Prince Andrew shared a flight on Jeffrey Epstein's Lolita Express with jailed Miss Russia Anna Malova, claims report
New revelations in the case surrounding disgraced financier late Jeffrey Epstein have revealed that Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, had once flown on Epstein's "Lolita Express", his private jet with a former Miss Russia, who had been embroiled in trouble with law enforcement twice on drug charges.
According to court documents cited by The Sunday Times of London. the then 38-year-old Andrew had traveled in Epstein's plane from St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands to Florida on February 12, 1999.
He had shared the flight with Anna Malova, who was 27 at that time and a model. She was crowned Miss Russia in 1998 and had landed in the top 10 finalists that same year in the Miss Universe pageant, which was owned by President Donald Trump, the news outlet reported.
Prince Andrew was mentioned to have flown on Epstein's plane in 2001, in the civil case by an Epstein accuser, Virginia Roberts Giuffre. As part of her lawsuit, she had submitted a photograph of Andrew that showed his hand around Guiffre's waist, who was 17 at the time.
The case was filed in 2015 and Giuffre had alleged that she was brought in as Epstein's sex slave and made to have sex with Andrew against her will in London, New York and on Epstein's "pedophile island", near St. Thomas.
According to reports, the judge had dismissed her allegations and said that they were "immaterial and impertinent to the central claim" against the alleged sex trafficker.
On Saturday, August 24, 2019, Andrew said in a statement that he had "tremendous sympathy" for the victims and that he hadn't seen anything suspicious when the two had spent time together, according to BBC.
"During the time I knew him, I saw him infrequently and probably no more than only once or twice a year," the 59-year-old prince said. "I have stayed in a number of his residences. At no stage during the limited time I spent with him did I see, witness or suspect any behavior of the sort that subsequently led to his arrest and conviction."
He added, "I have said previously that it was a mistake and an error to see him after his release in 2010 and I can only reiterate my regret that I was mistaken to think that what I thought I knew of him was evidently not the real person, given what we now know. I have tremendous sympathy for all those affected by his actions and behavior."
Andrew was reportedly seen multiple times at Epstein's Manhattan home after he said he met the financier in 1999. In 2013, he was also seen getting a foot massage from two young Russian women at the home.
The Sun published a report recently where a close friend of Andrew said that he enjoyed sex as a "big thing". "He doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke and he doesn’t take drugs and never has, but sex is his big thing in life. He was known as Randy Andy for a reason when he was younger and it’s never really stopped," the friend said.
Adding, the source said that he had taken "full advantage" of "beautiful women". "Travelling all over the world as the UK trade ambassador and for other royal duties has given him access to some beautiful women and he's taken full advantage. He is a red-blooded male and, if you like, he is like a sailor with a girl in every port," the source said, adding that he was not into teenage girls.