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曾指控少女时期被拐卖给前英国安德鲁王子发生性行为的弗吉尼亚·吉弗尔（Virginia Giuffre）的家人，于周四该前王子因涉嫌公职不当行为被捕后，向英国警方表示感谢。
“终于，今天，得知‘无人凌驾于法律之上，即便是王室成员也不例外’的消息，我们破碎的心终于得到了慰藉，”吉弗尔的兄弟姐妹在一份发给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的声明中说道。
“我们以姐姐弗吉尼亚·罗伯茨·吉弗尔（Virginia Roberts Giuffre）的名义，向英国泰晤士河谷警方表示感谢，感谢他们的调查以及对安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎（Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor）的逮捕，”斯凯·罗伯茨（Sky and Amanda Roberts）、丹尼·威尔逊（Danny and Lanette Wilson）表示。“他从来不是什么王子。对于各地的幸存者来说，弗吉尼亚是为你们这么做的。”
吉弗尔是一位美国女性，她曾是已故 convicted sex offender（ convicted sex offender此处指已被定罪的性犯罪者）杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）最直言不讳的指控者之一，于去年41岁时自杀身亡。她指控蒙巴顿-温莎——即前安德鲁王子——在她17岁时三次对她实施袭击，而他对此予以否认。
弗吉尼亚·吉弗尔与自己少女时期的照片
Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
吉弗尔在2021年于纽约提起的诉讼中称，是爱泼斯坦促成了此次袭击，她指控爱泼斯坦将她拐卖给了蒙巴顿-温莎。
据英国媒体报道，蒙巴顿-温莎否认了她的指控，但于2022年与她达成和解，支付了约1600万美元。
英国泰晤士河谷警方本月早些时候证实，正在评估美国司法部最新公布的爱泼斯坦相关文件中出现的针对蒙巴顿-温莎的指控，以确定是否有必要展开正式调查。警方周四表示，他们逮捕了“一名来自诺福克郡的60多岁男子”，涉嫌“公职不当行为”，并正在搜查伯克郡和诺福克郡的房产。
安德鲁王子的逮捕，发生在一个反王室组织呼吁警方调查相关文件之后约两周。这些文件表明，当安德鲁作为英国贸易特使时，曾与爱泼斯坦分享机密政府信息。国王查尔斯三世（即蒙巴顿-温莎的兄长）已表示，如果警方就其弟弟的问题进行询问，英国王室将予以配合。
“这确实是爱泼斯坦幸存者不懈追求正义的一个里程碑式时刻，”代表吉弗尔的律师西格丽德·麦考利（Sigrid McCawley）周四在一份声明中表示。
“弗吉尼亚·吉弗尔多年来一直致力于揭露爱泼斯坦及其同谋者所犯下的罪行，并传递‘无人凌驾于法律之上’的信息。今天安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎的被捕，是实现这种问责的重要一步。”麦考利说。
吉弗尔在她的遗作回忆录《Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice》（《无名女孩：在虐待中幸存并为正义而战的回忆录》）中分享了自己的经历。
佐伊·克里斯滕·琼斯（Zoe Christen Jones）和埃米特·莱昂斯（Emmet Lyons）对此报道亦有贡献。
Giuffre family thanks police over former Prince Andrew’s arrest: “Our broken hearts have been lifted”
Updated on: February 19, 2026 / 9:11 AM EST / CBS News
The family of Virginia Giuffre, who alleged she was trafficked to engage in sex with former Prince Andrew when she was a teenager, thanked British police on Thursday after his arrest for suspected misconduct in public office.
“At last, today, our broken hearts have been lifted at the news that no one is above the law, not even royalty,” Giuffre’s siblings said in a statement shared with CBS News.
“On behalf of our sister, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, we extend our gratitude to the U.K.’s Thames Valley Police for their investigation, and the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor,” Sky and Amanda Roberts and Danny and Lanette Wilson said. “He was never a prince. For survivors everywhere, Virginia did this for you.”
Giuffre, an American who was one of the most outspoken accusers of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, died by suicide last year at 41. She accused Mountbatten-Windsor — former Prince Andrew — of assaulting her on three separate occasions when she was 17, which he has denied.
Virginia Giuffre with a photo of herself as a teen Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
Giuffre said in a lawsuit filed in New York in 2021 that the assault was made possible by Epstein, who she alleged trafficked her to Mountabatten-Windsor.
Mountabatten-Windsor denied her allegations but reached a settlement with her in 2022, paying her around $16 million, according to British media reports.
The Thames Valley Police force in the U.K. confirmed earlier this month it was assessing claims against Mountbatten-Windsor that emerged in the latest U.S. Justice Department release of Epstein files to determine whether a formal investigation was warranted. Police said Thursday they arrested “a man in his sixties from Norfolk” as part of the investigation and “on suspicion of misconduct in public office.” They said they were searching properties in Berkshire and Norfolk.
Andrew’s arrest came about two weeks after an anti-royal organization called for police to investigate documents indicating that he shared confidential government information with Epstein when the royal worked as a British trade envoy. King Charles III, who is Mountabatten-Windsor’s brother, had indicated that the British royal family would cooperate if police came asking questions about his younger brother.
“This is truly a monumental moment in the Epstein survivor’s relentless pursuit of justice,” Sigrid McCawley, an attorney who represented Giuffre, said in a statement Thursday.
“Virginia Guiffre worked for years to shine a light on the crimes being committed by Epstein and his co-conspirators and to send the message that no one should be above the law and the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor today is a step toward that accountability,” McCawley said.
Giuffre shared her story in her posthumously published memoir, “Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice.”
Zoe Christen Jones and Emmet Lyons contributed to this report.
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