Prince Andrew will be hit with a subpoena if he ever steps in the US, a lawyer for several of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers warned Tuesday.
“Certainly, if he ever came back to the United States, that would be one of the first things that I’m sure a lot of lawyers, including me, would want to do,” lawyer Gloria Allred told BBC Radio’s “Today” show — the day after the Manhattan US attorney said the royal is refusing to help the feds in their ongoing investigation into Epstein.
Allred said she is still eager to slap a subpoena on the disgraced royal because she considers him a potential key witness to activities by his pedophile pal as part of her ongoing civil cases, according to the Telegraph.
The Duke of York, already booted from royal duties over his ties to Epstein, sparked further outrage when Manhattan US Attorney Geoffrey Berman revealed that the prince had given “zero cooperation” to US authorities as part of their widening investigation into the dead pedophile’s network.
“If he has done nothing wrong, which appears to be what he has claimed, then why won’t he talk to law enforcement?” Allred asked, calling it a “disservice to the victims.”
Her daughter, lawyer Lisa Bloom, said Andrew’s lack of cooperation was an insult to the five accusers she represents, along with the “probably hundreds more who allege Jeffrey Epstein assaulted them.
“This is really a slap in the face to the victims,” she told Sky News.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre (center) with Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell“First he did an interview where he showed zero compassion for the victims, and after the backlash, he said, ‘No, I have compassion for the victims, and to prove it, I’m going to cooperate with law enforcement.’ And now we find out he’s shown zero cooperation,” she said.
“Why doesn’t he want to cooperate?” she asked. “What is he trying to hide, what is he afraid of?”
Andrew has long denied having sex with Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre. He has said he regrets maintaining his friendship with Epstein after the financier was convicted of sex offenses but has always maintained he never witnessed any untoward behavior.
“At no stage during the limited time I spent with him did I see, witness or suspect any behavior of the sort that subsequently led to his arrest and conviction,” Andrew said in August, shortly after his friend’s death by hanging in a Manhattan lockup.
