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British Detectives Head to America to Speak With Virginia Roberts’ Family · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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  Speaker 1: What's up everyone and welcome to another episode of the
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  Speaker 1: Epstein Chronicles. For over a decade, Virginia Roberts was pleading
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  Speaker 1: with the authorities in the UK to take action against
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  Speaker 1: Prince Andrew. And for years, she was ignored, time and
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  Speaker 1: time again. And I can't help but ask myself, if
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  Speaker 1: things would have been different if all these people who
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  Speaker 1: say they care now would have cared back then. And
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  Speaker 1: then from there, I asked myself, would Virginia still be
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  Speaker 1: with us if the authorities in the UK and the
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  Speaker 1: United States took what she said more seriously? And I
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  Speaker 1: think it's safe to say that the answer to that
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  Speaker 1: question is yes. Well, now, after over a decade, the
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  Speaker 1: UK is sending a team of detectives to the United
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  Speaker 1: States to talk to Virginia's family about her allegations against
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  Speaker 1: Prince Andrew. And look, I'm not very confident that anything's
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  Speaker 1: going to come of it as far as anything tangible,
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  Speaker 1: but at least it's a step in the right direction.
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  Speaker 1: At least the UK authorities are sending people over to
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  Speaker 1: speak with Virginia's family. You would think that the FBI
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  Speaker 1: would want to do that too. You would think that
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  Speaker 1: every organization in America that's investigating this would want to
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  Speaker 1: speak with Virginia's family. Now look, the evidence that they
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  Speaker 1: could provide, if any, is going to be secondhand and hearsay.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm not going to bullshit you and tell you that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, that's going to end up with Andrew going
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  Speaker 1: to prison. But I feel like it's another brick in
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  Speaker 1: the road. And I think there's a lot of people
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  Speaker 1: out there that don't understand how cases are built. They're
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  Speaker 1: built on circumstantial evidence. That's what the foundation is. And
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  Speaker 1: while one piece of that circumstantial evidence on its own
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  Speaker 1: might not mean much, when you put it all together,
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  Speaker 1: it tells a whole different story. And I think that
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  Speaker 1: is something that I really learned covering the Brian Kohlberger trial.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, talk about twists and turns. I don't think
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  Speaker 1: there's a more complex case that's made its way through
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  Speaker 1: the system in the last 10 or 20 years. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we're talking about every challenge you can possibly imagine was
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  Speaker 1: thrown at the prosecution. And the hoops they had to
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  Speaker 1: jump through to make sure that Brian Kohlberger's right to
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  Speaker 1: a fair trial was respected. was insane. And now there's
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  Speaker 1: a new report out that it cost the taxpayers of
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  Speaker 1: Idaho $ 8 million. $ 8 million for that scumbag just to
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  Speaker 1: plead guilty. And look, we all knew he was guilty, right?
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  Speaker 1: Once we started getting the information, it was relatively obvious.
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  Speaker 1: But my point is, this stuff is complicated. And if
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  Speaker 1: you're going to build a case against somebody, you have
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  Speaker 1: to start with circumstantial evidence. That's how it goes. So
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  Speaker 1: today we have an article from The Sun and And
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  Speaker 1: let's see what they have to say about the detectives
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  Speaker 1: from the UK coming over to America to speak with
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  Speaker 1: Virginia's family. And the headline. Andy Probe. Andrew detectives to
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  Speaker 1: fly to the US to interview Virginia Roberts' family over
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  Speaker 1: her sex allegations against the prince. This article was authored
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  Speaker 1: by Sam Creed. Thames Valley police officers will reportedly fly
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  Speaker 1: to the US to speak with Virginia's relatives over her
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  Speaker 1: sexual assault allegations against the ex-prince. And look, I'm trying
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  Speaker 1: not to get too agitated by this, but if these
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  Speaker 1: people would have cared this much when Virginia was around,
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  Speaker 1: things could have been a lot different. And I can
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  Speaker 1: tell you for a fact that this kind of shit
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  Speaker 1: weighed on Virginia. The fact that people didn't listen in
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  Speaker 1: the UK, the fact that Andrew was continuously protected, it
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  Speaker 1: weighed on her. And I think it would weigh on anybody.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine being on the battlefield basically alone against Jeffrey Epstein's people.
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  Speaker 1: That's what it was like when Virginia first came out.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody really knew what Epstein was up to. Then Virginia
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  Speaker 1: shows up and blows the lid off of everything. And
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  Speaker 1: for quite some time, she was on her own. She
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  Speaker 1: didn't have people backing her up. Instead, she was being
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  Speaker 1: attacked continuously and non-stop. And unfortunately... even though she's not
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  Speaker 1: with us anymore, there's still people out there that do it.
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  Speaker 1: And it's mind-boggling to me. Like Virginia's the bad guy here?
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  Speaker 1: Like she did something wrong? The ex-Duke was arrested on
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  Speaker 1: suspicion of misconduct in public office at his Sandringham home
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  Speaker 1: on his 66th birthday in February. Andrew was later released
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  Speaker 1: under investigation, but cops say they have widened their inquiry
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  Speaker 1: into his 10 years as UK trade envoy. And that's
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  Speaker 1: just how it goes. Any investigation for any crime, they
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  Speaker 1: look at you for everything. So say you get hit
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  Speaker 1: with a felony for, I don't know, insert crime here.
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  Speaker 1: They're going to look at everything. They're going to look
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  Speaker 1: at your bank records. They're going to look at your taxes.
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  Speaker 1: They're going to look at everything. And if they can
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  Speaker 1: find a way to smack you in the face with
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  Speaker 1: the legal hammer, get ready. You're about to get cracked.
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  Speaker 1: In May, TVP detectives confirmed that they were probing claims
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  Speaker 1: of sexual misconduct allegedly carried out by the outcast royal.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I know I've said it about 45 billion times,
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  Speaker 1: but imagine being the son of Queen Elizabeth and fucking
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  Speaker 1: it up this bad. Yo, I would be living the
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  Speaker 1: life like you wouldn't believe. I'd be everywhere. I'd be
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  Speaker 1: doing all kinds of good deeds. Is there a leper
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  Speaker 1: colony for me to go visit? Where can I go?
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  Speaker 1: Who can I help? How do I harness this great
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  Speaker 1: privilege to help other people? I'm the fucking Prince of England.
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  Speaker 1: But no, it has to be a whole other thing, right?
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  Speaker 1: It has to be, how can I get more? How
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  Speaker 1: can I benefit from this? Not about the people of
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  Speaker 1: the UK. Not about his mom. About himself. And that's
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  Speaker 1: what Andrew's always been about. Himself. And he's always behaved
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  Speaker 1: the way he behaves because there's never been any kind
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  Speaker 1: of punishment. No life lessons. I know the vast majority
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  Speaker 1: of us out there, if we went around our lives
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  Speaker 1: growing up the way Andrew did, we'd be walking around
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  Speaker 1: with fat lips and black eyes. But Prince Andrew, because
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  Speaker 1: he's the Queen's son, he can say and do whatever
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  Speaker 1: he wants. Well, I'm here to tell you, my brother,
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  Speaker 1: you cannot. That fucking ship has sailed. And that bill
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  Speaker 1: that you've been avoiding, that shit is coming due. And
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  Speaker 1: it's understood that officers are now set to speak with
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  Speaker 1: Skye and Amanda Roberts, Virginia's brother and sister-in-law, the Times reports.
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  Speaker 1: And that's good. They should have a say. Virginia's family,
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  Speaker 1: her brother and sister especially, should have a lot to
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  Speaker 1: say about what's going on. And I think that they
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  Speaker 1: can provide some context about certain issues with Virginia. So
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  Speaker 1: it's a good idea for the authorities to talk to them.
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  Speaker 1: Police had previously urged alleged victims and survivors of Andrew's pal,
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  Speaker 1: Jeffrey Epstein, to talk to them. Virginia was a key
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  Speaker 1: figure in the downfall of the pedo-financier who died in
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  Speaker 1: prison in 2019. She later sued Andrew in 2021, claiming
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  Speaker 1: she was forced to have sex with him on three
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  Speaker 1: occasions when she was a teen. Well, yeah, because it's true,
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  Speaker 1: it's a fact. I believe my friend Virginia, and I
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  Speaker 1: don't believe the jerk-offs in the media who said it
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  Speaker 1: was a lie. You know, there's people out there. You
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  Speaker 1: got people like Lady Victoria Harvey and anybody associated with her.
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  Speaker 1: All those people, they can all eat a big fat
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  Speaker 1: bag of stinky dicks. Because guess what? You bunch of scumbags.
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  Speaker 1: You were wrong. Virginia was telling the truth. And your boy,
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  Speaker 1: Hansy Andy, the Joe Exotic of the Windsor family, well...
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  Speaker 1: He's everything Virginia told us he was. She later sued
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  Speaker 1: Andrew in 2021, claiming she was forced to have sex
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  Speaker 1: with him on three occasions when she was a teen.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew went on to pay his accuser, who claimed he
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  Speaker 1: had never met an estimated 12 million pounds in an
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  Speaker 1: out-of-court settlement. And not really an out-of-court settlement. They went
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  Speaker 1: to court. Andrew took a look at discovery, and his lawyer,
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Brettler, one of the best to do it, said, look, buddy,
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  Speaker 1: you have no case. You need to plead, you need
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  Speaker 1: to come to the table, and you need to find
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  Speaker 1: a settlement. Because if you go to trial, and a
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  Speaker 1: jury sees this, you are cooked. And not only are
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  Speaker 1: you cooked civilly, you're probably going to go to prison. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I'm paraphrasing because I wasn't in the room, but I'm
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  Speaker 1: guessing that's the way the conversation went with Andrew Brettler.
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  Speaker 1: And who the hell is settling with somebody for 12
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  Speaker 1: million pounds if you've never even met them? Please miss
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  Speaker 1: me with all of that. The former Duke of York
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  Speaker 1: denied any wrongdoing in relation to Miss Roberts or Epstein.
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  Speaker 1: Following Andrew's arrest, Virginia's emotional brother, Sky Roberts, and Danielle
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  Speaker 1: Wilson said their broken hearts are lifted. They said at
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  Speaker 1: last today, our broken hearts have been lifted at the
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  Speaker 1: news that no one is above the law, not even royalty.
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  Speaker 1: On behalf of our sister, Virginia Roberts, we extend our
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  Speaker 1: gratitude to the U.K., Thames police for their investigation and
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  Speaker 1: the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. And look, I'll be the
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  Speaker 1: first to tell you, I was shocked as fuck when
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  Speaker 1: they arrested Prince Andrew. I didn't expect it. Sorry, never
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  Speaker 1: expected it. And now that they did, it's a game
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  Speaker 1: changer because once you're on that ledge, it doesn't take
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  Speaker 1: much for the authorities to push your ass off. And
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  Speaker 1: my friends, he is dangerously close to the edge. He
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  Speaker 1: was never a prince. For survivors everywhere, Virginia did this
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  Speaker 1: for you. Cops are also assessing claims of fraud, corruption, bullying,
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  Speaker 1: and perverting justice. in relation to his stint as trade
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  Speaker 1: envoy from 2001 to 2011. Officers are in contact with
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  Speaker 1: the royal household and the government's business and trade department.
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  Speaker 1: Thames Valley Assistant Chief Constable Oliver Wright said he really
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  Speaker 1: hoped alleged victims would come forward. Mr. Wright said, There's
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  Speaker 1: a number of aspects of alleged misconduct that the investigation
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  Speaker 1: is examining. We are speaking to a range of witnesses
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  Speaker 1: and want anyone with information to get in touch with us.
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  Speaker 1: More than 3 million documents and videos relating to Epstein
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  Speaker 1: have been released by the U.S. Justice Department since December.
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  Speaker 1: The files appeared to show Andrew passing on details relating
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  Speaker 1: to royal visits and investment opportunity briefings. Well, yeah, that's
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  Speaker 1: what he was doing. And God knows what else. Who
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  Speaker 1: knows what this guy was doing to gain profit. UK
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  Speaker 1: police forces are said to be in touch with U.S.
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  Speaker 1: authorities to obtain original material. The Wyden Police Probe is
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  Speaker 1: examining other potential aspects of misconduct in public office, which
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  Speaker 1: carries a maximum life sentence. Well, it should. Like, for real?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the British people haven't suffered enough indignity? They
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  Speaker 1: haven't suffered enough embarrassment at the hands of Prince Andrew?
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  Speaker 1: Now they have to get robbed on top of it?
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  Speaker 1: Sounds like a shitty deal to me. So I hope
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  Speaker 1: these investigators find enough information that leads to more problems
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  Speaker 1: for Andrew. And I say that because in my opinion,
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  Speaker 1: if anybody deserves to be left without a chair at
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  Speaker 1: the end of the song, it's certainly the Joe Exotic
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  Speaker 1: of the Windsor family. All the information that goes with
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