Prime Minister Gaston Browne says his son, Gaston Andron Browne III, will fully cooperate if he is served with a subpoena arising from U.S. court proceedings linked to the sale of the Alfa Nero superyacht.

Browne said his son is currently in Antigua and Barbuda and is not attempting to evade service after a U.S. federal court authorized efforts to obtain testimony and documents from him and several other individuals and companies in Florida.

“Send somebody on a plane with the document. He will gladly receive it,” Browne said. “He will show up in the Florida court. We’re cooperating fully.”

U.S. Magistrate Judge Marty Fulgueira Elfenbein approved the request on September 7 following an application by Russian citizen Yulia Guryeva-Motlokhov, who is seeking evidence for use in legal proceedings outside the United States.

The ruling allows subpoenas to be pursued but does not determine the truth of any of the allegations raised by Guryeva-Motlokhov.

Browne said his son may receive legal advice during the process but insisted there would be no effort by the family to obstruct it.

The prime minister also strongly denied allegations that either he or his son benefited financially from the controversial sale of the 266-foot yacht, including claims involving US$6 million from the transaction and US$700 million allegedly held overseas.

“I don’t have one cent outside of Antigua and Barbuda,” Browne said. “I have no savings, no stocks, no shares and no bonds outside of Antigua and Barbuda. I have no third party holding any stocks, bonds or savings for me.”

Browne said money he has earned in Antigua and Barbuda has been reinvested locally. He acknowledged previously maintaining bank accounts while living in Britain and said he once invested about US$30,000 in shares while living in South America, losing most of the investment during the technology-market collapse around 2000.

He also addressed questions surrounding his son’s Florida property, saying the home was financed using part of an approximately US$2 million profit from a private land transaction at Long Bay.

“I can say categorically that he did not get a single cent – not even a toffee – from Alfa Nero,” Browne said.

Guryeva-Motlokhov’s application says the evidence being sought could be used in proceedings in Antigua and Barbuda, Russia and the U

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