The FBI has “shelved” an investigation into Prince Andrew’s friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, insiders said.
Agents and attorneys are said to be “beyond frustrated” at having to shelve the investigation, a source says.
It is understood that “no new leads have been found for some time” and the FBI’s investigation into the Duke of York will not continue until “new evidence is presented that could advance the case.”
A source close to the case said the mirror: ‘The agents and lawyers who, for years, have worked diligently investigating Andrew’s friendship with Epstein are beyond frustrated.
“They are angry because the probe has been parked.”
The FBI has “shelved” an investigation into Prince Andrew’s friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, insiders said.
It is claimed that the time investigators have devoted to the case has decreased over the past year and resources are now being diverted to work on the high-profile case against hip-hop mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.
Earlier this year, Andrew was referenced several times in files unsealed by a US court relating to disgraced financier Epstein.
The unredacted documents included allegations that the duke had an orgy with underage girls and touched a woman’s breast while posing with a puppet of himself.
The 64-year-old prince, who had previously strenuously denied the allegations, paid millions a year ago to settle a civil case out of court with Virginia Giuffre without an admission of guilt after she accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17.
But he was mentioned more than 70 times in nearly 1,000 pages of interviews and transcripts published in the United States in connection with a defamation case brought in 2015 by Virginia Giuffre against Ghislaine Maxwell, who was jailed for sex trafficking girls for Epstein.
The names of more than 170 people who were Epstein’s associates, friends or victims are being made public following a judge’s order last month, including high-profile figures such as former US President Bill Clinton.
More to follow.