Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre dies by suicide: Report
She also accused Prince Andrew of sexual assault.
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Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre has reportedly died by suicide.
Giuffre said she was trafficked by the child sex offender and financier when she was a teen.
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Her family confirmed she died on Thursday in a statement to NBC News, saying “It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia.”
“She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking,” the family added in the statement. “Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking. She was the light that lifted so many survivors. In the end, the toll of abuse is so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight.”
Giuffre, who was 41, called for charges to be brought against Epstein and claimed she was sexually abused by Prince Andrew at the behest of Epstein’s associate, jailed British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, when she was just 17.
Giuffre filed a federal lawsuit against Prince Andrew in 2021 which she agreed to settle for an undisclosed fee in 2022.
Prince Andrew has denied the allegation and so has Maxwell, who is a convicted sex offender.
Epstein died in a New York prison in 2019 after being convicted of sex crimes.
Giuffre’s death comes as she shared on social media late last month that she had just days to live after being involved in a crash with a bus.
“This year has been the worst start to a new year … I won’t bore anyone with the details, but I think it important to note that when a school bus driver comes at you driving 110km as we were slowing for a turn no matter what your car is made of it might as well be a tin can,” she wrote in a post on social media along with a photograph of herself lying in a hospital bed with a head injury.
Giuffre was originally born in Florida. She moved to Australia with her husband in 2019 prior to Epstein being arrested. The couple have three children.
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