I am not a monarchist and I have no real interest or concern about Andrew Duke of York.
I would like assurance, though, that we haven't been gaslighted by Virginia Giuffre in this affair.
She has already had a financial settlement in relation to Jeffrey Epstein but now she seems to have convinced just one of the men with whom she may have been forced to have sexual relations to pay her an eye-watering sum of money to ensure her silence. She seems to be onto a winner: all she has to do is to identify a prominent man and then collect megabucks. How does this differ from blackmail?
Are you for real HH.
You are somehow implying that an extremely young woman (actually a child) who was treated appallingly and likely illegally by incredibly rich, powerful, connected and influential people is somehow able to 'get one over' those people with all their access to top lawyers, the ability to influence top people etc.
The reality here is that Epstein and the Duke crumbled and settled as they were not convinced they would win in a court of law. Had they been convinced of their case why on earth would they settle out of court. And before you say the same about Giuffre - there is a huge difference between the ability of someone with almost endless amounts of money to continue funding a legal case and someone without access to those means. That's why it is usually the very rich and very prominent who are able to cause the poor and inconsequential to 'fold' in legal proceedings as they know that whatever the rights and wrongs of the matter they are able to drag legal proceedings out to the point where the other side simply runs out of money.
If, as seems clear, she was sex trafficked as an underage girl then I cannot see how she is 'on to a winner' regardless of how much money she may receive - receiving some sort of justice isn't being 'on to a winner'.
