UK Police Drop Sex Crime Probe Of Prince Andrew

In August, London’s Metropolitan Police (Met) had said it would review an earlier decision not to probe allegations connected to US financier Jeffrey Epstein after Giuffre filed a claim against Andrew in the U.S.

Giving an update, the MET on Sunday said “this review has concluded and we are taking no further action.”

The accuser is suing Queen Elizabeth II’s second son for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager.

Giuffre, who is now 38, alleged that she was trafficked by Epstein to have sex with Andrew in London about 20 years ago when she was aged 17 and a minor under US law.

Gatekeepers News reports that the age of consent under UK law was and remains 16.

The 61-year-old Prince has repeatedly denied the allegations against him and has not been criminally charged.

Prince Andrew’s lawyers were permitted last week to examine a confidential 2009 agreement between Epstein and Giuffre which they hope will absolve him from all liability in the case. Andrew has until October 29 to respond to the lawsuit.

The Met also said its investigation into allegations reported in June by Britain’s Channel 4 News that Ghislaine Maxwell, the late Epstein’s former girlfriend, trafficked, groomed and abused women and girls in the United Kingdom, was complete and it will take no further action.

“We also reviewed information passed to us by a media organisation in June 2021. This review is complete and no further action will be taken,” the Met said.

Maxwell is in New York jail awaiting trial.