US prosecutor rejects claim Prince Andrew cooperating in Jeffrey Epstein sex probe
- US prosecutors want to question prince over his friendship with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein
- Royal’s legal team said he offered help on ‘at least three occasions’ and he was not a ‘target’ of US investigation
American prosecutors accused Britain’s Prince Andrew on Monday of falsely claiming he has made repeated offers to help their investigation into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The royal’s lawyers said their client had offered assistance at least three times this year in the case, which centre on lurid sex trafficking claims against the multimillionaire financier.
Geoffrey Berman, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, which is investigating whether Epstein had any accomplices in his alleged crimes, hit back at the statement from Blackford’s.
“Today, Prince Andrew yet again sought to falsely portray himself to the public as eager and willing to cooperate with an ongoing federal investigation into sex trafficking and related offences committed by Jeffrey Epstein and his associates,” Berman said.
He added in the statement that Queen Elizabeth’s second son had “repeatedly declined our request to schedule” an interview.
Berman said that nearly four months ago Blackford’s had “informed us unequivocally” that Andrew would not “come in for such an interview”.
