英国前王子安德鲁收到高等法院证人传票：须就75万英镑款项出庭作证、为156年来首位王室成员
伦敦—据美联社报道，英国媒体 11 月 4 日报道，前王子安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎（Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor）已收到伦敦高等法院发出的证人传票，须在一宗民事欺诈诉讼中出庭作证。原告方律师表示，这相信是自 1870 年以来英国王室成员首次收到此类传票，相隔 156 年。
案件原告是土耳其女子 Nebahat Evyap Isbilen，她指控前财务顾问 Selman Turk 侵吞了她数千万英镑的财产，并称 Turk 在一笔款项上误导了她：2019 年，一笔 75 万英镑的款项被安排转给安德鲁。安德鲁已于 2021 年归还该笔款项，他本人不是本案被告，也没有被指控欺诈。
高等法院法官 Adam Johnson 在 10 月 23 日的裁定中批准 Turk 一方传唤安德鲁作证，并表示安德鲁若被要求，大概不会自愿提供证人陈述。安德鲁预计将在 12 月中旬以本人或视频方式作证，他仍可申请撤销这张传票，最终是否出庭尚不确定。审判预计于 11 月 16 日当周开始，历时约 11 周。
安德鲁是国王查尔斯三世的弟弟。2025 年，因其与已故美国富商、性犯罪者爱泼斯坦的关系引发的争议，查尔斯三世剥夺了他的王子头衔。
（来源：美联社）
Former Prince Andrew Served a High Court Witness Summons Over a £750,000 Payment, a First for a Royal in 156 Years
LONDON — Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew, has been served a witness summons to give evidence in a civil fraud trial at the High Court in London, British media reported on November 4, according to the Associated Press. Lawyers for the claimant said they believed it would be the first time since 1870 that a member of the royal family had been subject to a witness summons, a gap of 156 years.
The claimant, Turkish national Nebahat Evyap Isbilen, alleges that her former financial adviser Selman Turk misappropriated tens of millions of pounds of her money. She says Turk misled her about a £750,000 payment that was arranged for Andrew in 2019. Andrew repaid the money in 2021; he is not a defendant in the case and is not accused of fraud.
In an October 23 judgment, High Court judge Mr Justice Adam Johnson gave Turk permission to call Andrew to give evidence, saying Andrew would likely have declined to provide a witness statement voluntarily. Andrew is expected to give evidence in mid-December, in person or by video link, though he may still apply to have the summons set aside, so his appearance is not guaranteed. The trial is due to begin in the week of November 16 and to last about 11 weeks.
Andrew is a younger brother of King Charles III. In 2025, Charles stripped him of his prince title amid the controversy over his association with the late American financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
(Source: Associated Press)
来源：美联社
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：图：位于伦敦的英国高等法院（皇家司法院）大楼资料图（David Castor 摄，CC0），经Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: File photo of the Royal Courts of Justice in London, home of the High Court (David Castor, CC0), via Wikimedia Commons.
GSM Global · 本篇英文版 English edition of this story
