The Duke of York last night demanded a jury trial to defend himself against claims he sexually abused a teenager, issuing a 73- point rebuttal of the allegations in which he expressly denied “any and all wrongdoing.”

       The seven-page legal document, lodged with a New York court, outlined the Duke’s first formal response to Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s lawsuit.

       It was filed after his motion to have the case dismissed was rejected.

       The response raises the prospect that the Duke could again attempt to have the case thrown out on a technicality by challenging Ms Giuffre’s domicile status.

       It also casts doubt on the veracity of a now infamous photograph depicting the Duke with his arm around Ms Giuffre’s waist on the night he allegedly raped her in London.

       Ms Giuffre alleged in her complaint, filed last August, that she was sexually abused or raped by Prince Andrew on three separate occasions in 2001 when she was 17. She has sued him for unspecified damages.

       Duke’s rebuttal denies each of Giuffre's 73 claims

       The Duke’s rebuttal denied each of her 73 claims, paragraph by paragraph, or otherwise stated that he lacked sufficient information to respond.

       Such a claim can only be heard by a New York federal court if one of the two parties is a US citizen.

       Ms Giuffre’s lawsuit states that she is a citizen of Colorado.

       However, in his response, the Duke “disputes and denies” that the court has jurisdiction on the grounds that Ms Giuffre is not “domiciled” in Colorado.

       Andrew Brettler, the Duke’s LA-based lawyer, has previously argued that Ms Giuffre has lived in Australia for all but two of the last 19 years, meaning she is not domiciled in the US.

       He said it was “suspicious” that she only recently registered to vote in Colorado, using her mother and stepfather’s mailing address.

       The renewed focus on her citizenship indicates that the Duke’s legal team “retains an interest” in the issue, the Telegraph understands. It raises the prospect that he could yet lodge another motion to dismiss the case based on the court’s jurisdiction.

       Ms Giuffre’s lawsuit alleged that the Duke was one of the “powerful” men to whom she was lent out for sexual purposes by Jeffrey Epstein.

       It said that having met Epstein through Ghislaine Maxwell, who was recently convicted of sex trafficking, Prince Andrew “became a frequent guest in Epstein’s various homes,” including his New York mansion where he is said to have sexually abused Ms Giuffre “at Epstein and Maxwell’s invitation” when she was a minor.

       She said she was also forced to have sex with the Duke against her will at Maxwell’s London home and that he abused her on Epstein’s private island in the US Virgin Islands, Little St. James.

       During each alleged incident, Ms Giuffre said she was “compelled by express or implied threats by Epstein, Maxwell, and/or Prince Andrew” to engage in sexual acts and feared death or physical injury if she disobeyed them due to their “powerful connections, wealth, and authority.”

       The Duke denied every allegation, admitting only that he met Epstein in 1999, was photographed with him in Central Park and stayed at his New York mansion.

       He agreed that he was a UK citizen, living at Royal Lodge in Windsor and that he had offered to help the US authorities investigating Epstein.

       The complaint states that in November 2019, the Duke told BBC Newsnight that he had no recollection of meeting Ms Giuffre, “despite photographic evidence to the contrary.”

       The response said: “Prince Andrew lacks sufficient information to admit or deny the allegation that there exists photographic evidence of his alleged meeting with Giuffre.”

       The Duke questioned the validity of the picture on Newsnight, claiming he was "not one to hug" or "display affection" in public.

       He suggested that it could not have been taken in London as he was in his "travelling clothes" and that when he went out in London, he wore a suit and a tie.

       He said he was impossible to prove whether the image had been doctored.

       The original motion to dismiss, largely based on a 2009 financial deal Ms Giuffre made with Jeffrey Epstein, was roundly rejected by judge Lewis Kaplan.

       Each side is now immersed in the discovery process, whereby witness statements and depositions are taken.

       All depositions have to be completed by July 14.

       If the case is not settled out of court, a jury trial is expected to take place in the autumn.