Her family says the longtime advocate for sex trafficking victims died at her Australian farm after years of struggle.
Virginia Giuffre, the woman who settled a sexual assault lawsuit with Prince Andrew and accused the late Jeffrey Epstein of teen sex abuse, has died. She was 41.
Giuffre committed suicide on April 25, her publicist, Dini von Mueffling, confirmed.
“This might be the saddest day of my life,” Giuffre’s attorney Brad Edwards told NTD, a sister media outlet of The Epoch Times, in an email.
Her publicist said Giuffre died at her farm in Western Australia.
“Deeply loving, wise and funny, she was a beacon to other survivors and victims,” von Mueffling said in a statement. “She adored her children and many animals. She was always more concerned with me than with herself. I will miss her beyond words. It was the privilege of a lifetime to represent her.”
Giuffre was among the most prominent Jeffrey Epstein sexual abuse accusers. She leaves behind three children whom she had with her husband, Robert Giuffre.
She accused Prince Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was 17 years old with the alleged help of the late convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, 62, who was found guilty of assisting Epstein in sexually abusing multiple girls.
A civil lawsuit Giuffre filed against Prince Andrew in 2021 was confidentially settled with the prince donating money to Giuffre’s charity.
Giuffre’s last post on Instagram is dated March 30, in which she announced that she had gone into kidney renal failure after an accident with a bus and that she had been given four days to live.
“They’ve given me four days to live, transferring me to a specialist hospital in urology,” Giuffre wrote in the post. “I’m ready to go, just not until I see my babies one last time, but you know what they say about wishes.”
The entry includes a photo in which Giuffre is lying on her side in what appears to be a hospital bed, with bruises visible on her face.
On March 22, Giuffre posted a photo of her three children and complained of an estrangement.
“My beautiful babies have no clue how much I love them and they’re being poisoned with lies,” she wrote. “I miss them so very much. I have been through hell and back in my 41 years but this is incredibly hurting me worse than anything else. Hurt me, abuse me but don’t take my babies. My heart is shattered and every day that passes my sadness only deepens.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in Australia is available by calling 13 11 14. In the United States, it is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org
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