She filed a lawsuit against Andrew in New York in 2021, claiming she was forced to have sex with him three times between 1999 and 2002 when she was underage
Virginia Giuffre, a woman who accused Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of abuse when she was underaged, has died by suicide, according to a report.
Giuffre, 41, was one of Epstein and Andrew’s most prominent accusers, filing a lawsuit against the English royal in New York in 2021, claiming she was forced to have sex with him three times between 1999 and 2002 when she was underage.
Giuffre died in Neergabby, Australia, where she had been living, NBC News reported.
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Virginia Giuffre, a woman who accused Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of abuse when she was underage, has died by suicide, according to a report. (Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Epstein died by suicide in a New York City jail cell in 2019 after being federally charged with sex trafficking.
“It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia,” her family said in a statement to NBC News. “She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.”
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Jeffrey Epstein mugshot from 2019 after federal authorities filed trafficking charges against him. (Kypros/Getty Images)
“Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking. She was the light that lifted so many survivors,” the statement said. “In the end, the toll of abuse is so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight.”
Guiffre filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew in New York in 2021, claiming she was forced to have sex with him three times between 1999 and 2002 when she was underaged.
Virginia Giuffre was much more than a client to me, she was a dear friend. Virginia was fearless, and her courage pushed me to fight harder,” Giuffre’s attorney, Sigrid McCawley, said in a statement. “Virginia’s sunny strength was contagious and her smile spread hope to so many. She lifted us all to be better, and so we must be better. The world has lost a light that shone bright. Rest in peace, my sweet angel.”
