The Duke of York’s lawyers have argued in a US court this morning that a civil sexual assault lawsuit against him should be dismissed. That case has been brought by Virginia Giuffre, the Western Oz-based woman who has accused him of sexually assaulting her 20 years ago when she was a teenager. A document made public this week showed that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein paid her US$500,000 to end her claim that he abused her and trafficked her for sex. As part of the deal, she also agreed not to sue anyone connected to Epstein who could be seen as a “potential defendant”. The document specifically refers to Giuffre being lured into a world of sexual abuse by Epstein’s male peers “including royalty”. The document specifically refers to Giuffre being lured into a world of sexual abuse by Epstein’s male peers “including royalty”. And it’s that detail that Andrew’s lawyers have jumped on to claim that the civil case against him can’t go ahead. The judge says a decision will be reached over the impact of that 2009 agreement “pretty soon” but didn’t give a date.