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		</div><p>A woman who alleges she was a victim of convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and claimed she was forced into a sexual encounter with the Duke of York has urged the royal to “come clean”.</p>
<p>Virginia Giuffre was speaking to reporters after a hearing for alleged victims of the disgraced financier and said Andrew “knows what he’s done”.</p>
<p>Since Epstein’s death, there have been a number of reports about his relationship with the duke, including that the pair travelled together on Epstein’s private jet with teenager Virginia Roberts, now known as Giuffre.</p>
<p>Mrs Giuffre has claimed in court papers in Florida that she was forced to have sex with Andrew when she was aged 17, under the state’s age of consent.</p>
<p>Her allegations, which Andrew denies, were struck from US civil court records in 2015 after a judge said they were “immaterial and impertinent”.</p>
<p>Buckingham Palace has contested reports about Andrew’s links to Epstein, including the private jet flights, over “a number of inconsistencies”.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, 16 women who claim they were victims of Epstein spoke at a hearing in New York after a judge offered the accusers the opportunity to give statements about the impact of the alleged offending.</p>
<p><em>“He knows exactly what he’s done and I hope he comes clean about it,”</em> Mrs Giuffre said outside court in response to a request for comment about the duke.</p>
<p>Andrew released a statement at the weekend expressing “tremendous sympathy” for Epstein’s alleged victims.</p>
<p>He also reiterated that it was a “mistake” seeing Epstein, 66, after the American’s release from an 18-month prison term in 2010 for prostituting minors.</p>
<p>In the statement, Andrew said: <em>“It is apparent to me since the suicide of Mr Epstein that there has been an immense amount of media speculation about so much in his life.</em></p>
<p><em>“This is particularly the case in relation to my former association or friendship with Mr Epstein.</em></p>
<p><em>“Therefore I am eager to clarify the facts to avoid further speculation.</em></p>
<p><em>“I met Mr Epstein in 1999. During the time I knew him, I saw him infrequently and probably no more than only once or twice a year. I have stayed in a number of his residences.</em></p>
<p><em>“At no stage during the limited time I spent with him did I see, witness or suspect any behaviour of the sort that subsequently led to his arrest and conviction.”</em></p>
<p>Epstein was found dead on August 10 in his prison cell in New York, where he was being held on sex trafficking charges.</p>
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