Did Virginia Giuffre allege Prince Andrew met her in Florida in her court filings or depositions?
Executive summary
Virginia Giuffre’s public allegations that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked her to have sex with Prince Andrew first appeared in court filings and sworn statements years before her 2021 New York suit; those earlier filings include references to encounters in New York, London and Epstein properties and name Florida locations like Mar‑a‑Lago in broader flight‑log or allegation charts (see court complaint and contemporaneous summaries) [1] [2]. Available sources do not explicitly quote a sworn deposition or filing in which Giuffre says, in her own words, that she met Prince Andrew in Florida, though the 2021 federal complaint and other reporting list multiple locations and allege travel that included Florida [1] [2].
1. The origin of Giuffre’s claims: court papers and public interviews
Giuffre’s allegations that Epstein trafficked her to have sex with Prince Andrew have been part of multiple public records and interviews: she named Andrew in court filings against Ghislaine Maxwell in 2015 and again sued Andrew in New York in 2021, accusing him of sexual assault when she was 17 [1] [3]. Major news outlets reported the 2022 settlement that closed the 2021 lawsuit; the BBC described Giuffre’s suit as alleging sexual assault on three occasions when she was 17 [2]. Those filings and reporting established the broad claim and ensuing legal battle [3] [2].
2. What the 2021 complaint says about locations
The publicly filed 2021 complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Case 1:21‑cv‑06702) outlines a pattern of trafficking and lists multiple locations where abuse allegedly occurred, including Epstein properties and flights; snippets from the complaint and its exhibits mention New York, Little St. James (Epstein’s island) and reference Mar‑a‑Lago and other Florida connections in the flight‑log material and allegation charts included with filings [1]. Media summaries of the lawsuit likewise recount allegations of sex on Epstein’s island and in New York residences, and the BBC explained Giuffre’s suit accused Andrew of sexual assault on several occasions when she was 17 [2] [3].
3. The question of a Florida meeting — what sources explicitly state
Among the sources provided, the primary court complaint and contemporaneous news coverage do not contain a clear, contemporaneous quote from Giuffre’s sworn deposition or affidavit explicitly saying “I met Prince Andrew in Florida.” The court complaint’s exhibits and flight‑log charts reference flights and locations, including entries tied to Epstein’s movement through Florida [1]. The BBC and other outlets summarize the alleged locations (London, New York, Little St. James) but do not present a direct sworn statement by Giuffre naming Florida as a meeting place in the materials cited here [2] [3].
4. Post‑2015 materials, memoir and later reporting
Later reporting and Giuffre’s memoir (published posthumously in October 2025, per the supplied snippets) reiterate encounters in London, New York and Epstein’s island and compile her longstanding allegations; some timeline accounts and magazine retrospectives likewise place an initial encounter in London in March 2001 and list other alleged locations, but the excerpts provided again emphasize London, New York and the Caribbean island rather than a specific Florida meeting in her sworn court statements cited here [4] [5] [6]. News summaries of the settlement and the closing of the New York case continue to focus on those primary locations [2] [7].
5. Competing interpretations and reporting gaps
Legal filings often include supporting exhibits (flight logs, charts, third‑party assertions) that can imply meetings or travel through Florida; the complaint’s attached materials reference Mar‑a‑Lago in the context of Epstein’s travel and contacts, which some readers and outlets have interpreted as connecting Florida to alleged encounters [1]. However, available sources here do not present a verbatim sworn deposition or affidavit from Giuffre in which she, in first person under oath, states she met Andrew in Florida — so there is a difference between allegations compiled in filings and a discrete, cited sworn statement to that exact effect [1].
6. How journalists and courts treated the Florida angle
Major outlets covering the 2021‑2022 litigation (BBC, ABC, USA Today) reported the core allegations and the settlement but emphasized London, New York and Little St. James as alleged sites; they relied on the complaint and its summaries rather than highlighting a specific Florida deposition quote [2] [8] [9]. Where flight logs or exhibits mention Florida locations, outlets have noted them as part of broader evidentiary records but stopped short of asserting a sworn Florida meeting unless citing direct testimony — which the provided sources do not show [1] [2].
7. Bottom line and what’s not in the available reporting
Bottom line: Giuffre’s lawsuits and public allegations name multiple locations tied to the alleged abuse and include exhibits that reference Florida connections in flight or travel materials [1], but the supplied sources do not contain a direct citation to a sworn deposition or court filing in which Giuffre herself explicitly testifies that she met Prince Andrew in Florida [2] [1]. If you want definitive confirmation of a sworn statement phrased that way, the available sources do not mention it; you would need to review the full, unredacted filings and depositions or primary transcript material beyond these summaries [1].