Prince Andrew's Ex-Girlfriend Claims Ghislaine Maxwell Was One Of Jeffrey Epstein's Victims
Jan. 18 2022, Published 10:57 a.m. ET
Prince Andrew’s ex-girlfriend is claiming that not only did Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein use her as “bait” to attract and entertain their friends, but that Maxwell herself was allegedly nothing more than a victim and scapegoat to the late former billionaire and convicted sex offender.
According to Daily Mail, Andrew’s former girlfriend Lady Victoria Hervey has recently spoken out in an interview for the upcoming documentary titled Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile. She spoke about everything from the first time she met Maxwell and Epstein, to how the two were “partners in crime” à la Batman and Robin, to even the bombshell claim that Maxwell’s recent guilty conviction for sexually grooming and trafficking underage girls is because she is Epstein’s “scapegoat.”
“Jeffrey was really the front man and Ghislaine was the accomplice. It was kind of like a Batman and Robin, and they were a double act. I don't think Jeffrey could have done any of it without Ghislaine,” Lady Victoria said.
“I think he just kind of sat back and sort of waited for her to sort of go fishing and go find however many girls were needed, you know, to entertain his friends. I think I was pretty much used as bait,” she continued. “'You know, looking back at, you know I was really young and naive, and she's entertaining these, you know, big businessmen. So, I didn't realize it of course at the time, but looking back.”
Lady Victoria, who is the 6th Marquess of Bristol and Prince Andrew’s former lover, alleges that she was 24-years-old when she first met Maxwell and Epstein 20 years ago – a time that she describes as being “young and naïve.”
But although the English model and former “It Girl” may have been young and naïve when she first met Maxwell and Epstein, she still stands by her belief that Maxwell herself was a victim to the late financier and sex offender.
“I mean to be honest I think Ghislaine was a victim and is a victim,” Lady Victoria said. “She was a victim that then became the accomplice as her role changed in that relationship when they were no longer together. She kind of switched sides. I do see her as a victim as well.”
Lady Victoria’s interview, and the airing of the Ghislaine, Prince Andrew and the Paedophile documentary tonight, comes just a month after Maxwell was found guilty of five out of six counts of sexually grooming and trafficking underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein. It also comes one week after a New York judge ruled that the sexual assault case between Prince Andrew and accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre will go to trial this fall.