and new york, but denies sexually abusing giuffre at epstein s home in new york. and he denies threats to giuffre. he denies he even knew giuffre s age. he denies causing her significant emotional distress and harm. and then we come onto these 11 defences he puts forward. the first one, i think the most important one, is lack ofjurisdiction. he says that she is a permanent resident of australia. she is not domiciled in the us state of colorado and, therefore, she doesn t have the right to bring this claim in the united states. he then repeats this allegation that she signed a deal withjeffrey epstein for half $1 million in 2009 and, therefore, she has waived her right to sue. and he lists a number of other defences. delay, consent, what is called unclean hands. claim is barred by her own wrongful conduct. and so he is fighting this
saying, bring it on. you want a jury trial? i want a jury trial. you want to bring these claims? well, in that case, you have to prove everything that you re saying, because i m not going to admit to anything. we re not familiar with jury trials in civil cases and, don t forget, this is a civil claim. we re not familiar with that in the united kingdom any more, but in the united states, it s fairly common. of course, it doesn t mean that there will be a trial. this case may settle at any time, even at the door of the court. but nevertheless, the prince is saying that he denies everything and he is putting virginia giuffre to proof in saying that she has to prove all the allegations against him. he denies sexual abuse. he denies refusing to cooperate with us investigators. he denies that he first metjeffrey epstein through ghislaine maxwell. he admits he was on epstein s private plane, stayed at epstein s private island, and his homes in palm beach