Prince Andrew formally responded to a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing a teen decades within the past, broadly denying the allegations and anxious a trial by jury.
In a court filing Wednesday, the British royal acknowledged he didn’t sexually assault Virginia Giuffre within the early 2000s. Ms. Giuffre alleged in a lawsuit final yr that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell coerced her into having sex with Prince Andrew when she became as soon as 17.