Mega Edition: Judge Kaplan Tells Prince Andrew's Team To Prepare For Trial (8/9/26)

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Prince Andrew’s legal team repeatedly tried to persuade U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan to dismiss Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s civil lawsuit before the allegations could be tested through discovery or at trial. Andrew’s attorneys argued that Giuffre’s 2009 settlement agreement with Jeffrey Epstein barred her from suing him because it released Epstein and certain “other potential defendants” from future liability. They also challenged the legal sufficiency of her claims, questioned whether New Yo