It's an interesting tactic. But what has he got to lose? His reputation is already in tatters, he has been effectively barred from being a Royal and so there ain't much else that can happen to him.

s*** or bust time. Plus it will force his accuser to justify her claims in a public court. All very well spinning stuff through a PR firm or statements from lawyers but being cross-examined by a hostile brief, that's a different ball game altogether.

And juries can be notoriously fickle about these matters. It might actually be Andrews saving grace.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

It would be quite the spectacle but he's so out of touch with the average person that if he put himself on the stand it might not go well. With that said Americans have always had a fascination with the Royals and in terms of what many of Epsteins pals have no doubt got up to, its fair to see he's the 'fall guy' and that might bring a degree of sympathy from some jurors. Pretty sure he'll just offer a huge payout but if this somehow does go to court, it's 'must see' territory.

Depends what you call a 'Huge Payout' by all accounts for all his up bringing & schmoozing he's only worth a paltry 20M, not chump change admittedly but I honestly expected him to be worth more than that.

Pro USA & Israel

You know you are in trouble when.....

You have to rely on Kevin Spacey for a character reference.

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True, that must be chump change for the Royal Family. Maybe Mummy tried to keep him on a tight rein

if that is what the judge thinks if a guilty verdict is reached, then there will be investigations to find where he's stashed the cash.
Also disclosing this paltry sum, might be an opening gambit for a settlement figure.
Again, if there is doubt, they will go looking to see where monies are hidden. First stop is Fergie and their children, then friends, associates and businesspersons.

I disengage, I turn the page.

If you keep saying it someone might think it's an interesting point at some point.

It speaks volumes to your character that you see fit to continually label someone who was molested as a 7 year old and a victim of ongoing grooming as a minor as a 'tart'.

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I think he is in big trouble, he has agreed to be interviewed over 2 days by the opposition lawyers.

I have seen lots of (admittedly US crime fiction) where depositions are involved they are an exercise in trawling for dirt.

If HRH thinks the questions will only relate to the victim and Epstein he is sorely mistaken. They will try and examine every aspect of his life especially his sex life and of course they will hoping to catch him in a lie.

This will be 2 days of grilling by somebody with a sharp mind, not a fawning TV interviewer,he's already shown with that TV interview that he doesn't perform well I suspect this will be way worse.

He is going to need a sharp lawyer to protect him from the bear traps and I don't think he is up to the job.

Grab the popcorn.

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Her story does seem to have changed several times already, and under oath for a couple too. First she said she had never met him, then in another testimony she admitted she had met him in London but said she never had sex with him, now he's supposed to have poked her all over the world.

As I was always taught, once you are found out for a liar, no-one will ever quite believe anything you say again.

A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers

Also complicated by the claim that the picture has been photoshopped even though the supposedly original picture seems to my uneducated eye to have been more tampered with.