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Prince Andrew asks judge to toss sex abuse lawsuit, says accuser was above New York age of consent
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Prince Andrew asked a judge this week to toss out a civil lawsuit that was filed against him in August by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who claims that the Queen's son sexually abused her when she was 17 years old at Jeffrey Epstein's New York home, as well as in London and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Prince Andrew's attorneys argued in a motion filed Monday that the Child Victims’ Act is unconstitutional and Giuffre's claims are invalid because she was 17 years old when the alleged abuse took place.
"The [Child Victims’ Act] revives claims for those who allegedly suffered harm as a result of certain sexual offenses they claim were committed against them when they were under the age of eighteen, even though the age of consent in New York is seventeen," the attorneys wrote.
The attorneys also argued that accusers must establish lack of consent by "implied threat," but there are no third parties that can testify to the alleged abuse.