Prince Andrew has a crisis looming over his head as his court hearing reportedly couldn't have gone any worse for him. However, Judge Lewis Kaplan put Andrew's legal team through a bruising encounter during the make-or-break hearing, and did not seem to accept most of the arguments by the Duke's lawyer, Andrew Brettler. The judge said that the part of the settlement between Epstein and Giuffre protecting "other potential defendants" that Andrew's lawyers are basing their case on was "unclear." He also pointed to two sentences in the text that seemed to suggest it could not apply in Andrew's case, reports The Times. Epner noted that Andrew's legal team was reduced to saying they "respectfully disagree" with the judge, which is not a good sign as "respectfully disagreeing with the judge means you are about to lose."

Source: The Times January 05, 2022 16:46 UTC