Virginia Giuffre, that charged Prince Andrew and youngster sex culprit Jeffrey Epstein of sexual assault, has actually passed away aged 41.
Ms Giuffre’s household verified the 41-year-old passed away by self-destruction in Neergabby, in Western Australia.
“It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia,” her household stated in a declaration to NBC News.
“She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.
“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.”
Ms Giuffre alleged she was trafficked by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, to have sex with Prince Andrew when she was a teenager.
The Duke of York has repeatedly denied the claims and has never been charged with any criminal offences.
In 2021, Ms Giuffre sued the duke for sexual abuse.
A year later, it was announced Ms Giuffre and the Duke had reached an out-of-court settlement which is believed to have included a “substantial donation to Ms Giuffre’s charity in support of victims’ rights”.
It comes after Ms Giuffre was discharged from hospital earlier in the month following a bus crash, but was a no show in court, where she faced a charge of allegedly breaching a family violence restraining order.
She allegedly breached the order in February, and had then been hospitalised with kidney failure according to a social media post she made last month.
Ms Giuffre captured global attention in March when she shared a post of her badly bruised face to social media in a post that claimed she had been involved in a bus crash and hospitalised with kidney failure.
The West Australian resident said she “had four days to live” in her post.
Police said they only had a record of a “minor” crash and were unaware of any injuries.
Her brother, Sky Roberts, said Ms Giuffre had never explicitly said her injuries were caused by the bus crash in the post.
In court on April 9, Ms Giuffre’s lawyer Karrie Loudon asked for the domestic violence breach charge to be adjourned so she could continue negotiations with the prosecution.
Ms Giuffre had been excused from appearing and Ms Loudon declined to comment on her client’s wellbeing outside of court.
– written by Blake Antrobus, NCA Newswire
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