An exotic dancer demanded $250,000 from Jeffrey Epstein, claiming she performed ‘various s£x acts’ on the late financier and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, legal documents show.
The unnamed woman claims to have been chauffeured to a 2006 party at Epstein’s Palm Beach home where she says she danced for the men before they asked her for a ‘threesome’.
The shocking claim has been unearthed by the Daily Mail in a tranche of more than three million Epstein-related documents released by the US Department of Justice.
The massive disclosure on Friday has once again thrown scrutiny on Andrew’s embarrassing ties to Epstein, links that have already seen him stripped of his titles.
In a letter dated March 23, 2011, the woman’s lawyer alleged that the billionaire had breached his oral contract by failing to pay her the $10,000 promised for performing at a party at his Florida home.
According to the letter, she was described as a ‘popular dancer at Rachel’s Strip Club’ and was one of several women allegedly offered the sum to attend.
Her attorney, William K Vogeler, wrote that during the party his client observed other provocatively dressed young women, with some appearing to be as ‘young as 14 years old’.
He stated that she was directed to an ‘upstairs bedroom’ and Epstein introduced her to his guest, the then Prince Andrew.
‘My client then danced for the men, undressing until she was wearing only a bra and panties.
‘Mr. Epstein and Prince Andrew then told my client they wanted to have a threesome,’ he claimed.
‘She said she was hired to dance, not to have s£x. Mr Epstein said they would pay her later for dancing, and they prevailed upon her to engage in various sex acts.
‘After the men had satisfied themselves’ the lawyer claimed, ‘they invited my client to take a trip with them to the Virgin Islands. She declined their invitation.’
The lawyer, from Gruenbeck and Vogeler, a firm based in southern California, said that his client was then chauffeured back to the strip club but only ever received $2,000 of the $10,000 promised.
There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with the exotic dancer mentioned in the emails.
Emails between Epstein’s former lawyers later described the demand as a ‘shake down/extortion’.
The woman’s lawyer said she had delayed pursuing her claims until now because she was ‘not proud of the circumstances of that night’.
‘She was working as an exotic dancer, but she was treated like a prostitute,’ Mr Vogeler added.
He said that his client wished to keep her name confidential for purposes of the settlement but was willing to pursue her claim ‘in the public courts if necessary’.
Mr Vogeler argued that her allegations amounted to ‘breach of an oral contract, quantum meruit and various torts’.
He said the woman would agree to ‘keep confidential her interactions’ with Epstein and the then Prince Andrew in exchange for a payment of $250,000 – giving him just nine days to pay up.
It is not known if Epstein ever settled the claim which came just weeks after the now-notorious picture of the former Prince with his arm around Virginia Giuffre first emerged in February 2011.
This is not the first time Andrew has been linked to exotic dancers at one of Epstein’s parties.
Reports in 2019 revealed a former lap dancer claimed that the ex-prince buried his face in her chest at Epstein’s New York mansion at an event in the 1990s.
The woman said that Epstein frequently hired women to suit Andrew’s taste.
Andrew is also facing fresh legal pressure after a second woman alleged that Epstein flew her to Britain for s£x.
The unnamed woman says she was taken to Buckingham Palace for tea afterwards.
Her US lawyer this week issued an ultimatum to Andrew and the Royal Family to discuss the claims or face court action.
The woman claims she was in her 20s when, at Epstein’s request, she spent a night with Andrew at his Royal Lodge home in 2010.
