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Prince Andrew lawyer argues against sex assault lawsuit, but U.S. judge appears skeptical

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A judge was mostly dismissive Tuesday of oral arguments by a lawyer for Prince Andrew who wants to win fast rejection of a lawsuit alleging that the prince two decades ago sexually assaulted a 17-year-old American who was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein.

Lewis A. Kaplan, a judge for U.S. District Court in New York City, did not immediately rule at the end of a video conference, but he made clear that he was not leaning Andrew’s way as he rejected much of the reasoning offered by the prince’s attorney, Andrew Brettler, who said the case “should absolutely be dismissed.”

Kaplan repeatedly shot

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This story was originally published on  CBC News. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-andrew-judge-new-york-sexual-assault-lawsuit-1.6304071?cmp=rss.

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