A senior security officer who served Andrew Mountbatten Windsor for years has finally come forward with the truth about Jeffrey Epstein and whether he knew about the royal’s affair during his employment.
The entire conversation took place during the officer’s chat Crime Agents Podcast.
There, former security officer Scott Hammer admitted, “I suspect that for most of his security team at the time, Jeffrey Epstein would have been one of the people he was associated with. They probably didn’t even know who he was at the time.”
Especially since the punishment was local at the time, and so, in 2010 they knew nothing. However, for those unaware of his actual conviction, the financier was jailed in 2008 for soliciting girls under the age of 14 for sex.
Regarding the conviction, he said, “My understanding is that the conviction was in a Florida court. That’s not taking anything away from it, but, you know, it was localized, it wouldn’t have been a national issue, I think, so the authorities would not have been aware of it (given that) it was a local court decision.”
Moreover, “if the principals were conducting their business,” he said. “The job of the protection officer is to wrap security around it,” after all “Is it against the law to meet a convicted pedophile? No, it’s not. Is it unethical? Yes,” he quipped. But be sure to pay attention before doing anything else. “So long as the officers are acting within the law. But again, at the time, I don’t think they would have known who Jeffrey Epstein was.”
He kept going back to his thoughts, reiterating the possible innocence of those officers around him and those who worked around Epstein because in his eyes, “I don’t think for a minute that any of the security officers saw anything that was illegal – that would have been flagged.”
But before concluding he did not hesitate to mention a small number of people who were “very close” to their principals, members of the security team, who were not part of the Met, adding, “There were people on both sides of security, ministerial, in Special Branch and the Royalty Unit, who I would say were perhaps over-acquainted with or had been around for a long time and probably thought that, you know, they were part of the furniture and they were part of the principal’s team rather than the Met.”
As for what the Met has said in this regard, LBC quotes him as saying, “The Met is identifying and contacting former and serving officers who may have worked closely with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in a security capacity.”
“They have been asked to carefully consider whether anything they saw or heard during their period of service may be relevant to our ongoing reviews and to share any information that may assist us. Although we are aware of the extensive media reporting and comments about this matter, to date, no new criminal charges have been made to the Met in relation to sexual offenses that occurred within our jurisdiction.”
“We continue to urge anyone with new or relevant information to come forward. All allegations will be taken seriously and, as with any case, any information received will be assessed and investigated where appropriate.”
“The action outlined above is independent of any investigation or assessment work being carried out by other forces. We are working with the National Coordination Group that has been established to bring together the affected forces to ensure consistency of approach, including access to appropriate expertise and guidance.”
