Ghislaine Maxwell claims in jailhouse interview that Prince Andrew photo with Virginia Giuffre is 'fake' - CNN

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Convicted kid enactment trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has said a decades-old photograph of Prince Andrew with his intersexual maltreatment accuser Virginia Giuffre is “fake,” successful a bid of interviews from prison.

The disgraced British socialite is presently serving a 20-year condemnation successful US national prison for carrying retired a years-long strategy with her longtime confidante Jeffrey Epstein to groom and sexually maltreatment underage girls.

Speaking from a Florida jailhouse to UK broadcaster TalkTV, which aired a peculiar programme connected Monday night, the 61-year-old – who besides appears successful the photograph – said she doesn’t “believe it happened.”

“I don’t judge it is existent for a second, successful fact, I’m definite it’s not. There has ne'er been an original. I don’t judge it happened and certainly, the mode it’s described would person been impossible. I don’t person immoderate representation of going to Tramp [nightclub],” Maxwell said.

Prince Andrew, who is 1 of King Charles III’s younger brothers, has strenuously denied Giuffre’s allegation that helium was introduced to her astatine London’s Tramp nightclub successful 2001 with Maxwell, earlier then-17-year-old Giuffre was allegedly forced to execute enactment acts with the British royal.

Giuffre filed a civilian lawsuit successful a US tribunal successful 2021 against Andrew, who is besides known arsenic the Duke of York, alleging intersexual abuses portion she was a insignificant connected aggregate occasions. Andrew aboriginal settled retired of tribunal for an undisclosed fig without admitting immoderate wrongdoing and the lawsuit was dismissed. Still, the allegations against the elder royal severely tarnished his reputation. He stepped backmost from royal duties successful precocious 2019 and was stripped of his subject titles and royal patronages past year.

A spokesperson for Giuffre’s US attorneys, David Boies and Sigrid McCawley, suggested that neither their lawsuit oregon the lawyers would remark connected Maxwell’s remarks astatine this time, AFP reported.

Maxwell appeared to amusement small remorse to Epstein’s victims and offered nary apology successful the interviews broadcast Monday. Instead, she said the victims should “take their disappointment and upset retired connected the authorities who allowed” the billionaire pedophile to dice successful prison.

Maxwell besides told TalkTV that she believes Epstein was murdered – a conspiracy mentation for which she offered nary evidence. Authorities ruled Epstein died by termination successful 2019 portion helium was awaiting proceedings connected national charges accusing him of sexually abusing underage girls.

Regarding the victims, Maxwell said, “I anticipation they person immoderate closure via the judicial process that took place.”

Maxwell acknowledged during her sentencing proceeding past twelvemonth that she had been convicted successful the enactment trafficking strategy but stopped abbreviated of taking responsibility. She did not attest successful her defence during the proceedings successful precocious 2021, which ended with her condemnation connected 5 counts, including enactment trafficking of a minor.