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Prince Andrew case: From official denials to a settled sex-abuse lawsuit, a look at key events so far

Maria Puente
USA TODAY

Prince Andrew, the queen's second son, settled a sex-abuse lawsuit brought against him by  Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who alleged that Andrew raped and sexually assaulted her in New York in 2001 when she was 17.

Lawyers for Andrew and Giuffre filed court documents on Feb. 15 indicating the two sides had reached an agreement.

Andrew, 61, has been under fire in Britain since at least 2011 for his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted American sex offender who died in jail in 2019. Giuffre, 38, has been airing her allegations against Andrew publicly since 2015, including a claim that Epstein trafficked Giuffre and the prince knew it.

Andrew has strenuously denied all of her accusations, claiming he didn't remember meeting her even though a picture of them together was widely shared on the internet.