In a New York civil lawsuit, Virginia Giuffre alleged that Epstein trafficked her in the early 2000s to London, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands to have sex with the prince when she was 17. Andrew denied the allegation and settled out of court, paying a substantial sum but admitting no liability. Giuffre died by suicide in April.

The FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice determined that the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein did not keep a "client list" or blackmail prominent people, five years after Prince Andrew 's interview about his connection to the financier led to his step back from public life.

Jeffrey Epstein did not maintain a "client list," the U.S. Justice Department said Monday, announcing that no more files related to the wealthy financier's sex trafficking investigation would be made public,