Andrew to the Tower?

[ribrash]

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[ian16th]

Oh dear!

[Pontius Navigator]

Oh dear!

Interesting medal row, no LS&GC medal?

[TheGreenGoblin]

Oh well maybe somebody should tip Andrew the wink that the Royal Cape yacht club are looking for waiters! He would look smashing there with his white uniform and a tray!

[Pontius Navigator]

TGG, I have a picture of a distant relative dressed like that. Not sure what his job was. Was able to trace he left his wife in SA at the start of the war and wa next seen with his wife in Manchester.

It was quite an eye opener when all his children met up a a family reunion about 10 years ago.

[OFSO]

From the diaries of Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times from 2005-2019.

"In 2009 the FT's reporting from Dubai incurred the wrath of the authorities, prompting an unusual intervention by telephone by Prince Andrew, then the UK's trade envoy in Washington.

HRH the Duke of York: "Your man in Dubai, Simon Carr, is causing a lot of trouble."
LB: "You mean Simeon Kerr "
HRH: "Yes, Simon Kerr....look, I'm just passing on a message...your man is causing lots of problems."
LB: "Have you read any of his articles from Dubai ?"
HRH: "No, of course not."
LB: "Well, I've read every word that Simeon Kerr has written about Dubai and I don't see a problem..."

Call terminated.

I just love that "no, of course not". Beneath his dignity to read the Financial Times. Or ability.

[G-CPTN]

The thot plickens.

[TheGreenGoblin]

The thot plickens.

Must admit that I had never hear of Nygård but was prompted to find out about him and his dodgy dinner jackets...

Certainly no stranger to the courts or the authorities in multiple countries it seems. At the very least, Andrew (and his advisors) can be accused of poor judgement in allowing him to associate with a character with such dubious credentials.

In 1978, Nygård's takeover of a sportswear designer's business in New York City led to a 12-year legal battle in New York federal court.[30]
In 1980, the Free Press wrote that Nygård was charged with the rape of an 18-year-old girl by Winnipeg authorities. Later those charges were stayed because the girl refused to testify. It was later claimed in a lawsuit that Nygård used funds from his companies to pay her off.
Nygård settled sexual harassment complaints by three former employees in Manitoba in the late 1990s.
In 1999, Nygård sued Linda Lampenius for defamation concerning her comments about Nygård's parties with naked women. The case continued until 2001 when Lampenius states she ran out of funds and had to settle, which consisted of publishing an apology in the newspaper Ilta-Sanomat.
In 2003, Nygård was sued in Florida by an American couple who claimed he deceived them into accepting jobs as managers of his Bahamas estate. The case was settled in 2007.
In 2005, after Finnish newspaper Iltalehti published an article about sex parties at Nygård's mansion, even featuring a short interview with Jessica Alba where she had to leave a party at the Nygård Cay mansion (she was there filming Into the Blue) because of the debauchery with young women going on, Nygård sued the parent company of the paper Alma Media for slander in Los Angeles. Nygård lost the case.
In 2006, Canadian tax authorities claimed Nygård underreported $15 million in taxes. Nygård argued that he severed residential ties with Canada in 1975; he was ultimately subject to taxes on an unreported $2 million.
In 2007, a dispute escalated into a battle royal encompassing no fewer than 16 legal actions between Nygård and Louis Bacon and their associates, in which both sides are claiming damages in the tens of millions of dollars and lobbing allegations of activities that include vandalism, bribery, insider trading, arson, murder, destruction of the fragile seabed, and having a close association with the Ku Klux Klan.
In 2008, Nygård was sued in Los Angeles Superior Court by a former girlfriend for slamming a door on her hand. Nygård quickly settled the lawsuit.
In 2012, Nygård launched a lawsuit against the CBC regarding copyright issues about private videos taken at his residence, which were then used in an April 2010 documentary. He had also launched a copyright complaint with the US District Court in New York and a lawsuit in Manitoba to prevent the piece from airing. He had previously sued two former employees for releasing confidential information and his lawyer claimed CBC harassed many of the employees. Nygård launched a civil suit against his neighbor and the Lyford Cay Property Owners Association alleging they conspired with the CBC to damage his reputation; he also filed a private criminal prosecution against three CBC journalists accusing them of conspiring to discredit him and his clothing empire.
In 2015 and 2017, Nygård was looked at by FBI over claims of sex trafficking. He was also investigated by the United States Department of Homeland Security for 9 months in 2016.
The Paradise Papers showed that Nygård was a shareholder of a offshore company in the Cayman Islands.
In 2018, Nygård Cay was seized by the Supreme Court of the Bahamas as part of a legal battle surrounding Nygård's efforts to dredge the sea floor around the estate.
In 2019, a warrant was issued after Nygård failed to appear in court multiple times for a sentencing hearing related to two contempt of court convictions in the Bahamas.
In September 2019, the New York Times was caught up in the feud between Nygård and Louis Bacon. The suit claims that the reporters for the paper "tried to steer the individuals to provide information to fit a story" and that reporters wanted to "bring down" Nygård.
On November 15, 2019, a judge in the Bahamas sentenced Nygård to 90 days in prison and fined him $150,000 after finding he breached a court order prohibiting the disclosure of emails that were stolen from a non-profit group.
On November 24, 2019, Bahamas police began investigating six allegations of rape made against Nygård. All the alleged victims were under 16.
On January 27, 2020, Nygård faced two separate lawsuits after being accused of sexual assault.
On February 13, 2020, 10 women filed a class action against Nygård in New York, alleging that he had raped them at his Bahamas residence. They also alleged he maintained a sex-trafficking ring. Eight of the alleged victims were underaged.
On February 25, 2020, the New York headquarters of Nygård International were raided by the FBI and NYPD, in connection with sex trafficking claims. This led to Nygård stepping down from the company.
On April 22, 2020, 36 new women joined a sex assault suit that was filed in February 2020.
On August 17, 2020, Nygård was sued by two of his sons on accusations of directing a known sex worker said to be "his girlfriend" to rape them.
On December 15, 2020 it was reported that Instagram model Suelyn Medeiros and Warren & Baram Management LLC were named as alleged co-conspiriters in Peter Nygard's alleged sex trafficking scheme in 2 separate lawsuits.
On December 15, 2020, Nygård was arrested in Winnipeg for extradition to the US to face charges of sex trafficking by the US attorney's office in Manhattan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nygard

[Boac]

Will Andrew or Nygård be allowed to turn 'Queen's Evidence'?

[4mastacker]

The mail has an article this morning reporting claims that Andrew was allergic to horse hair and thus debunked a claim by that Roberts woman that they had gone horse riding* together. I could have sworn that Airmiles used to sit on a Dobbin's back during Trooping the Colour.


* other euphemisms are available.

[G-CPTN]

The mail has an article this morning reporting claims that Andrew was allergic to horse hair and thus debunked a claim by that Roberts woman that they had gone horse riding* together. I could have sworn that Airmiles used to sit on a Dobbin's back during Trooping the Colour.


* other euphemisms are available.

There are numerous photographs on t'internet of him 'mounted'.

https://www.google.com/search?q=prince+ ... 93&bih=683

[Undried Plum]

He's a remarkably unconvincing liar. Why does he even bother?

Because he can?

[Boac]

The walls are closing in https://www.airlive.net/breaking-jeffre ... -to-dakar/

[Pontius Navigator]

He's a remarkably unconvincing liar.

I misread that, wondered for a moment about the mushrooms you might have found.

I see from today's paper, no turning back or welcome home.

[ian16th]

He is casting a shadow over the regiment and causing us embarrassment.

Is it time for him to retire to his study, and take his trusty Webley from the draw?

[OFSO]

The arrest of Brunel was even given mention on BBC 4 today. Perhaps they'll send Martin Bashir to interview him.

[Undried Plum]

He is casting a shadow over the regiment and causing us embarrassment.

Is it time for him to retire to his study, and take his trusty Webley from the drawer?

Yes.

He's a bloody disgrace to any uniform other than a stripey one with broad arrows. He should spend the rest of his days in a quarry on Dartmoor, or a German equivalent if he demands repatriation to his family's Vaterland. When he can no longer swing a pickaxe or a rockhammer, he should be given the option of receiving a short sharp shock from a captive bolt or else sharing a cell with a homosexual killer of child-murderers with regular searches to preclude him the benefit of Vaseline.

Else, have the Brigade of Guards present him with two silver plated Webleys and one bullet and let him make his own choice. If he asks for a Glock, out of patriotism, let 'im have it, Chris.

[G-CPTN]

Jean-Luc Brunel placed under formal investigation

Model agent friend of Jeffrey Epstein charged with rape of minors.

One of the Duke of York’s accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, claims to have had ‘sexual relations with Brunel on several occasions’ between the ages of 16 and 19.

[Pontius Navigator]

I see people have been arrested for trespassing at the Duke's residence:

In the earlier incident, a 43-year-old Spanish national, who has since been sectioned, reportedly convinced security guards to pay for her taxi after convincing them she had a lunch date with the Duke, 61.

How stupid can the guards be? She's far too old

[4mastacker]

Perhaps she was the dessert course?





(shafters for afters )