a reply to:
Oldcarpy2
I know you'll be shocked -- just
shocked! -- but I'm a little contrary on this whole situation. I can well believe that Randy Andy is guilty
of something with someone, but I'm not convinced that it was Virginia Guiffre. Neither am I convinced that Virginia Guiffre did anything unwillingly,
nor that anything was done to her against her consent. She was young, naive, and easily impressed, and made some very very poor decisions that she
probably regrets now. But at the time, I think she was doing exactly what she wanted to do.
If this lawsuit is going to go anywhere, then she needs to come up with some evidence for her claims with Prince Andrew, and she has not produced
anything conclusive yet. There is no evidence that Prince Andrew would have known she was being trafficked, and there is no evidence that Prince
Andrew paid for her time and services.
I would also think that Prince Andrew could claim that because she was in an age-restricted nightclub, and at an adult gathering, that he assumed her
ID had been verified and that she was of the age of consent. Virginia has stated that she requested the pic with Andrew, and Epstein was happy to
comply, but it may very well have been Epstein and/or Maxwell's suggestion to her to request such a pic for their own purposes. She also bragged
about encounters with the Prince in order to recruit other girls. At some point, Virginia's position was no different than Maxwell's. But whereas
Maxwell is being prosecuted for the crime, Virginia is still playing victim. I'm not sure how well that will go over with a jury.
If we also consider that Epstein and Maxwell were most likely trying to put influential and powerful people into compromising situations for
blackmail/bribery/other nefarious purposes, then it's also most likely that they very much wanted to put Andrew in such a position, and if he had a
penchant for young girls, then that's who they would have baited their traps with... such as Virginia Guiffre. Prince Andrew may or may not have
given them what they wanted.
It also seems to me that Andrew may have given them exactly what they wanted, but being such a self-absorbed, pompous, arrogant and entitled prick,
that he honestly doesn't remember Virginia. She wasn't important enough for him to remember.
Quite the sticky wicket for everyone involved!
edit on 13-1-2022 by Boadicea because: capitalized "i" to "I"