Andrew giving the Judge the run-around is not a good ploy by his legal team. Especially when you add Andrew's lack of public appearances and extreme difficulty in serving him papers. It's almost like a deliberate ploy. Shhhurely not ?

The Judge isn't going to take kindly to this sort of thing.
Can't help but think Andrew is being really poorly advised and represented. If this is the best his Legal team are capable of, you can't help but think they have very little else to assist, by way of witnesses and alibi's and reliable testimony.

It's like watching a car crash (no, not the DoE driving ), but in really sl l l l o o o w motion. And you know who the biggest casualty will be.

"The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak

The "duchess" was at home that night.........

Andrew's "defence team" issue another startling attempt to get the case dismissed. The team are doing a really bad job, as this is starting to look like an admission of events, "but it was legal".
The allegation is of rape, and that is not legal , whatever age the victim

"Prince Andrew says accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s sex assault suit against him should be tossed because she was 17 when she allegedly had sex with him — the legal age of consent in New York, new court papers show.

Giuffre sued Andrew in August claiming she was forced by Jeffrey Epstein and alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell to have sex with the royal at least three times in London, New York and the US Virgin Islands when she was just 17.

But in court papers filed Monday, the Duke of York argues there are constitutional issues with Giuffre’s suit because it was filed under the New York Child Victims’ Act." (New York Post 14 December 2021)

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"The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak

Ha , it will end up being a substantial non disclosure settlement paid for by the british taxpayer,because he"s worth it-whats not to like?

Shame he can’t sweat on the outcome

Ha ha.