US lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who has been accused of having sex with an underage girl in a case also involving Prince Andrew, has taken the issue to court in order to clear his name.
The Duke of York and Dershowitz were named in US court papers relating to the handling of a case against financier Jeffrey Epstein, the BBC reported.
He has filed papers at a court in Florida, where the case is being heard, to contest what he described as "absolutely outrageous claims" and has asked for his name to be removed from documents which accuse him and Prince Andrew of having sexual relations with Virginia Roberts, who was under the age of consent in the US at the time of the alleged incidents.
In his submission to the court, Dershowitz said that he had been a victim of "salacious and scurrilous" allegations and wanted to take action to protect his reputation.
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