"They're going to ask for a kitchen sink. They're going to seek every correspondence, phone logs, emails, diaries. They're going to go after people who were with him. It's going to be open season", Simon told The Sunday Telegraph.
"That couldn't have happened because the date being suggested — the 10th of March — I was at home with the children. I'd taken Beatrice to a Pizza Express in Woking for a party at about 4 or 5 in the afternoon. And then because the Duchess [Sarah Ferguson] was away, we have a simple rule in the family that when one is away the other is there", he said.
Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place
In August, Ferguson said she is "100 percent" sure that Prince Andrew has been telling the truth about his part in the sex abuse case. "I want him [Andrew] to come through this. I want him to win", she said.
When pressed on why she is so certain about the royal's alibi, the Duchess said the following: "No question. I know everything about him. I think he is an extraordinary person".
Bradley Simon is less optimistic about the case, saying that the 61-year-old is stuck "between a rock and a hard place".
"His options are somewhat limited. I think the best course of action for him would be to settle quietly, but it seems like the plaintiffs want to have a big public spectacle here so it may not be that he could settle", he said.
Prince Andrew's legal team has until 29 October to respond to the lawsuit. According to The Sunday Telegraph, a remote hearing has been scheduled for 3 November.