Prince Andrew has filed court papers officially denying Virginia Giuffre's sexual abuse allegations.
The Duke of York's legal team has entered documents in New York today (Wednesday), stating he "hereby demands a trial by jury on all causes of action asserted in the complaint".
The 61 year old will finally respond to each of the points raised in Virginia Giuffre's initial law suit - five months after the lodged her civil sex case in New York, reports MirrorOnline.
After a motion to dismiss the case was denied by New York district judge Lewis Kaplan, and further attempts to have Andrew's case thrown out failed, the Duke will now put on record his denials of her claims.
The Mirror says that it understands Andrew is continuing to prepare a case to argue against Ms Giuffre's capability to bring the lawsuit in America as she lives in Australia.
It can be revealed that Ms Giuffre stated on the initial forms to the court that she lives in Colorado - when in fact she has lived in Perth, Australia since 2002.
Ms Guiffre, who claims she was trafficked by billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his partner Ghislaine Maxwell, and forced to have sex with the Duke on three occasions in 2001, complied with a deadline of January 14 to state her living arrangements to the court after submitting the civil trial in the state of New York.
The Duke's lawyer's believe there is legal precedent to raise a motion with a “domicile argument” over Ms Giuffre’s residency in Australia.
A source with knowledge of the case said: "The Duke and his lawyers are retaining a strong interest in the domicile argument and believe this could be the key to preventing this case ever getting to trial.
"There is a firm argument to suggest Virginia Giuffre should not have the legal right to bring this case as she does not live in the United States and has not done so for 20 years."
