Prince Andrew 'stonewalled' sex abuse accuser Virginia Roberts for 'five years', her legal team have claimed today - as it was revealed that the Duke of York could face a second lawsuit from another of Jeffrey Epstein's victim.
David Boies, who is representing Ms Roberts in her US civil case against the 61-year-old son of the Queen, said the Duke's legal team had been 'totally uncooperative' in attempts to discuss the abuse claims made by his client.
'We've reached out to Prince Andrew's legal team, a number of times over the last five years, we've made an attempt to engage with him to give him an opportunity to tell his side of the story, to provide any explanation or context, that he might have for his actions to try to resolve this without the necessity of litigation. Every such effort has been rebuffed,' he told Sky News today.
He added: JetBlack 'They have totally stonewalled us just like they've stonewalled the criminal prosecutors in the United States.'
It comes as it was today revealed that the Prince could face another US lawsuit from one of Jeffrey Epstein's victims who accused the royal of groping her breasts in a sickening attack involving a Spitting Image puppet of himself gifted to him by Ghislaine Maxwell.
Johanna Sjoberg has accused the Duke of York of sexually assaulting her when she was 21 years old and working as paedophile Epstein's PA.
The incident is alleged to have taken place in front of Ms Roberts, now known as Virginia Giuffre, who has launched a bombshell legal action accusing Andrew of rape.
The lawsuit - filed on Roberts' 38th birthday - claims that she was 'loaned' to the British royal and forced to have sex with Andrew three times on the orders of Epstein, fearing she would be killed if she disobeyed.
Ms Sjoberg, now 43, had previously been unable to sue because of the amount of time since the alleged attack. But a pending US law change could now allow her to bring her allegations to court.
It came as Prince Andrew's working life was left hanging by a thread as he arrived in Balmoral with his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York, for a holiday with the Queen last night - just 24 hours after a bombshell US lawsuit accused him of sex abuse.
Representatives for Prince Andrew, who vehemently denies any wrongdoing, last night offered 'no comment' to the sex abuse allegations.
Meanwhile his legal team, consisting of leading defence solicitor Gary Bloxsome, who has represented Premier League stars such as Jason Puncheon in the past, and leading QC Clare Montgomery, an extradition lawyer once used by Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, were said to be in discussions last night on how to respond.
Johanna is the second Epstein victim to claim that Andrew had attacked her while on his knee at the billionaire's New York home.
Ms Sjoberg has accused the duke of groping her by taking a Spitting Image puppet of himself and placing its hand on her breast after being jetted to the US by Epstein to 'entertain' the prince in around 2001. In another account she described Andrew touching her breasts while the puppet was used to grope Virginia Roberts.
She said that she was recruited by Maxwell in 2001, when she was a student at Palm Beach Atlantic College.
Sjoberg was under the impression she was being hired as a personal assistant, but she soon realized her job was to provide 'sexual massages' to Epstein, who she has said told her that he needed to have 'three orgasms a day.'
She claims she was 'punished' when Epstein failed to orgasm as a result of one of her massages, which Maxwell allegedly told her were necessary because 'she [Maxwell] would not be able to please him as much as he needed and that is why there were other girls around'.
David Boies, who is representing Ms Roberts (pictured) in her US civil case against the 61-year-old son of the Queen, said the Duke's legal team had been 'totally uncooperative' in attempts to discuss the abuse claims made by his client
Andrew, who was driving a Range Rover, held a stern expression while the Duchess of York appeared to be holding conversation while sat in the back seat
Johanna Sjoberg (pictured left in 2007, and right today) says Prince Andrew groped her breast with a puppet at Jeffrey Epstein's New York home. She could soon be able to launch a US lawsuit against him
Johanna Sjoberg has accused the Duke of York of sexually assaulting her when she was 21 years old and working as paedophile Epstein's PA.
Andrew's arrival at Balmoral comes as the lawyer for Epstein victim Virginia Roberts accused the Prince of 'ignoring' him after a civil suit was filed against him . The Duke of York has always vehemently denied all charges made by Virginia Roberts
Prince Andrew's Spitting Image puppet, which Ms Sjoberg says was gifted to the royal by Ghislaine Maxwell (right with Jeffrey Epstein)
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The beleaguered royal drove into the monarch's private Scottish estate for their annual August jaunt while his lawyers held crisis talks over the case launched by Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
She alleged she was sexually abused by Andrew when she was 17 and that he knew she was the teenage victim of sex trafficking.
Miss Roberts claims she was forced to have sex with him and was 'lent out for sexual purposes' by paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Yesterday a lawyer described the legal action as a 'grenade waiting to go off'.
Astonishingly Andrew, 61, has yet to make any public comment about the lawsuit and instead travelled to Scotland with his ex-wife.
His dog arrived at Balmoral in a separate car an hour earlier, suggesting the prince could be planning a lengthy stay. The Duke of York has previously denied claims he abused Miss Roberts and forced her into sex during a visit to London more than two decades ago.
The Queen's second son stepped back from royal duties over his relationship with late financier Epstein and insiders said the lawsuit effectively ended any ambition he held of a return to public life.
Andrew, who normally flies to Aberdeen by private jet for his visits to Balmoral, appeared to have taken steps to avoid photographers this time after apparently flying to a different airport, or even driving the whole way.
Legal experts said the civil case could drag on for years and threatened to be a millstone around his - and the Royal Family's - neck for years to come.
A US lawyer warned the lawsuit would be devastating for the prince's reputation and could force him to answer questions about his own sexual history, as well as his relationship with Epstein.
Miss Roberts' legal team could interrogate Andrew over whether he had faced any allegation of sexual misconduct or impropriety in the past, a US lawyer told the Daily Mail.
Prince Andrew with Jeffrey Epstein on a stroll together after leaving Epstein's New York home in 2011
Prince Andrew has been spotted arriving at Balmoral Castle accompanied by his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson - as he prepares to face the Queen a day after being sued in New York for allegedly sexually abusing Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Roberts
The Duke today travelled to Scotland to join other members of the royal family for the tradition summer stay at Balmoral. The Queen, on her first trip to the castle after the death of her husband Prince Philip, arrived yesterday to a guard of honour in a small ceremony outside the castle gates
Her Majesty The Queen, 95, arrived for her traditional summer holiday at Balmoral yesterday. She is seen here during an inspection of the Balaklava Company, 5 Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland at the gate
