A 2009 settlement agreement between the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his long-time accuser Virginia Giuffre, formerly known as Virginia Roberts, was made public on Monday. The settlement, disclosed by a New York court, shows that Epstein, a convicted sex offender, paid Giuffre $500,000 “and other valuable consideration” to end the lawsuit without any admission of liability or fault. Filed as Jane Doe No. 102 vs. Jeffrey Epstein (pdf), the settlement served to resolve Giuffre’s allegations that Epstein had hired her as a teenager and pressured her into having sex with numerous rich or notable men, including Britain’s Prince Andrew. Monday’s now-public document was unsealed as part of Giuffre’s separate 2021 civil lawsuit against Prince Andrew, in which she alleges that he sexually abused her on three occasions between 2001 and 2002, including once at Epstein’s New York City mansion, where he forced her “to engage in sex acts against her will.” The Duke of York …