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Mega Edition: Judge Kaplan Waves Off Andrew's Request To Drop The Virginia Lawsuit (9/23/26)
In January 2022, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected Prince Andrew’s effort to have Virginia Giuffre’s civil sexual-abuse lawsuit thrown out, dismantling several of the arguments advanced by the prince’s legal team. Andrew’s attorneys had argued that Giuffre’s 2009 settlement with Jeffrey Epstein protected Andrew from being sued because the agreement released certain “potential defendants.” Kaplan ruled that the language was open to more than one reasonable interpretation and could not be used at that stage to dismiss Giuffre’s case. He also rejected the defense’s claim that Giuffre’s…
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