Prince Andrew has been reportedly offered $7m to take a lie detector test about his relationship with the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Investigative journalist Ian Halperin is offering £5 million pounds (or roughly $7 million US dollars) to Andrew “to come clean and take a polygraph test with a world-leading polygraph examiner,” he tells Page Six.
Halperin wants to quiz Andrew, 61, about claims from Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who says she was brought from the US to Britain at age 17 to have sex with the Prince in 2001.
In an interview with The BBC’s “Newsnight,” Giuffre said of Andrew, the Duke of York, “I knew I had to keep him happy, because it’s what Jeffrey and Ghislaine [Maxwell, Epstein’s then-girlfriend] would expect from me.”
Halperin alleged in his latest book, “Controversy: Sex, Lies, Dirty Money,” that the British royals deliberately threw the media glare on Meghan Markle and husband Prince Harry to divert from Andrew’s links to Epstein.
Halperin explained to Page Six, that Andrew, who despite not having worked for a while doesn’t appear to need the money: “I am giving Andrew a chance to finally clear his name.
“I am offering 5 million pounds to Prince Andrew to come clean and take a polygraph test with a world-leading polygraph examiner.
“If he passes, my investment group will hand him over £5 million pounds.”
Halperin insists he has the cash and alleged, “I’m part of a global investment group to stop child sex trafficking.”
Halperin’s book had alleged Andrew was a “sex addict” and a “daring lover,” according to women who claim they were intimate with the British royal after being introduced by Epstein.
Halperin said, “One of Andrew’s ex-lovers said he had a sex addiction because he was always second to Prince Charles … He compared his relationship with his brother … to William and Harry.”
In late 2019, Prince Andrew issued a public statement saying he would be willing to help American law enforcement with their investigation into allegations of sex trafficking by Epstein and his associates.
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FBI agents and federal prosecutors in New York reached out to his lawyers and asked to interview him, but there was no response.
Then in January 2020, the United States attorney in Manhattan publicly called out the Prince for breaking his commitment.
“To date, Prince Andrew has provided zero cooperation,” prosecutor Geoffrey S. Berman said.