The infamous British royal family member, who has been under fire over his relationship with the late convicted pedophile, was offered around $7 million by investigative journalist Ian Halperin to take a polygraph test.
According to author and journalist Ian Halperin, it’s not by chance that media attention has of late fully shifted to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who permanently left the United Kingdom (UK) for the United States (US) last year.
Halperin wants to quiz Andrew, 61, about claims from Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who says she was brought from the US to Britain at age 17 to have sex with the Prince in 2001.
In an interview with the BBC’s Newsnight, Giuffre said of Andrew, the Duke of York, “I knew I had to keep him happy, because it’s what Jeffrey and Ghislaine [Maxwell, Epstein’s then-girlfriend] would expect from me.”
However, Andrew has strongly denied all claims of wrongdoing.
Halperin explained to Page Six of his lucrative offer to Andrew — who despite not having worked in a while doesn’t appear to need the money: “I am giving Andrew a chance to finally clear his name.
Halperin’s book had alleged Andrew was a “sex addict” and a “daring lover,” according to women who claim they were intimate with the British royal after being introduced by Epstein.
Halperin said, “One of Andrew’s ex-lovers said he had a sex addiction because he was always second to Prince Charles … He compared his relationship with his brother … to William and Harry.
Addressing the claims that Andrew had slept with underage girls, with the lewd acts solicited by Epstein, Halperin dismissed them, saying there is no evidence of them not being over 18. Yet, “there is no doubt that Epstein provided girls to Andrew, and that was the reason they were friends”, Halperin concluded.