Bombshell emails reveal Prince Andrew may have lied about his friendship with Epstein in car crash Newsnight interview

QUESTIONS have been raised over whether Prince Andrew lied about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein after bombshell emails emerged in a court case.

Emails reportedly show Epstein was touting Andrew, 63, as a potential investor in 2011 – despite the prince telling Emily Maitlis he had cut all contact in 2010.

Epstein’s victims have renewed their calls for Andrew to speak to the FBI in light of the messages.

It’s not known if the prince knew his name was being touted by his paedo pal.

But US attorney Spencer Kuvin, who represents Epstein’s victims, said the emails suggest Andrew might not have been “entirely truthful”.

He told the Mirror: “It appears that either Epstein was highly overselling his relationship with Prince Andrew or that the duke may not have been entirely truthful about when his friendship ended.”

The emails have been released as part of the US Virgin Island’s lawsuit against JP Morgan.

It is alleged the bank was “complicit in the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein”.

In an email to JP Morgan dated August 31, 2011, Epstein reportedly touted Andrew as a potential investment partner.

Epstein wrote: “He is now allowed to make money.”

In his Newsnight interview, Andrew said he cut contact with Epstein in December 2010, when he visited him in New York.

When Maitlis asked him if he saw or spoke to him again, the duke replied: “No.”

One of Epstein’s victims said: “The emails raise serious questions.

“Why would Jeffrey be lauding him as an investor if he was no longer in contact?

“It makes no sense. Many of the claims the prince made to the BBC were at best questionable but the release of Jeffrey’s emails makes his answers more unbelievable.

“He needs to talk once and for all to the FBI, as he has been asked to.

“There are people still who have not been brought to justice who aided Jeffrey. We will never give up.”

Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing but settled a civil sex assault case last year.

The settlement spared him a humiliating court battle with Virginia Giuffre over claims he raped and abused her when she was 17.

In court papers, JP Morgan argued it was the US Virgin Islands, not the bank, that enabled Epstein to commit his crimes.

Lawyers for the bank said the government of the Virgin Islands was complicit – letting high ranking officials be bought off by Epstein and work with him while “reaping the benefits of his wealth”.

They wrote: “He gave them money, advice, influence, and favours. In exchange, they shielded and even rewarded him.”

The lawyers said officials from the islands “protected Epstein, fostering the perfect conditions for Epstein’s criminal conduct to continue undetected”.

A woman called Jane Doe has also filed a case against JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank – claiming both institutions ignored Epstein’s operation in exchange for him bringing in wealthy clients for them.

Epstein was 66 when he killed himself in August 2019 in a Manhattan jail where he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

He had pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually abusing dozens of girls, some as young as 14 years old.

Last month, his infamous “paedophile island” where he raped and abused underage victims finally sold after more than a year on the market.

Billionaire Stephen Deckoff snapped up the two islands for $60million – less than half the asking price.

Part of the money paid for the luxury islands will be used to settle lawsuits and compensate victims of Epstein and his guests on the island.

And Andrew is alleged to have spent time on the idyllic island.

Andrew denied visiting Little Saint James in the Virgin Islands – described by a lawyer for Epstein’s victims as a “sex-trafficking palace”.