Last night, news broke that Prince Andrew had reached an out-of-court settlement with Virginia Giuffre, who alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the prince when she was 17.
In light of this news, we are reposting the following story, originally published last month, which details a previous attempt by the Duke of York to use an earlier non-disclosure agreement to prevent the case from being heard. While the prince’s efforts were unsuccessful, many other sex abuse victims in the UK are still being silenced by such agreements.
Original story, published 14 January 2022:
