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Virginia Giuffre claims Prince Andrew’s legal team tried to hire internet trolls to target her after she made allegations that the royal had “raped and battered” her, according to her bombshell memoir.
In her posthumous book Nobody’s Girl, due to be released on Tuesday, Giuffre claimed Andrew and his team attempted to “cast doubt on my credibility” after she spoke out about alleged abuse at the hands of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein and his then-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.
The latest revelations come after the Metropolitan Police said it is “actively” looking into claims that Andrew passed her date of birth and social security number to his bodyguard in a bid to dig up dirt for a smear campaign.
Andrew, who has always vehemently denied any wrongdoi
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