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Meghan Markle could be called to testify in the lawsuit against Prince Andrew, a lawyer has said.
The Duchess of Sussex has been named as a potential candidate to help Virginia Roberts Giuffre in her legal case against the royal.
Prince Andrew is currently being sued by Giuffre who says that the Duke of York sexually abused her when she was 17.
Giuffre, who is now 38, alleges that the queen's son assaulted her on three separate occasions in London, New York, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Prince Andrew has denied all allegations against him.
David Boies, the attorney representing Giuffre has said that Markle has "important knowledge," about Prince Andrew's behavior that would help the case.
"She is somebody we can count on to tell the truth," Boies told The Daily Beast.
He added that Meghan Markle was a "close companion to Prince Andrew and therefore probably saw what he did."
The attorney also listed three reasons as to why the former Suits star could be a potential deposition subject.
"One; she is in the U.S. so we have jurisdiction over her. Two; she is somebody who obviously, at least for a period of time, was a close associate of Prince Andrew and hence is in a position to perhaps have seen what he did, and perhaps if not to have seen what he did to have heard people talk about it," he told the outlet.
"Because of her past association with him, she may very well have important knowledge, and will certainly have some knowledge.
"Three; she is somebody who we can count on, to tell the truth. She checks all three boxes," the lawyer added.
Boies confirmed that no official decision has been made regarding Meghan Markle being called to testify yet.
He added that they are interested in calling other people from Prince Andrew's life as deposition subjects.
"We would likely take one or two depositions of people close to Andrew who would have knowledge of his actions," he said. "That might include his ex-wife. It could possibly be his brother."
As for the queen, Boise ruled out calling the monarch to testify.
"I don't think, out of respect and deference, and her age, we would seek to depose the Queen," he said.
"I don't think she is going to have any knowledge that other people don't have. I think that he is unlikely to have spoken as freely to his mother about some of this stuff as he might have to his contemporaries or his ex-wife," he added.
