Prince Andrew faces ‘disaster’ if he takes stand in Virginia Roberts sex case

Prince Andrew faces a nightmare in court if he takes the stand in his case involving an ex sex slave of Jeffrey Epstein, experts have claimed.

Prince Andrew faces “disaster” if he takes the stand during the bombshell sex case against him, a royal biographer has claimed.

The Duke of York's “car crash” Newsnight interview - in which he bizarrely claimed he doesn't sweat - should warn him off giving evidence, Angela Levin says.

Andrew faces a lawsuit in the US amid allegations he forced Virginia Roberts Giufrre to sleep with him when she was 17. The duke vehemently denies the allegations.

Ms Roberts has said was a former sex slave of late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Writer Ms Levin, who has penned an authorised biography of Prince Harry, says Andrew had just three options to explore ahead of the civil case.

Andrew faces a lawsuit in the US amid allegations he forced Virginia Roberts Giufrre to sleep with him when she was 17.

Speaking on talkRADIO this morning, Ms Levin said: “One was to ignore it, pretend it didn‘t happen, he didn’t know anything about it.

“We‘ve seen that hasn’t worked - it hasn’t gone away. He thought it would all disappear into the night. It hasn’t.

“The second one was to go to America and answer all the questions and nit-pick apart the accusations, which is quite dangerous.

“Remember how he was on Newsnight and then think of him on the stand, giving evidence.

“I think it would be a disaster for him.

“The third one is to try to worm out the fact that his accuser doesn‘t have a case.”

Andrew previously hoped to have the case thrown out on a technicality after his Hollywood lawyer argued the documents hadn't been officially served.

And in his latest bid to end the lawsuit, his legal team successfully argued to receive a copy of a 2009 settlement signed by Ms Roberts.

‘It could be a disaster’

Lawyer Andrew B. Brettler says the accuser had entered into a “settlement agreement” that would end her current claim against the prince.

But Ms Levin said: “That‘s a dead end as well. It‘s just not going to go away.”

She said the suit is affecting the Royal Family “very badly” - and no matter what the outcome, the damage to Andrew‘s reputation will be ”permanent”.

“Here‘s the prince, the second son of Her Majesty, and he’s just going on and on and pretending in his rather pompous way he’s above all this nonsense,” she said.

Despite a series of PR catastrophes in recent years, Andrew was reportedly so confident the case would collapse that he was plotting a return to the royal frontline.

Despite a series of PR catastrophes in recent years, Andrew was reportedly so confident the case would collapse that he was plotting a return to the royal frontline.

That hope was despite the alleged wishes of older brother Charles.

But he's now understood to be "worried".

One source said: “There has been a dramatic shift in mood and the reality that this could not only go on for many months, if not years, as well as costing potentially millions of pounds is very real.”

Despite that, he plans to fight back - and sources say Mr Brettler plans to "examine and dismantle the claims one by one".

The case is reportedly costing the Queen millions of pounds already.

It‘s understood Mr Brettler is charging Andrew around $US2000 ($A2731) an hour.

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission

Originally published as Prince Andrew faces ‘disaster’ if he takes stand in Virginia Roberts sex case