TIME TO END THE SILENCE

Lawyer demands Duke testifies in US, He should honou vow to help victims'

- CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN

PRINCE Andrew once vowe to fight against sex traffickin amid the furore of his link: to paedophile pal Jeffre Epstein.

And US lawyer Gloria Allresaid the disgraced Duke shoulhonour that pledge by finall testifying before Congress of what he knows about the lat tycoon's activities and helvictims get justice.

Andrew, 65, is accused of refusing to co-operate with US investigators, despite giving a BBC interview in which he denied sleeping with Virginia Giuffre, a teenage sex trafficking victim of Epstein's.

Allred, who represents several Epstein victims, said: "There's nothing Prince Andrew can say or do to make it go away. It is news now all over the world.

"People want to know who was involved in trafficking or sexually abusing children? "That's a legitimate question.

His silence is a statement that he's not willing to help for some reason.

"So all I can say is, now more than ever, he should come forward.

"He could volunteer to testify publicly. He volunteered to give an interview on the BBC, why can't he now volunteer to give an interview to the Justice Department or Congress, or both? "I called on Andrew to speak to the FBI. I would say now more than ever, it's urgent.