Andrea Powell: Prince Andrew's settlement with Virginia Giuffre sends a much-needed message. - NBCNewsTHINK
Mark Kauzlarich / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileSurvivors of abuse have long had to stand the tallest in the face of their own injustice. Virginia Giuffre’swith Prince Andrew is a powerful demonstration that justice is possible. Some have questioned why she would settle and aggressively argued that she should’ve gone through with the trial, but a settlement is not a compromise of justice.
Although the carefully worded settlement — in which Andrew, who has denied the allegations, admits only an unfortunate association with Jeffrey Epstein and pledged to support the victims of sex trafficking as part of demonstrating his regret — does not admit any guilt, it is a strong statement that sends a message to survivors that it is possible to hold people accountable.
For many survivors, trials mean reliving a time in their lives when they were severely abused. Thus, some never come forward or only do so years after their abuse. Giuffre was willing to stand up to three of the people she accused of exploiting her and expose herself to public scrutiny over and over again for years.
At 17, she was taken by Epstein to London where she alleges she was sexually abused multiple times by Andrew. According Giuffre, Andrew was among many who sexually abused her during that time. She is also one of the dozens of young women and girls allegedly lured by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, who has beenagainst Maxwell. In it, she alleged that while she was a minor, she “was forced to have sexual relations” with Andrew “in three separate geographical locations.
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