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.
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David Boies said during the talk show: “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.”
Boies added: “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 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 added 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.”
The Sun 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 by Jeffrey Epstein and his ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell as a teenager.
She alleged they trafficked her to the Duke of York when 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 died by suicide on Saturday at the age of 41.
In a statement following her death, 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.”
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