Jeffrey Epstein forced an underage girl to have sex with Prince Andrew in order to gather incriminating evidence to blackmail him with, according to court documents.
The court papers also claim that Epstein did this with other powerful figures in order to âingratiate himself with them for business, personal, political and financial gain, as well as to obtain potential blackmail informationâ.
Ghislaine Maxwell âfacilitatedâ these encounters by acting as a âmadamâ
The Sun reports: The claims comes as a Royal insider defended Andrew, describing the allegations against him as âa straight forward untruth, no ifs, no butsâ.
Ghislaine Maxwell, arrested last month, allegedly âfacilitated Prince Andrewâs acts of sexual abuseâ, the documents claim.
The former socialite is accused of being Epsteinâs âmadamâ and recruiting young girls for the disgraced financier.
Unsealed court documents details how she was asked what Prince Andrew knew about Epstein, with her replying: âHe would know a lot of the truth.
âAgain, I donât know how much he would be able to help you with, but seeing heâs in a lot of trouble himself these days, I think he might, so I think he may be valuable.â
The Sun Online has gone to Buckingham Palace for comment.
âBLACKMAIL INFORMATIONâ
Prince Andrew has been accused in the documents of being the âpowerful individualâ disgraced financier Epsteinâs âsex slaveâ Ms Giuffre was forced to have sex with.
The Mirror reports he is also accused of having âan orgy with numerous other under-aged girlsâ.
The royal hasnât offered a comment since his old friend was arrested and charged with grooming and trafficking underage girls for Epstein.
Maxwell, 58, has been a close friend of the prince for about 30 years.
In the explosive court documents Andrewâs accuser Ms Giuffre described Maxwellâs breasts and pubic hair.
In newly released legal papers Ms Giuffre claims the British socialite had âvery large natural breastsâ.
Maxwell is awaiting trial after being charged with a series of child grooming charges.
Hundreds of pages of documents have been released after a New York judge unsealed them as the case continues against  Maxwell over her role as Epsteinâs alleged âmadamâ.
In other documents released this week Ms Roberts Giuffre claimed Maxwellhad sex with underage girls during orgies with Jeffrey Epstein on his âPaedo Islandâ.