Although an actual court hearing could be five years away, lawyers are reportedly claiming that Prince Andrew might be ordered to pay as high as $19 million if he loses the lawsuit accusing the disgraced prince of rape.

The lawsuit against Andrew accuses him of three charges: rape in the first-and-third degree, sexual battery, and sexual abuse. The lawsuit was filed by Virginia Giuffre, who alleges she was forced against her will to have sex with Andrew nearly 20 years ago when she was only 17 years old. Giuffre also alleges she was ordered to have sex with Andrew by Jeffrey Epstein and that she was a victim of sex trafficking, which she claims the duke knew.

“To punish someone worth a billion dollars you have got to hit them in their pockets and punish them accordingly,” Spencer Kuvin, the civil lawyer who represents several of Epstein's victims, told the Daily Mirror. “Damages against Andrew could range in excess of £14 million. Easily. There are going to be huge legal hurdles in the federal court before they will be able to even begin the process of litigating. It would not surprise me if it took a minimum five years to appear before a jury and that is if Andrew's legal team do not get the case dismissed.”