IATTERSON de girls whom he believed were ).f. his former employer's home, ler was engaging in sexual con- and had viewed pornographic n computers in his employer's eleased from custody for further ez had attempted to sell to the viewed by an agent familiar with ivestigation. As Rodriguez had ned information material to the t would have been extremely use- -osecuting the case, including the ation of material witnesses and those items been produced in the state law enforcement officers their contents would have been nd jury. redo Rodriguez was arrested again. ae 18, 2010, facing charges of cor- nd documents. Dressed in a blue pologized for his crimes and asked eighteen months. aent that Jeffrey Epstein had gotten )stein, Alfredo Rodriguez served his did not ask for, or receive, permi5- 220 CHAPTER 58 Prince Andrew: 2011 p rince Andrew also fares poorly in the wake of Epstein's imprisonment. The two men are old friends. They have been ever since Ghislaine Maxwell introduced the prince to her then-beau, some- time in the 1990s. In 2000, Epstein had been invited to Windsor Castle to celebrate the queen's birthday. Six months later, Epstein flew to Sandringham, the queen's estate in Norfolk, England, for a party Prince Andrew threw for Ghislaine's thirty-ninth birthday. The prince had also visited Epstein on several occasions, in Palm Beach as well as in New York. And if allegations Virginia Roberts made in her 2015 declaration are to be believed, Epstein asked her to give the prince whatever he required, then report back with the details. According to the Guardian, Epstein and the prince had par- tied together at Windsor Castle, in Saint-Tropez, and in Thailand, 221 JAMES PATTERSON FiL where "Andrew was pictured on a yacht surrounded by topless women." According to Roberts's lawsuit, Epstein had forced her into the prince's bed on Little Saint Jeff's. After Epstein's conviction, the British press were using another name for