Royal shame: Epstein victim sues Prince Andrew for sexual abuse HotAir

At this point, the smartest choice Andrew could make is to stay out of sight for, oh, the rest of his life. His attorneys have already declined to negotiate with Giuffre s legal team, and one has to assume that they will refuse to respond to the lawsuit. Attempting to fight it will require Andrew to submit to depositions, and the BBC interview made it painfully clear that he can t argue his way out of a paper bag.

That strategy would produce a default judgment in Giuffre s favor, but that avoids a jury trial and the terrible publicity for Windsor Inc that it would generate. Furthermore, it s not clear that Giuffre would ever collect a dime; her attorneys would have to work through British courts to collect any judgments, and Windsor Inc has a decided home advantage there. If Andrew engaged on this in a US trial and lost, British courts might have no excuse to prevent collection, given that Andrew would have recognized the jurisdiction of US courts. A default might provide some political cover to protect the royal family s assets. Maybe.

For now, however, we can all just be satisfied by watching Andrew squirm. Perhaps it will serve as an object lesson to rich and powerful people to be careful about exploiting people just because you can. It s possible to outlive your impunity, as Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell found out the hard way.

via hotair.com