Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, has given Jeffrey Epstein's home in the disgraced Palm Beach, Florida, financier and child sex trafficker's mansion to her ex-husband Andrew, according to undisclosed court documents released Friday. It is said that he once visited there with the prince.
Juan Alessi, a former employee of the residence, was captured on a 2009 videotape included in documents related to Virginia Giuffre's lawsuit against Epstein's ex-girlfriend and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, 62. Mr Ferguson, 64, and Mr Andrew, 63, were named in the deposition. Mr. Andrew has not been accused of any wrongdoing, and Mr. Andrew denies any wrongdoing in connection with Mr. Epstein.
During the deposition, attorney Catherine Ezell asked whether Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Andrew were “friends” of Mr. Maxwell.
“Both of them,” Alessi said, making it clear that he was referring to Maxwell and Epstein.
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, has been named in newly unsealed court documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein. (Getty)
Alessi was then asked if he had gotten a massage while Sarah and Andrew were at the mansion.
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“Prince Andrew did that. I think Sarah was only there once and for a short period of time,” Alessi said.
He added: “I don't think she slept there. I can't remember. I think she was visiting Wellington and she came to the house and we met her. But Prince Andrew said… , Prince Andrew spent many weeks with us.”
“Where does he sleep?” asked Ezell.
“Main room, main guest bedroom,” Alessi answered. “That was the blue room.”
One of Epstein's former employees claimed that Ferguson and her ex-husband Prince Andrew visited the disgraced financier's mansion in Florida. (Indigo/Getty Images)
Ezell went on to ask whether Andu received massages “frequently” while staying at Epstein's residence.
“I think it's a daily massage. They do a daily massage,” Alessi replied.
Did it happen multiple times a day? Ezell asked.
“I can't remember if he had more than one massage, but I think it was just a massage for him. We set up the table, and then–” Alessi said.
“Do you have any memories? [Virginia Giuffre] Did you come to the house when Prince Andrew was there? asked Ezell.
Alessi replied: “It's possible, but I don't know.”
Buckingham Palace, Mr. Andrew's lawyer and Mr. Ferguson's representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.
Andrew was previously named in unsealed court documents released Wednesday. (Steve Parsons/Getty Images)
Epstein In 2019, he was found dead in prison at the age of 66. The U.S. attorney in Manhattan charged Maxwell with helping recruit underage victims. She was convicted in 2021 and is serving a 20-year sentence.
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Andrew was previously named in unsealed court documents released Wednesday.
Epstein accuser Johanna Sjoberg's statement alleges that the royal family groped her while she was sitting on her lap with a doll of Prince Andrew from the satirical BBC series Spitting Images. was included. The doll depicted Andrew as a “nymphomaniac.”
Epstein's ex-girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted in 2022 of cooperating in the sexual abuse of a minor and sentenced to 20 years in prison. (U.S. Department of Justice)
At the beginning of the interview, Mr. Sjoberg recalled meeting the prince at Mr. Epstein's mansion in New York City.
“At one point, Ghislaine asked me to come upstairs, and we went into the closet, took out a doll that was a caricature of Prince Andrew, and put it down,” she said. . “And the doll had a little tag that said 'Prince Andrew' on it, and that's when I knew who he was.”
Then someone took a picture of Sjöberg, Andrew and Giuffre with the doll.
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“They put the doll on Virginia's lap and I sat on Andrew's lap,” Shoberg said. “Then they put the doll's hand on Virginia's chest, and Andrew put his hand on mine, and we took a picture.”
In this 2001 photo, Andrew has his arm around the waist of 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre. Ghislaine Maxwell stands to her right. (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit)
Andrew stepped back from royal duties in 2019 amid controversy over his relationship with Epstein. He was also stripped of his honorary military title. Before her death in 2022, her mother Queen Elizabeth also removed the honorary leadership of various charities known as Royal Patrons and forbade her to use the title “Her Royal Highness” in public. .
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In a lawsuit filed in 2020Giuffre, 40, accused Andrew of sexually exploiting her on three separate occasions in 2001, when she was 17. She agreed to her settlement payment to be paid to the American woman in February 2022, although Andrew strongly denies any wrongdoing on her part. He donated large sums of money to her accuser's charity and declared that he never intended to defame her character.
Andrew and Ferguson were married from 1986 to 1996 and have daughters Princess Beatrice (35) and Princess Eugenie (33). Despite their divorce, Andrew and Ferguson remain close and live together at Royal Lodge in Windsor.
Fox News Digital's Stephanie Nolasco contributed to this report.
