Epstein accusers' attorney, Epstein accuser, Harry Dunn spokesperson talk potential 'swap' of Prince Andrew for Sacoolas
Fox News correspondent Bryan Llenas holds one-on-one interviews with attorney for Epstein accusers Lisa Bloom, Epstein accuser Kiki and Harry Dunn family spokesperson Radd Seiger.
The alleged U.S. victims of Jeffrey Epstein have teamed up with the family of Harry Dunn, the 19-year-old British teenager killed in a wrong-way crash involving an American diplomat's wife, to demand a person-of-interest "swap" between the two countries.
Dunn's family wants the U.S. to force Anne Sacoolas to return to Britain, while some of Epstein's victims want Prince Andrew to come to the United States to face questioning by the FBI on what he knew about his friend. Epstein, a disgraced financier, was accused of sexually abusing girls as young and 11 and 12 in New York and Florida.
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Radd Seiger, a spokesman for Dunn's family, contacted lawyer Lisa Bloom, who is representing six of Epstein's accusers, to suggest working together. Seiger believes there is a "common thread" between the cases, something Bloom echoed Wednesday, adding that "parallels between the two cases are eerie" and involve "everyday teenagers" who were "victimized." The unlikely partnership was announced in a press conference on Wednesday in a Manhattan hotel by Bloom, who sat alongside her client Kiki, an Epstein accuser, and Seiger.
"Both Ms. Sacoolas and Prince Andrew must cooperate with law enforcement."
"Both Ms. Sacoolas and Prince Andrew must cooperate with law enforcement," Bloom said. "I call upon my government, the U.S., to return Ms. Sacoolas to the U.K. to face justice."
Dunn was killed last year after Sacoolas struck him with her car while he was on his motorcycle near RAF Croughton, a British military base west of Milton Keynes that's home to a signals intelligence station operated by the U.S. Air Force. Sacoolas claimed diplomatic immunity and left the U.K. soon after the fatal crash.
“The parallels between the two cases are eerie,” Bloom said. “Harry Dunn was 19. Kiki was 19. An innocent everyday teenager was victimized and a government appears to be protecting the wrongdoer in both the U.S. and the UK. The public demands accountability.”
Bloom told Fox News she was open to the idea of both governments working out a deal to ‘swap’ Prince Andrew’s testimony for Sacoolas’ extradition.
“You can call it whatever you want as long as we get justice in both cases,” Bloom said. “I am open to whatever gets us to our goal. Our goal is for Prince Andrew to cooperate and for Sacoolas to cooperate.”
Last week, New York U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said Prince Andrew had provided “zero cooperation” in their investigation into Epstein, despite public statements expressing his willingness to “help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations, if required.”
“Did he issue those words simply to get out of hot water or did he really mean them? Bloom said. “It's time for him to stop playing games. He needs to get on a plane. Come to New York. Sit down with the FBI.”
Back in 2004, Kiki alleges she was sexually assaulted by Epstein when she was 19 years old. On Wednesday, she implored Prince Andrew to step forward and at least call the FBI to help in their investigation.
“Of all people you had the power to influence and to say something, yet, you didn't,” Kiki said. “Years went by and you didn't. I can't help but think I could have been spared and potentially hundreds of other children, and young women could have also been spared.”
Kiki pleaded with U.S. and U.K. authorities to help in Harry Dunn’s case and her own.
“Please don't let Harry's death be in vain. Please don't fail the Epstein victims again.”
Last month, the U.S. State Department rejected a formal request from Britain to extradite Sacoolas.
"Follow the Crown Prosecution Service's charging decision, the Home Office has sent an extradition request to the United States for Anne Sacoolas on charges of causing death by dangerous driving," a UK Home Office spokesman said in a statement. "This is now a decision for the U.S. authorities."
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A State Department official replied, "Under the circumstances of this case, we strongly believe that an extradition request would be highly inappropriate."
Meanwhile, Bloom said Epstein's accusers have been outraged that the Duke of York refused to help American authorities despite telling the BBC in November that he would comply.
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The duke's friendship with Epstein, who took his own life in a Manhattan jail cell in August, has been under intense scrutiny. The prince has been accused of having sex with one of Epstein's accusers. He eventually stepped down from his public duties, saying the controversy surrounding his "ill-judged" relationship with Epstein had caused a major disruption to the royal family's work.
"I have asked Her Majesty if I may step back from public duties for the foreseeable future, and she has given her permission," Queen Elizabeth's second son said in a statement issued by Buckingham Palace. "Of course, I am willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations, if required."
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