Virginia Giuffre, Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein accuser, dies by suicide

Virginia Giuffre, who accused Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, has died by suicide aged 41, her household has confirmed.

Giuffre was one of the outspoken accusers of convicted intercourse offenders Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, his former girlfriend. She alleged they trafficked her to the Duke of York when she was 17, which Prince Andrew has strenuously denied.

Kinfolk mentioned in an announcement on Friday that she had been a “fierce warrior within the combat towards sexual abuse”, and that the “toll of abuse… turned insufferable”.

“She misplaced her life to suicide, after being a lifelong sufferer of sexual abuse and intercourse trafficking,” an announcement from her household mentioned.

It described right here “as the sunshine that lifted so many survivors”.

The assertion mentioned the mom of three died on Thursday at her farm in Western Australia.

West Australia police mentioned they had been referred to as to a house within the Neergabby space on Friday night time, the place Ms Giuffre was discovered unresponsive.

A press release continued: “The demise is being investigated by Main Crime detectives; early indication is the demise isn’t suspicious.”

Ms Giuffre had not too long ago been dwelling together with her youngsters and husband Robert within the suburb of North Perth, although latest stories recommend the couple had cut up after 22 years of marriage.

Three weeks in the past, Ms Giuffre posted on Instagram to say that she had been significantly injured in a automotive accident, which her household later mentioned she had not meant to make public. Native police later disputed the severity of the crash.

After making her abuse allegations public, Giuffre turned a outstanding campaigner and was intently related to the Me Too motion.

Giuffre alleged that Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked her to the Duke of York when she was 17.

Prince Andrew, who has denied all claims towards him, reached an out-of-court settlement together with her in 2022.

The settlement included an announcement wherein he expressed remorse for his affiliation with Epstein however contained no admission of legal responsibility or apology.

Giuffre, an American, mentioned she turned a sufferer of intercourse trafficking when she was a youngster.

She mentioned she met Maxwell, a British socialite, within the yr 2000.

From there, she mentioned she was launched to American financier Epstein and alleged years of abuse by him and his associates.

Epstein took his personal life in jail in 2019, the place he was being held awaiting trial on intercourse trafficking fees.

He was beforehand convicted in 2008 for soliciting prostitution from a minor.

Maxwell was sentence to twenty years in jail within the US for her position in Epstein’s trafficking and abuse.

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