Ghislaine Maxwell’s tribute to ‘Dear Andrew’ from a prison cell

Prince Andrew was dragged into the Jeffrey Epstein sexual abuse scandal last night after pedophile co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell praised the Duke of York as a “dear friend.”

Her shocking comment contradicts Andrew’s denial in an American court that they had a close relationship in a world exclusive prison interview with The Mail on Sunday.

The intervention by convicted sex trafficker Maxwell, 60, who was described in court as a “sophisticated predator”, marks the Duke’s return to public life after being effectively ousted from the royal family this year. A devastating blow to hope.

Maxwell, who was convicted of helping Epstein abuse a teenage girl, couldn’t deny the suggestion she and Andrew were a couple, declaring ‘I care about him’ .

Her remarks prompted MoS to release new photos of the infamous former socialite taken at New York’s Metropolitan Detention Center (MdC) this year before being transferred to a Florida prison to serve a 20-year sentence. I will come when I reveal it today. In a series of further revelations, she said:

• Prince and accuser Virginia Roberts’ photo was “not real” and claimed to have “more than 50 issues”.
• She told how fellow inmates plotted to kill her while she slept. I described her “special friendship” with President Bill Clinton. President Bill Clinton was “another victim” of her relationship with Epstein, she claimed.
• He thanked Donald Trump for wishing her well after he was arrested, and said his comments gave her a “huge boost.”
• She accused the media of being portrayed as the “Wicked Witch” Disney character and accused the media of “tremendous inaccuracies.”
• She revealed she was crammed into a small cell with three other inmates and spoke of her “resentment” of suicide monitors.

Prince Andrew, 62, lost his military titles and royal status in January as he battled allegations that he abused Roberts, one of Epstein’s victims as a teenager, in London, Manhattan and the U.S. Virgin Islands. deprived of support from

He has repeatedly and vehemently denied the allegations.

He settled out of court with Ms. Roberts, who now uses her married name Giuffre, for an undisclosed amount, but did not admit guilt.

Legal documents filed in a U.S. court by the Duke’s lawyers in January denied 41 of Roberts’ allegations, including her allegation that “Prince Andrew was a close friend of Ghislaine Maxwell.”

However, in her MoS interview, Maxwell spoke in glorious terms about her friendship with the Duke.

“I feel so sorry for him,” said the disgraced former socialite, who has known Andrew since he was a student at Oxford University in the 1980s.

“Yeah, I’m following what’s going on with him. He’s paying such a price for his association[with Jeffrey Epstein]. …I care about him.”

Asked about Andrew’s attorney’s denial that they were close friends, Maxwell said, “I admit that this friendship could not overcome my beliefs.”

She denied that the Daily Mail had originally published a photograph of the prince with his arms around Mrs. Roberts at Maxwell’s home in Belgravia, central London, in March 2001. It’s a real picture.

“There are so many things wrong with it. There are no originals, there are no real paintings, there are so many other things that it is almost impossible to get into … I don’t know how many there are, but the paintings There are over 50 problems.