A lawyer representing Jeffrey Epstein’s victims has called on the FBI to release CCTV footage he claims could show Prince Andrew at the pedophile’s mansion.
Spencer Kuvin, a lawyer representing nine of Epstein’s victims, is calling on US law enforcement to release footage from home security cameras following the release of new recordings detailing Andrew’s connections to the convicted sex offender.
In the filings, Johanna Sjoberg, who worked as a massage therapist for Epstein, claimed the Prince groped her breast while sitting on a couch at Epstein’s Manhattan apartment in 2001, but the Duke of York denied the allegation.
According to court documents released this week, Epstein’s former housekeeper Juan Alessi also alleged that Andrew received daily massages while he spent “weeks” at the disgraced financier’s Florida home.
Mr Alessi said he believed the Duchess of York had visited the Florida property “only once and for a short time” but described Andrew as someone who “spent weeks with us”.
Asked if he would “get a massage often,” Mr. Alessi replied: “I would say a daily massage.”
Kuvin, along with other victims and Epstein’s former employees, insisted that every room in their mansion had 24-hour working security cameras.
The Florida-based lawyer claimed that senior FBI officers had seized hard drives and stored videos and that the bureau now wanted the public to see what material was contained in those videos.
“I can tell you one thing,” he told Fox 11 LA’s TMZ Live. “Following the execution of the search warrant, I personally went to Jeffrey Epstein’s home and found that numerous cameras and computer hard drives were missing, and much of this information was seized by the FBI not only in Palm Beach, but also in the Virgin Islands and Manhattan.
“Where are the videos? “This is what the public needs to see.”
Discussing newly released U.S. court documents detailing Epstein’s connections, Kuvin, chief legal officer at Goldlaw in Palm Beach, added that they provide “context” for why high-profile people were associated with Epstein.
“The biggest names like Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew are people everyone already knows or has heard of in the past.
“These documents confirm what everyone has been discussing. What is important to understand now is the context in which they are defined.
“For example, this statement from Johanna Sjoberg, which was previously sealed, provides some context for what exactly Jeffrey Epstein was doing with Prince Andrew and some of the young girls who were there at the time.
“I think people do this [have] “We have the right to get some answers from these people.”
He added: “The biggest problem with many of the people who socialized with Jeffrey Epstein was that they were part of tacitly normalizing his behavior.
“I don’t care whether you just socialized with this guy, whether your bank gave him a loan, or whether you got on his plane and got friendly with him. Whatever you were doing with Epstein, you normalized the sexual predator so he could have access to more money and more victims.”
There are no allegations that Mr. Clinton engaged in illegal activity, and his spokesman said he was unaware of Mr. Epstein’s crimes. Prince Andrew has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein’s behavior.
Gloria Allred, another lawyer representing Epstein’s victims, said on Saturday that Prince Andrew “has a lot to do” and should meet with US law enforcement about his interactions with the pedophilia financier.
Allred said Royal “will be a cloud that will follow him wherever he goes” until he cooperates with police, the FBI and other authorities. A dark cloud questioning whether Andrew “was telling the truth” about his relationship with Epstein in the Newsnight interview.
“It is very unusual for law enforcement to publicly say they wanted to speak to Prince Andrew and for him not to do so,” he said.
“Usually they would contact his lawyer privately and that was it. Law enforcement does not say anything publicly. As far as I know, Prince Andrew still hasn’t interviewed them.
“He’s back in the news now, as they say in the US South, ‘I guess he’s got a lot of catching up to do’.”
He added: “The only question is why isn’t he willing to do it?”
Allred said Andrew couldn’t claim he couldn’t do anything to help the investigation because “it wasn’t up to him to decide” what was important.
“He admitted to staying as a visitor and guest at Epstein’s mansion in New York. There appear to be some allegations that she was in Florida with him.
“So yes, he has information. Even if he stays there for a few days, he has information. What were young girls doing there?
“If he knows. Maybe he doesn’t? Should he say he knows or doesn’t know? If he doesn’t want to talk to the authorities, he can’t be forced to talk to them.”
He later questioned his decision to speak to Newsnight to clear his name, but then avoided formal legal investigations.
“He appeared to have no problem speaking to the BBC but he was not under oath… He has no legal duty to tell the truth when he appears on the BBC.
“We assume people will tell the truth when they speak to the press, but they have no legal duty to do so.”