Prince Andrew, 59, was involved in a public dispute with the U.S. attorney for Manhattan, Geoffrey Berman, over whether he had refused to cooperate with American authorities investigating Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sexual abuse [3]. According to Berman, Prince Andrew had declined to cooperate with a U.S. investigation into possible co-conspirators of deceased financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein [1] [2]. Prince Andrew denied claims that he had refused to cooperate, stating that he was ready to talk but had not received a request from the FBI [3]. The U.S. attorney's office stood by their comments, claiming they had made several attempts to contact Prince Andrew's representatives [3]. The dispute occurred in early 2020, with emails exchanged between Prince Andrew's representatives and the U.S. attorney's office on February 3, 2020, and February 4, 2020 [4] [6]. A spokesperson for Berman's office reiterated their position in an email on June 15, 2020, although the context of this email is a forwarded message from a conspiracy theorist [5].