so what is sex trafficking? the girl was under age.. and he procured her... he went to jail for it... how could ANdrew not know about this?? When he says he went all the way to America to tell Epstein that after this behaviour he had to stop seeing him?
Yes, you are right and I am wrong. I apologize.
In the U.S. the legal definition of sex trafficking is the "recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act."
Epstein was convicted of procuring an underage prostitute therefore he was guilty of sex trafficking.
But that doesn't mean Andrew knew Epstein's conviction meant he met the
legal definition of a sex trafficker and it doesn't mean he knew Epstein was trafficking the women in his house. He only knew Epstein had been convicted of procuring an underage prostitute (although this in itself would have sent me running). I can easily picture Andrew assuming this meant Epstein
wasn't having sex with these women otherwise why would he need to pay someone else? If Andrew had bothered to read all the reports in connection with the case he would have learned there was much more going on but of course he didn't.
Tthere is a difference between meetng people of dubious morality for political reasons, which the queen and other royals and politicans have had to do at times.. and meeting someone of dubious morality and making friends with him and spending time hanging out with him, meeting his friends, inviting him to shooting weekends and parties.. and using him to provide your ex wife with money....
Andre did not pal around with Epstein because he had been asked to do so by the Govt.. he did so because Epstein was rich and could help him connect with other rich people
Yes, but that's not the point I was making. The point is the BRF are used to meeting dodgy people in high places, whether asked to by the government or not. I suspect in some cases it can cloud their judgment, for examples Charles's friendship with Jimmy Savile. It's possible Andrew may have met other high powered men surrounded by young women which meant his radar didn't go off when he met Epstein.
..and because there were attractive girls hanging around his house..
No, we don't know that. It
might be a reason but we can't state it as a fact.
I'm not defending Andrew's relationship with Epstein. As I've stated many times, the fact that he continued his friendship after Epstein's conviction calls his own character into question. Who on earth would do that?
What I'm questioning is the assumption Andrew knew about Epstein's
sex trafficking. We don't know that. IMO Andrew comes across as clueless and oblivious. I suspect he doesn't have what I call a highly tuned "CREEP-O-METER," or the same ability to connect the dots we have. I can easily see that he might see a high powered man surrounded by young man, shrug it off, and just think of him as another Hugh Hefner without looking more closely.