A woman who says she was sexually assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein in New York in the early 1990s is alleging that Buckingham Palace failed to act on information involving Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Multiple outlets report that Jess Michaels, who says the assault occurred in 1991 when she was 22, has accused the Palace of “protecting” Andrew and of a cover-up related to what she describes as leaks of confidential information.
The reports say Michaels claims the royal household was aware of concerns that Andrew had leaked “trade secrets” or confidential government information and that the Palace did not take appropriate steps afterward. One account, attributed to reporting on the matter, says the Palace was alerted to a potential “trade secrets leak” about six years before Michaels’ allegations were made. The articles present her claims without stating that they have been proven.
One source (Belfast Telegraph) refers to an accusation that the Palace was “protecting” Andrew, while other outlets more directly describe Michaels’ allegation of a “Mountbatten-Windsor cover-up.” Overall, the coverage centers on her allegations and the circumstances she says the Palace knew about.
