08-07-2025
Huge update in case against Prince Andrew as it's revealed he won't be charged in relation to Epstein's crimes
Prince Andrew is in the clear as the FBI has revealed no one else will be charged in its probe into Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
The crime fighting agency hadn't ruled out charging the Duke of York in January but a new memo from the agency and the Department of Justice obtained by Axios has now done that.
The latest disclosure from the FBI has confirmed Epstein died by suicide and comes as the DoJ released the last footage of the financier alive.
They believe no one else was involved in the financier's death and said there was no evidence of any 'client list' used to blackmail powerful figures.
Investigators found 'no credible evidence … that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals' and no 'evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties'.
The financier was in prison as he waited for a major trial over sex-trafficking charges after decades of sick activity with minors.
Following his death, conspiracies spread online and whether Epstein's death was a suicide became an open question.
Andrew had feared to ever return to the US given the possibility he could be arrested.
'He has been abroad once since the scandal erupted,' the source told The Sun.
'He has always been very nervous about going abroad and felt he'd always be looking over his shoulder as he could be subject to civil action or at worst, being arrested
'Hopefully with this out of the way it means he can at least leave the country.'
They added: 'What's he supposed to do with the rest of his life? He hasn't been convicted of any crime and can't sit around doing nothing at Royal Lodge forever.'
Andrew, 64, paid millions to Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre in an out-of-court settlement three years ago, while denying sexual assault accusations.
He stayed at Epstein's New York home, and was accused of taking part in an 'underage orgy' on Epstein's Caribbean island.
In 2020, the FBI asked the Home Office for help to quiz Andrew but that investigation was paused last year.
New CCTV from inside the prison Epstein was detained in shows a grey-haired Jeffrey handcuffed in an orange jump suit being led to his cell by a guard at about 7.49pm.
The pair move down a small flight of stairs on the left of the frame and walk to the right across the common area as they head to the cell.
CCTV footage doesn't show Epstein's cell door but it would capture anyone walking to it, the DoJ said.
Other than the guard leaving, no one walks across the common area towards Epstein's cell or away from it.
At approximately 10.39pm, a guard appeared to walk in the direction of Epstein's cell and then reappeared within view of the camera at 10.41pm.
This is believed to be the last time anyone entered the area of Epstein's cell before the next morning.
Guards can be seen walking around the common area at around 6.30am on the 10th as they deliver breakfast.
At approximately 6.33am, more guards enter the common area and walk towards the area of Epstein's cell - presumably after he was found dead in his cell.
The disgraced financier was found dead in jail on August 10th, 2019, but speculation has been rife that others were involved.
FBI deputy director Dan Bongino pledged to release the footage after it had been a Donald Trump campaign promise.
Bongino wants to end all debate by releasing proof that no one entered or left the cell before the suicide.
Andrew faced recently being dragged back into public focus after he was named in High Court papers when a former Barclays boss tried to overturn a regulator's ban.
High Court files revealed Andy emailed Epstein in February 2011 saying 'we'll play some more soon'.
But in his disastrous BBC Newsnight interview, Andrew said he ceased contact with Epstein in December 2010 after they were pictured in New York.
Andrew was infamously pictured with his arm around her at Ghislaine Maxwell's home in London in 2001.
