Prince Andrew ‘could face allegations from second woman next month’
Prince Andrew could face fresh accusations in the new year as lawyers claim a second woman has made allegations against him.
The Duke of York has withdrawn from public life after Virginia Roberts, a victim of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, claimed they had sex when she was 17.
His second accuser alleges that she is also a victim of Epstein, and lawyers are now investigating whether her account is ‘credible’, The Sun reports.
A source told the publication: ‘In January, if the lawyer believes her account to be credible and takes on the client, there will be a press conference.’
She will be questioned over the next few week and her story will be compared with other victims’ experiences.
Andrew has continuously denied having sex or a relationship of any kind with Ms Roberts, now Ms Giuffre, in March 2001.
During an interview with Newsnight, the Duke said he was at Pizza Express in Woking with his daughters at the time the allegations were meant to have taken place.
Lisa Nandy 'seriously thinking about' replacing Corbyn as race heats upMs Roberts recently took to Twitter to tell her followers she was not suicidal, amid fears she might be ‘silenced’.
Urging people not to forget her story, she wrote: ‘I am making it publicly known that in no way, shape or form am I suicidal. I have made this known to my therapist and doctor.
‘If something happens to me – for the sake of my family do not let this go away and help me to protect them. Too many evil people want to see me quieted.’
Several hours after her initial tweet, Ms Roberts added she had been told by police there had been a ‘credible’ death threat made against her.
She said: ‘In response to the overwhelming amount of support I have received, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who is standing up beside me.
Boris Johnson to make £34,000,000,000 NHS pledge in Queen's Speech‘I have been informed from the F.B.I. there has been a credible death threat against me.’
Ms Roberts tweets under the handle of VRS Virginia in reference to Victims Refuse Silence, a non-profit organisation aimed to assist victims of sex trafficking.
Epstein died by suicide in his prison cell in August while awaiting charges of sex trafficking.
He had previously served prison time after being charged with solicitation of prostitution involving a minor.
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