U.S. officials sought interview with ex-prince Andrew amid Nygard probe: Epstein files
CBC
The FBI and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York sought an interview with ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten Windsor for connections to Canadian sex offender and fashion mogul Peter Nygard.
The revelation comes in the latest batch of documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice related to Jeffrey Epstein.
An April 2020 letter from American authorities officially requested assistance from their U.K. counterparts in securing an interview with the former prince.
The letter says that evidence exists linking Mountbatten Windsor to both Epstein and Nygard in two separate sex-trafficking investigations.
The U.S. letter said that investigators found at least one occasion where Mountbatten Windsor travelled to Nygard Cay in the Bahamas. This is the location where Nygard is alleged to have trafficked adult women and minor girls from the United States.
Nygard was first arrested in Winnipeg in December 2020 under the Extradition Act after he was charged in New York with nine counts, including sex trafficking and racketeering.
These American charges have not been tested in court and Nygard denied all allegations against him.
The U.S. letter says that authorities wanted to question Mountbatten Windsor about his visit to Nygard's estate in the Bahamas, and other information he might have about Nygard and "related individuals."
The letter noted that the former prince was not the target of any investigation at the time and there was no evidence he had committed any crime under U.S. law.
The letter indicated Mountbatten Windsor may have been asked to testify in either the Nygard or Epstein case if he shared "relevant information" during any interview.
The U.S. authorities included a list of questions they wanted their U.K. counterparts to ask in the event they had to conduct a voluntary or compelled interview with Mountbatten Windsor.
These questions include dates he met with either Epstein or Nygard, travelled to either man's properties, and women he met through either of them.
Nygard's history of sexual assault allegations has also spread through Canadian courtrooms in recent years.
The disgraced fashion mogul, now 84, was convicted on four counts of sexual assault in a Toronto court last year. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison, but is expected to serve just under seven years with credit for time served before his conviction.
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