The lie detector test would be televised and part of a pay per view event.
An investigative journalist has offered Prince Andrew $100 million to take a public lie detector test over his relationship with the late pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Ian Halperin is offering the Duke of York the equivalent of £73 million to “come clean and take a polygraph test with a world-leading polygraph examiner.”
Along with answering questions over about Epstein, the author would quiz Andrew about claims detailed in the lawsuit from Virginia Giuffre.
Giuffre filed a lawsuit earlier in August against the Queen’s son alleging that he had sex with her when she was under the age of 18, before being trafficked out to him two more times by Epstein.
The duke has always vigorously denied the claims.
“If he (Andrew) is as innocent as he says he is, he passes and it clears his name. It is a great way for him to vindicate himself in 45 minutes,” Halperin told Mail Online.
“It will be a pay per view event, hopefully the biggest pay per view in history, where Andrew gets $100million for just turning up and taking the test.
“So it is a win-win for him and he would be able to make a donation to victims of child sex trafficking.”
Halperin added: “It would make him look great.
“Nobody has ever made that amount of money for 45 minutes work. And we will provide him with hair and make-up.”
The Canadian journalist has previously used lie detector tests in his documentaries to establish the credibility of witnesses, and says that he is “open-minded about the result.”
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He explained: “I have specialised in doing broadcast polygraphs for years, working with some of the world’s leading polygraph examiners.
“I am open-minded about the result. I leave the door open for him to clear his name. I am bypassing this ‘he says, she says’ and cutting to the chase.
“A polygraph test will be 99.999 per cent accurate. I want to give him the best shot possible to clear his name and make it worthwhile – pass or fail.
“I am giving him a chance in front of the whole world to clear his name once and for all.”
Of course, Andrew’s last attempt to clear his name didn’t go to well for him, when he took part in an interview with Emily Maitlis on Newsnight in November 2019.
But Giuffre’s lawsuit has put the duke under new pressure to address the claims put to him by Giuffre and his relationship with Epstein.
