Virginia Giuffre, who accused Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, died by suicide at the age of 41, confirmed her family.
Giuffre was one of the most frank accusers of sex offenders condemned Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, his former girlfriend. She allegedly alleged that they had tampered with the Duke of York at the age of 17, which Prince Andrew was lively.
Relatives declared on Friday in a statement that she had been a “fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse”, and that “the balance sheet of abuse … has become unbearable”.
“She lost her life because of suicide, after being the victim of sexual violence and sex trafficking,” said a family statement.
“Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking. She was the light that raised so many survivors,” said her family’s declaration.
He said that the mother of three died Thursday on her farm in Western Australia.
Australia-Western police said they were called in a home in the Neergabby region on Friday evening, where Ms. Giuffre was found insensitive.
A press release continued: “Death is the subject of an investigation by the main detectives of the crime; the early indication is that death is not suspect.”
Ms. Giuffre recently lived with her children and her husband Robert in the suburbs of North Perth, although recent reports suggest that the couple had separated after 22 years of marriage.
Three weeks ago, Ms. Giuffre posted on Instagram to say that she was seriously injured in a car accident, that her family later said that she had not intended to make public. Local police subsequently challenged the severity of the accident.
After making public allegations public, Giuffre became a leading activist and was closely associated with the Me Too movement.
Guffre allegedly alleged that Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell had tampered it at the Duke of York at the age of 17.
Prince Andrew, who denied all complaints against him, reached a regulation outside the field with her in 2022.
The regulations included a declaration in which he expressed his regret for his association with Epstein but contained no admission of responsibility or apology.
Giuffre, an American, said that she had become the victim of sex trafficking when she was a teenager.
She said she had met Maxwell, a British worldly in 2000.
From there, she said that she had been presented to the American financier Epstein and years of mistreatment presumed by him and his associates.
Epstein followed his life in prison in 2019, where he was detained while waiting for a sex trafficking trial.
He was already convicted in 2008 for having requested prostitution of a minor.
Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the United States for his role in the milking and abuse of Epstein.
If you suffer from distress or despair, details of help and support in the United Kingdom are available at BBC Action Line. In the United States, you can contact National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or the crisis test line by sending an SMS home at 741741. Help is also available in the United States and Canada by composing 988.
