Warning: This article contains discussion of su!cide which some readers may find distressing.
Virginia Giuffre, the woman who publicly accused Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein of s*xual @buse, has passed away at the age of 41. Her passing was confirmed by her family and authorities.
In a statement, her relatives confirmed that she d!ed by su!cide at her home in Australia on Friday (April 25).
“It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia,” they said.
“She lost her life to su!cide, after being a lifelong victim of s*xual @buse and s*x tr@fficking.
“Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against s*xual @buse and s*x tr@fficking. She was the light that lifted so many survivors.
“In the end, the toll of @buse is so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight.”
Emergency services responded to a call on Friday night and found Giuffre unresponsive. Despite attempts to save her, she was declared deceased at the scene.
“Police and St John Western Australia attended and provided emergency first aid. Sadly, the 41-year-old woman was declared deceased at the scene,” a police spokesperson said.
Western Australia Police said that “early indications is the death is not suspicious, [sic]” and Major Crime detectives are currently investigating.
Giuffre alleged that when she was 17 she was s** tr@fficked to Prince Andrew by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and was ‘f0rced to have s**’ with the royal at Epstein’s New York apartment.
Prince Andrew denies all claims against him.
In 2022, Giuffre and the Royal reached a financial settlement out of court, though he did not admit to any wrongdoing as part of the settlement.
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In 2019, Epstein t00k his own life in pris0n where he was awaiting trial on s** tr@fficking charges. In 2022, Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years behind bars for her role in the s*xual @buse of young girls.
Just three weeks ago, Giuffre posted on her Instagram, telling her followers she had been in a car accident and had been given ‘four days to live’ after suffering ‘kidney renal failure’ from the crash.
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Alongside the news, she posted a number of photos of her injuries which showed extensive facial bruising.
However, local police had disputed the severity of the accident, describing it as a ‘minor crash’ with ‘no reported injuries’.
A month before, Giuffre had been charged with breaching a family vi0lence restraining order in Ocean Reef, near Perth, amid reports of difficulties between her and estranged husband Robert.
Her case was first heard in Joondalup Magistrates’ Court in northern Perth on March 14, where she did not enter a plea.
The matter was adjourned to 11 June for a plea hearing, according to Western Australia Courts, while her agent said at the time that Giuffre ‘looks forward to defending herself against [Robert’s] malicious claim’.
Following the news of her d.eath, Giuffre’s publicist Dini von Mueffling described the mother-of-three as ‘deeply loving, wise and funny’.
“She adored her children and many animals. She was always more concerned with me than with herself,” she wrote in a statement.
“I will miss her beyond words. It was the privilege of a lifetime to represent her.”
Source: unilad.com; news.amomama.com
