p>\n<p>After she launched a lawsuit against him, he paid her a multi-million-pound settlement in 2022 without making any admission of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>King Charles III\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/world\/577379\/prince-no-more-andrew-to-be-stripped-of-royal-titles-forced-out-of-home\">stripped his brother of his royal titles and honours<\/a>\u00a0late last year after Giuffre recounted the claims in shocking detail in a posthumous memoir.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew, 65, had already stepped back from royal duties in 2019 over the accusations and his Epstein ties.<\/p>\n<p>The former prince maintained their friendship even after the disgraced American financier had pleaded guilty in Florida in 2008 to soliciting a minor for prostitution.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein died in 2019 by suicide in jail as he awaited trial for sex crimes against minors.<\/p>\n<p>The latest US Justice Department release again spotlighted the relationship between Epstein and former British ambassador to Washington and UK minister Peter Mandelson.<\/p>\n<p>Mandelson resigned from the US post last year after emails emerged showing he had also maintained friendly contact with him after the American&#8217;s 2008 conviction.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday he told the BBC he does not remember receiving payments from Epstein in 2003 and 2004 which totalled $75,000, according to bank statements reportedly included in Friday&#8217;s disclosures.<\/p>\n<p>Mandelson, who was a Labour MP at the time, told the British broadcaster he had no record or recollection of receiving the money and did not know whether the documents were authentic.<\/p>\n<p>Source: AFP &amp; RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A second Jeffrey Epstein accuser has alleged the late US sex offender sent her to Britain for a sexual encounter with\u00a0former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the BBC reported. 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