Prince Andrew

[Deleted member 49]

Much as the spectacle of a trial would have given us some entertainment, Giuffre is entitled to settle as she sees fit.

Take your point but at least it would/could of gave us the guilty verdict that most of us know he is.

 

[AuroraSaab]

I don't blame her for settling. The emotional cost of these cases is huge. He's managed to come out of it without admitting his guilt, which probably counts as a 'win' for him, but his reputation has been irrevocably sullied by the allegations and there'll be no coming back from it. It's a shame that there will be many others whose involvement with Epstein will never receive scrutiny.

 

[mjr]

Take your point but at least it would/could of gave us the guilty verdict that most of us know he is.

Wasn't it a civil trial? So he would have been found liable rather than guilty.

 

[Deleted member 49]

Wasn't it a civil trial? So he would have been found liable rather than guilty.

You know it was so why are you asking...do you think it makes him any less guilty ?

 

[fozy tornip]

Anyone know how much we paid?

 

[Milkfloat]

Wasn't it a civil trial? So he would have been found liable rather than guilty.

Correct, but at least in the public court of opinion he is very much guilty. I wonder if anymore names will come out of the woodwork.

 

[AuroraSaab]

Anyone know how much we paid?

£7 million I think was the (unofficial) figure I saw. He sold his ski lodge the other week iirc, so that might cover some of it.

 

[slowmotion]

Correct, but at least in the public court of opinion he is very much guilty. I wonder if anymore names will come out of the woodwork.

Is the public court of opinion the same body of august worthies who vote on serious matters like who gets chucked off Love Island?

 

[mjr]

You know it was so why are you asking...do you think it makes him any less guilty ?

No but it means you still wouldn't have gotten a guilty verdict.

 

[Deleted member 49]

No but it means you still wouldn't have gotten a guilty verdict.

Spin it anyway you want paying 7/10 million ? To someone you've never met stinks of guilty.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Correct, but at least in the public court of opinion he is very much guilty. I wonder if anymore names will come out of the woodwork.

He probably knows by now he is guilty in the public court of opinion and this is all about damage limitation, possibly with pressure from Charles and his Mum.
I doubt whether he really gives a toss about the PCOO as long as he has not got a legal prosecution or a legal award of damages on record.
It allows him to continue in self-denial and will enable enough of the sort of people who matter to him to continue to associate with him.

 

[Xipe Totec]

Oh the grand old Duke Of York,
He had ten million quid,
He gave it to an American girl
For a thing he never did.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Oh the grand old Duke Of York,
He had ten million quid,
He gave it to an American girl
For a thing he never did.

Don't ring us, we'll ring you....

 

[slowmotion]

I'm not sure which is louder... the grinding of teeth in frustration as a trial option is closed, or the terrible clatter as pitchforks are chucked away in disgust.

 

[Xipe Totec]

Don't ring us, we'll ring you....

Story of my life... 😜