Over the weekend, the headlines surrounding a royal and his ‘sex slave’ were unavoidable.
News outlets around the world claimed 54-year-old Prince Andrew, Duke of York, had relations with an underage girl, now named as Virginia Roberts, a claim that the royal is strenuously denying.
Virginia, now aged 30, alleges she was forced by her then-employer, convicted sex offender and former billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, to have sex with the prince at a house in London. She was 17 at the time.
In claims made in US court documents, where Virginia is referred to as Jane Doe #3, the allegations are shocking and hard to read. It is alleged Epstein forced Virginia to have sex with the prince in a number of places – New York, London and a private island – as part of an orgy with other under-age girls.
Prince Andrew. Image via Getty.
Epstein, who was convicted on state child sex charges in 2008, is accused of soliciting the relationship between Prince Andrew and Virginia.
Virginia said she was unaware what she was getting herself into when she accepted an offer to work for Epstein.
“I was wearing my uniform – a white miniskirt and a skintight white polo top and studying an anatomy book when I was approached by this striking woman in her mid-40s with a very proper British accent – Ghislaine,” she told told The Mail on Sunday.
“She noticed what I was reading and I told her I wanted to become a masseuse and she said she worked for a very wealthy gentleman called Jeffrey Epstein who was looking for a travelling masseuse and I’d get training and be paid large amounts of money.”
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All publicity is good publicity, especially if you are selling a book
Still curious - she flew to England with Epstein when she was 17.
Would she need her parents' permission to get a passport at 17?
Just checked the USA website, for a 16-17 year old to get a USA passport, they need evidence of parental approval.
She probably already had a passport - don't most people have one by that age?
Not in the USA.