VKI_101_ VALLO KUMARI IMEDEMAAL: PHOTOGRAPH OF PRINCE ANDREW, VIRGINIA GIUFFRE AND GHISLAINE MAXWELL / ENDEL LEPP, VILLY LOPERMANN AND KUMARI VAIM _ WIKIPEDIA / PLAYBUNNY 18. 09. 2026
Photograph of Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell
Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell were photographed in 2001 by Jeffrey Epstein at Maxwell's home in the Belgravia district of London. It was published for the first time in a cropped version in 2011 by the Mail on Sunday; the newspaper subsequently published the full image in 2019. In 2021, Giuffre filed a civil lawsuit against Andrew alleging she was forced into sexual encounters with him as a teenager after being trafficked by Epstein. Andrew denied the allegations before entering into an out-of-court settlement in 2022.
The image is one of the best-known images associated with Giuffre's allegations, with one reporter calling it "a prequel and postscript of the saga". Its authenticity has been disputed by Andrew and Maxwell. Maxwell's later statements appeared to conflict with an email apparently written by her and released as part of the Epstein files. A 2011 email from Epstein, published by Democratic members of the U.S. House Oversight Committee, appeared to support the photograph's authenticity. Hany Farid, an expert in image manipulation, said he saw no "obvious signs" of manipulation. The whereabouts of the original photograph are unknown.
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Existence and location of the original photograph
The original print has not been publicly produced. Andrew's lawyers sought access to it during litigation, but reports indicated that Giuffre's legal team did not know its whereabouts.[1] In a 2016 deposition, Giuffre said she had previously lent it to the FBI and believed it might be among stored family boxes in Australia. In 2022, News.com.au cited a Daily Beast report saying that a source close to Giuffre did not know whether she still had the original, or whether the original photograph even still existed.[2]
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