Prince Andrew’s lawyers ‘hopeful’ settlement agreement will ‘break the case’

Prince Andrew’s legal team is reportedly ‘scrambling’ to gain access to the 2009 settlement agreement Ms Virginia Giuffre entered into with Jeffrey Epstein because it may potentially be the trigger that nullifies the entire case.

The news has been brought to light by the Prince’s legal representative Andrew B Brettler.

He believes the former agreement would effectively put an end to Ms Giuffre’s case.

According to Express, during the pretrial meeting last month Prince Andrew’s lawyer claimed, “There has been a settlement agreement that the plaintiff has entered into in a prior action that releases the Duke and others from any and all potential liability.”

Ms Giuffre’s lawyer on the other hand is confident the agreement was “irrelevant to the case.”

“Although we believe that the release is irrelevant to the case against Prince Andrew, now that service has been accepted and the case is proceeding to a determination on the merits, we believe that counsel for Prince Andrew have a right to review the release and to make whatever arguments they believe appropriate based on it.”