Prince Andrew's Legal Risks Escalate

0:00Hey, it's Cory, with the story with entertainment and celebrity news today. Your daily pop culture update. Police in the UK have brought in their criminal probe into Prince Andrew, the former Duke of York. The 66-year-old was arrested last month at his Norfolk home on suspicion of misconduct in public office from his years as Britain's trade envoy. Between 2001 and 2011, he was released under investigation, but now detectors are digging into possible corruption charges, too. Earlier reports focused on that single allegation, but insiders say the case has pivoted to a much wider review. Tim's Valley Police are running parallel lines of inquiry, including a preliminary look at sex trafficking claims. This stems from long-running questions about Andrew's ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died in a New York jail in 2000. 19. Andrew denies any wrongdoing, yet the expanded scope has experts warning of steeper legal risks and possibly longer prison sentences if more evidence, surfaces.

1:02New details show investigators reviewing emails from a U.S. Justice Department release. Those appear to include Andrew forwarding sensitive reports from his official trips to Singapore, Hong Kong, and Vietnam in 2010 and 2011. Meanwhile, the fallout reaches other prominent names, like Lord Mandelson, under separate metropolitan police scrutiny, for alleged leaks to Epstein. With the investigation gaining momentum across multiple fronts, outcomes could reshape Andrew's future in ways no one saw coming at the start.