Virginia Giuffre, who claims convicted financier's aide arranged her sexual encounters with the rich and powerful, is not mentioned and not expected to be called as witness

Decision by US District judge comes after British socialite brought into Manhattan courtroom in shackles for a final pretrial hearing, declaring 'I have not committed a crime'

Jes Staley resigns ahead of contesting the outcome of a UK probe into historical links with the convicted sex offender

NY court asked to throw out lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, a victim in the Jeffery Epstein trafficking case, claiming she fabricated charges against the royal for publicity

Virginia Giuffre says royal sexually assaulted her when she was 17 and a minor under US state law; duke's lawyers had previously said there were flaws in the legal papers

Virginia Giuffre's lawyers say complaint was delivered to royal's home after she sued him under Child Victims Act over alleged attack when she was a teen

Inmates and lawyers have complained over abysmal hygienic conditions at Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center, which will shut down at least temporarily to 'start anew'

Lawsuit says British royal abused Virginia Giuffre on multiple occasions, during which she was given 'express or implied threats' by Epstein, Maxwell, and/or Andrew

Money came from the liquidation of sex offender’s assets; administrator says the vast majority of claimants accepted the offers

Reporter Julie K. Brown isn't convinced the accused sex trafficker took his own life, and says associate Robert Maxwell may not have been the only one tied to Israeli intelligence