Overview

• The Guardian published excerpts on Oct. 16 in which Virginia Giuffre accuses Prince Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was 17.
• Giuffre recounts meeting him through Ghislaine Maxwell in London, going to the Tramp nightclub, then having sex at Maxwell’s home.
• The memoir states Jeffrey Epstein later gave her $15,000 and describes two additional encounters with Andrew, including in New York and on Epstein’s private island.
• Prince Andrew settled Giuffre’s civil lawsuit in 2022 without admitting liability, a U.S. court enforced the agreement, and he denies the allegations.
• Giuffre died by suicide in April 2025, Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, and no new charges against Andrew are reported.