GHISLAINE Maxwell has revealed there was a Prince Andrew "puppet" at Epstein's house after the royal was accused of using it to grope a young woman.
Johanna Sjoberg alleged the Duke grabbed her breast in 2001 at the New York home of his paedo pal Jeffrey Epstein.
In her testimony, she said Andrew and Virginia Giuffre - then Roberts - were sat on a couch with the puppet on her lap.
She added: “And so then I sat on Andrew’s lap — and I believe on my own volition — and they took the puppet’s hands and put it on Virginia’s breast, and so Andrew put his on mine.”
Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing and told the BBC in 2019 that he had never met Virginia Giuffre.
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But last night, in new unsealed documents, Maxwell revealed that there was a "puppet" at Epstein's home.
It comes as...
- Andrew had "daily massages" while he and Sarah Ferguson visited Epstein
- Ghislaine Maxwell revealed there was an Andrew 'puppet' after he was accused of using it to grope a young woman
- Andrew allegedly had an "underage orgy" while staying on Epstein's private island
- A model took her own life just two years after being flown to Epstein's paedo island
In document 1327-28 Maxwell is quizzed over the groping accusations.
She said there had been "a caricature" of the royal in the house.
She said: "There was a puppet - not a puppet - there was a, I don't know how would you describe it really.
"I don't know how would you describe it. Not a puppet. I don't know how you would describe it.
"A caricature of Prince Andrew that was in Jeffrey's home."
When asked if the puppet was placed on Sjoberg's breast she replied:" I don't recollect.
"I recollect the puppet but I don't recollect anything around the puppet.
"You characterised puppet, I characterise it as, I don't know, as a characterisation of Andrew."
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The documents were part of a 2015 lawsuit filed by Virginia Roberts Giuffre against Epstein's madame Ghislaine Maxwell.
Last night, a list of search terms used by lawyers while combing through Maxwell's emails as part of the defamation case were unsealed in exhibit one.
They include 'Andrew', 'Prince', 'Royal', 'Clinton', 'underage', 'pedophile' and many of the victims' names.
Meanwhile exhibit two includes a handwritten note of phone messages left for Epstein.
One says "Abigail Wexner wants to speak to you". She is the wife of Victoria's Secret boss Les Wexner.
Model scout Jen Luc Brunel - who reportedly gave 12-year-old girls to Jeffrey Epstein for his birthday and pimped out 1,000 women - is also mention in the notes.
Another transcript revealed the Duke of York would spend "weeks" at Epstein's Palm Beach property and have "daily massages".
And his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson also visited the mansion, exhibit six of the documents revealed.
In a deposition on September 8 2009, ex-housekeeper Juan Alessi was asked which celebrities came to the house.
He said: "It was Prince Andrew. It was Princess Sarah. The wife of Andrew.
"I think Sarah was there only once and for a short time. I don't think she slept in there. I cannot remember.
"I think she was visiting Wellington and she came to the house and we met her. But Prince Andrew, yes, Prince Andrew spent weeks with us.
"Daily massages. They have a daily massage. I can't remember if he had more than one, but I think it was just a massage for him. We set up the tables."
Epstein killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial.
Maxwell, 62, is serving 20 years for sex trafficking.
