PRINCE Andrew needs to “just come clean”; on Virginia Giuffre, her former lawyer David Boies has said.
The lawyer told Piers Morgan Uncensored that the Duke of York should apologise – just days after the tragic suicide of Giuffre on Saturday.
David Boies said: “I’d like to have him say, ‘I’m sorry’. He sort of said that, but I’d like him to be more direct about that.”;
The lawyer of Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre said: “He may not remember that it was Virginia, but he can’t forget the event.
“And he needs, I think, to just come clean.”;
Prince Andrew has previously denied all wrongdoing.
Boies also said that the late Virginia Giuffre would have “accepted”; this move by the Duke of York: “Virginia was always more interested in fighting the sin than attacking the sinner.
“And I think that she would have accepted Prince Andrew taking responsibility.”;
Boies said that Prince Andrew “came pretty close in that statement – it was a step in the right direction.
“I think I hoped and I think Virginia hoped that he would take the next step as well.
“Unfortunately, for whatever reason – maybe his advisers – he didn’t [apologise].
“But I think, as I say, it’s not too late for him or for anyone.”;
has approached the Duke of York for comment on these statements.
When asked by Piers Morgan about King Charles, Boies responded: “I don’t have any insight as to what the king should do.
“But I think family should urge family to do the right thing.”;
Speaking about Giuffre, Boies said: “She became a passionate, courageous, strong, effective advocate for the vulnerable.
“She dedicated the last 11 years of her life fighting to make sure that other children didn’t have to go through what she went through.”;
Virginia Giuffre was sex trafficked byand his ex-girlfriend as a teenager.
She alleged they trafficked her to theDuke of Yorkwhen she was 17.
In a lawsuit made by Giuffre, she claimed that she had sex with Prince Andrew on three occasions – a claim the prince has always denied.
The mum-of-three and campaigner for survivors of sex trafficking on Saturday at the age of 41.
In their , Giuffre’s family said: “In the end, the toll of abuse is so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight. We know that she is with the angels.”;
