Duke in New York?

Americast

BBC

Politics, Government, News

4.2 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

A New York judge has ruled the civil sex assault case against the Duke of York can go ahead. Emily, Jon and Anthony explain why Prince Andrew’s lawyers argued it should be dismissed and why the court disagreed. The team also listen back to key moments from Emily’s interview with the prince in 2019. And Randy Zelin – a professor and attorney in New York - explains why there’s no good option left for the prince. Americast is made by Estelle Doyle and Phil Marzouk. The assistant editor is Alison Gee and the editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.8	As far as Mr Epstein is concerned, it was the wrong decision to go and see him in 2010.
0:14.0	As far as my association with him was concerned, it had some seriously beneficial outcomes
0:25.4	in areas that have nothing to do with what I would describe what we're talking about today.
0:34.6	On balance, could I have avoided ever meeting him, probably not?
0:41.3	And that's because of my friendship with Golan.
0:44.4	It was inevitable that we would have come across each other.
0:51.0	Do I regret that he has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming?
0:58.2	Yes.
0:59.2	Unbecoming? He was a sex offender?
1:01.2	Yeah, I'm sorry, I'm being polite, I mean the sense that he was a sex offender.
1:06.4	As if that needs any introduction, that was of course,
1:09.0	Maitlis's interview with Prince Andrew back in 2019, the jaw-dropping interview.
1:15.4	And ever since then, things have been going further downhill for Prince Andrew.
1:20.8	culminating today in the decision that a case will go ahead against him.
1:28.0	It is quite a moment actually because that interview was more than two years ago.
1:34.0	And along the way the Duke of York has been fighting with his lawyers to make sure
1:39.2	he never, ever has to face Virginia Dufrey in court.
1:43.8	He never, ever has to be part of a deposition or a trial.
1:47.4	But today, he lost that fight to stop a sex assault lawsuit being brought against him.
1:54.6	Welcome to America's.
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