Overview
- Annette Witheridge says she watched Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Jeffrey Epstein leave Epstein’s Manhattan home and walk to Central Park, where photographer Jae Donnelly took the now-famous image.
- The photograph was published on the New York Post’s front page on February 21, 2011, creating the first public visual link between Andrew and Epstein and, according to Witheridge, prompting Virginia Giuffre to come forward.
- Witheridge recalls hearing British-accented officers identified as the Royal Protection Squad outside Epstein’s house and is calling on them to provide testimony to authorities.
- Andrew has lost roles and his Royal Lodge residence, and he was arrested this month on suspicion of misconduct in public office before being released under investigation; he denies any wrongdoing.
- The January release of millions of DOJ documents containing images, videos and emails has intensified scrutiny, Witheridge is named in the files, and the backdrop includes Epstein’s 2019 arrest and suicide ruling and Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2021 conviction.