Virginia Giuffre has passed away. She died by suicide and her family confirmed her passing to People Magazine. A month ago, Virginia posted on social media that she only had days to live following a car accident. Virginia lived in Australia for years, and the accident took place in Australia. News outlets checked on her story and it seemed like some or all of it was not true. It also seemed like Virginia was really struggling with her mental health, and she was separated from her husband.
Virginia Giuffre, the woman who has accused the late convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, has died by suicide, her family said in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE. Giuffre died on Thursday, April 24, in Neergabby, Australia, her residence of the past several years, her family said.
“Giuffre lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking,” her family said. “Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking. She was the light that lifted so many survivors. Despite all the adversity she faced in her life, she shone so bright. She will be missed beyond measure. The light of her life were her children Christian, Noah, and Emily.”
“It was when she held her newborn daughter in her arms that Virginia realized she had to fight back against those who had abused her and so many others,” the statement continued. “There are no words that can express the grave loss we feel today with the passing of our sweet Virginia. She was heroic and will always be remembered for her incredible courage and loving spirit. In the end, the toll of abuse is so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight. We know that she is with the angels.”
“Virginia was much more than a client to me; she was a dear friend and an incredible champion for other victims,” attorney Sigrid McCawley said. “Her courage pushed me to fight harder, and her strength was awe-inspiring. The world has lost an amazing human being today. Rest in peace, my sweet angel.”
In a statement to PEOPLE, Western Australia Police Force media liaison officer Shelby Brady confirmed emergency services responded to a residence Friday night in Neergabby and found an unresponsive 41-year-old. Emergency first-aid was rendered but the woman was declared deceased at the scene. Per authorities, “early indications is the death is not suspicious” and Major Crime detectives are investigating.
Over the years, I’ve watched and read many of Virginia’s interviews, and what was always so striking was her bravery and her determination to find some kind of justice for herself and the other women and girls who were trafficked by Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. She had enough evidence against both of them that they had to settle out of court with her. Same with Prince Andrew – just the threat of exposure, the threat of publicly pulling at some powerful threads, led those terrible people to write large checks. That bravery and dogged determination to pursue justice came at a cost for Virginia.
In 2019, Virginia tweeted out the message below. I think she absolutely meant it in 2019. But as I said earlier, it really seems like her mental health was suffering this year. Or maybe something else is happening. I really don’t know. I’m also including a very important message from a campaigner who wants charities which work in the violence-against-women field to stop working with the Windsors.
I am making it publicy known that in no way, shape or form am I sucidal. I have made this known to my therapist and GP- If something happens to me- in the sake of my family do not let this go away and help me to protect them. Too many evil people want to see me quiteted 🦋 https://t.co/8463mPR6YU
— Virginia Giuffre (@VRSVirginia) December 11, 2019
I said what I said. WAKE UP.
The Royal Family are no friend to the VAWG sector. pic.twitter.com/yosCIMkDGo— Dr. Jessica Taylor (@DrJessTaylor) April 26, 2025
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Very suspicious to me. After all she fought then this.
This is all speculation that has been pieced together by interested parties online. I’m going to summarize.
Virginia posted a photo of herself after the car accident. Her car was struck by a bus. But according to all reports – police, bus driver, potentially dash cam footage etc – her rear fender was hit but not with force. However – much remains unknown, such as if her air bag deployed etc.
Many have pointed out that the bruising looks like she had been beaten, badly. And, many medical personnel wrote in the comments that that was their initial assessment of the photos, not a car accident. But again, not much is known.
The general consensus – again, online – seems to be that there was an attempt on her life earlier this year.
Followed by this second successful attempt. Whether caused by psychological harassment and fear – what if her children were with her during the next “accident” or by the actual intervention of another party is unclear but being widely talked about on multiple platforms.
The fact remains that her continued existences and successful settlement are an existential threat to a huge number of individuals and institutions. And the entire Epstein case has been resulted in a number of very dubious suicides.
Also, the Australian press – unless something has changed very recently – has strict laws about publishing things about or related to suicide. Even so far as using the word suicide. Personal blogs run by Australians who have lost someone to suicide have faced legal action and censure. I followed a woman for years who lost her partner to suicide very suddenly and the legal / media reaction and the intense stigma she faced was horrific. So I find their definitive coverage of her cause of death which hasn’t even passed the inquest stage to be extremely surprising.
Virginia has three young children. It’s been claimed – again in comments – that it’s far less statistically likely for a mother to end her own life before her children are grown and established in their lives. Her children are a large part of her reason she fought for justice in the first place. According to her own words.
Lastly. In my opinion, as opposed to the very vocal, very well reasoned and poignant outcry online, we may very well have lost Virginia to suicide. She fought so hard and after winning in court, she still had to live with both the trauma but also the impact her legal battles caused to her family. Women – esp those who have been traumatized – tend to internalize any effect their trauma has had on their loved ones as THEIR FAULT.
I do think that her 2019 statement stands. And I do think the last years of her life need to be gone over like with the intensity of an archeological dig. There are so many ways people can be psychologically broken down to the point where suicide seems like a mercy for their families. But considering the level of fight in Virginia …. I think other parties were taking action to achieve this outcome, through chemical, emotional or psychological pressures or by direct action.
Virginia deserved better. In every way.
excellent and thoughtful info/timeline.
RIP Virginia
I also read in one of the news articles that she had not long ago accused her husband of physically abusing her for years. I haven’t seen anyone else mention it.
So…HRH the Duke of York? He returns to “public service” a hero? In about 1 year, after he’s “learned his lesson?”
I would not be surprised if there is a big promotion for putting Andrew back as a working royal
The royals are so dysfunctional.
Yeah – he will absolutely return to public duty as its already started. Chuck needs the support and he needs the money.
The same thought occurred to me too. The Windsors are not above it.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – Andrew has a phenomenal amount of dirt on Chuck and that is why William and Kate and other family members have been forced to do do photo-ops with him to church etc.
I would not be surprised if Chuck is also not implicated in the Epstein mess, but rather Andrew was tasked with falling on the sword.
The original Epstein cases happened in 2010 with Chuck being heavily implicated in the cover up and even a much respected courtier of Queen Elizabeth being sacrificed. It all speaks to Andrew knowing A LOT.
EDITED to add that Andrew has been allegedly threatening to write a tell all for years now.
This makes so sad and so angry. Epstein and Andrew, et al., effectively, if not literally, took her life.
Thinking of her child/children.
This exactly. They took her life. One way or another. Now I wonder if she was being harassed.
I wonder that as well – if she was getting harassment or threats in general or if she was being pressures by the BRF to walk back some of her statements.
I wonder about this too, especially since the Trump administration had promised to release the Epstein files. Of course, that hasn’t happened (and probably won’t b/c we all know Trump’s name is all over them), but it makes me curious if she was being harassed because of that announcement.
But she fought bravely and took them down, too. Such courage.
Very, very sad. Rest in peace, Virginia.
I hope if the royals push Andrew as working royal then abolish the monarchy protesters gain much momentum and there are loud calls a for a republic
May Andrew never have another public appearance without loud protests.
This poor woman. She is at peace now. And Andrew lives his life as a Royal. So sickening. The Windsors killed her.
Agree with everything you said, Carol.
I am so sorry that it ended this way. No one who has experienced so much pain should have to experience that pain so hopelessly and hopelessly that they want to give up on life. I wish for all of us that we are always heard by another person when we are hopeless.
The Windsors leave so many dead bodies around.
Peace Virginia, hope your children grow up in a safer space than you did.
This is so tragic.
Everything is connected.
It’s startling how true your statement is, @Blogger. I’m reading a book right now called ‘The House of Windsor, Death Toll Edition’ by Maple L. Fields and it is amazing how the author weaves in all the different deaths and the ties to the Windsor firm. It’s scary how many bodies there have been.
It’s no conspiracy anymore, isn’t it? Too many convenient deaths for the firm to prop them up. Diana and Virginia in the prime of their life, suddenly gone.
Harry’s instinct to protect Meghan is ever so real.
And what the Windsors are too thick to realise is that their deaths don’t make them as “problems” go away, instead it adds to getting disquiet about the point of them and their pomp as veneer to cover-up for violence.
I think I said this on another thread, but I read a book on the Tudors that made me realize there’s nothing at all unique about the Windsors. Murder is simply in their bloodline. They can’t do it legally, but they seem to make it happen.
@Blogger
I keep waiting for the TRUTH about BRF to pour out.
What does William have on his conscience that is so disgusting and unimaginable that a journalist who “can’t wait to write the truth about William” warned that “our eyes will bleed”.
What could be so TERRIBLE?!
I’m afraid to imagine what it is…
Rest in peace, Virginia. She was such a brave woman!!
This is so sad. I hope she rests in peace. You fought a good fight Virginia. Prayers for her children and loved ones. ✝️ 🕊
This is absolutely tragic. I agree with everything Dr. Taylor said and I’ll add that mental health organizations shouldn’t be working with the royal family either.
Any “mental health” organization which works with the Windsors should be boycotted out of existence. Nothing about that disgusting family is mentally healthy.
I’ve been so sad about this all weekend. She was so brave.
The Royal family are disgusting in their lack of condemnation and outright support for Andrew. Every last one of them makes me sick.
I was sad about it all weekend too. My heart goes out to her and all her family, and to all sexual abuse survivors. So many don’t ever recover from the trauma. She was so brave to fight so hard for so long.
RIP Virginia, you’ll be in my prayers tonight
Thank you for saying that Virginia died by suicide and not that she “committed” suicide. Language is important. I feel in pain today that Virginia has died. I’m sorry for the pain and suffering she experienced in this life and for the pain and suffering of her friends and family, especially her children, are experiencing. I’m sorry for all the victims and survivors of the violence perpetrated by the likes of Epstein, Maxwell and Prince Andrew.Thank you to Virginia for your incredible courage taking on these abusers and giving your time and energy to protect people from sexual predators with your multiple works. You will be remembered for your courage, your strength and your work. I completely agree that all VAWG groups need to reconsider any connection to the BRF. There is not one royal family member left who isn’t just using this as a front. They literally do not care and they truly believe that Andrew was entitled to rape Virginia because of her social status and don’t understand the “fuss”. End the monarchy
🙏🏾 💔🥀
Poor Virginia. I hope her family can confirm if THEY believe this outcome. I do not want to diminish her pain and suffering at all, but her message from 2019 is chilling.
May Virginia Giuffre rest in power.
And thank you so much for that brilliant and TRUE video by Dr. Jessica Taylor. It’s long past time for everyone to wake up to what the royal family does to women. And, yes, it’s obvious that they either have them killed or drive them to suicide if they stand up to them. Abolish the misogynistic monarchy once and for all.
That video was fantastic
People can’t claim ignorance at this point. They’ve got 40-50 YEARS of C &C’s and the rest of the royal family’s behavior to go by. And even just their factual *public* behavior has been horrendous and damaging to those 3 women. How much more have they done behind the scenes? To them and countless others?
RIP virginia
Dr. Taylor is spot on and incredibly brave. Their goons can certainly come after her profession and reputation.
It’s an important video because it looks at the commonality of these different women’s experiences, and the fact that they took place across generations. The world is a much different place than it was in the 1990s but, sadly, the Windsors conduct never changes. I suspect it never will, so it’s up to individuals and organizations to decide if they still want to be associated to them. Also, I don’t know how well-known the doctor is, but she should maybe hire a food taster, or at the very least turn off the comments on her social media platforms. Just sayin’.
This is tragic. She deserved so much more. She was a LION.
Her statement about having four days to live and not in a hospital setting/ no tele leads/ no iv/ no dialysis was eyebrow-raising. It seemed very hyperbolic when compared with the photo she provided. She lived with so much trauma, I think she was telegraphing her plans ahead of the suicide.
Her poor family
💔 Heartbroken.
My heart goes out, to her and her family. My hope is that her children are healthy, safe, and loved.
She was so brave.
I agree that mental health and anti-violence against women’s groups should disassociate themselves from the brit monarchy if they truly wish to appear to be authentic. But they can’t. Why?
Consider: when those criminals who run the monarchy wish to countrr a growing narrative about them, what do they do: they run shameless PR ops in the opposite direction. Recall the infamous line from Bulliam: “Were very much not a racist family;” and the context within which that was said. I’m sure I don’t hv to remind anyone of what brought about that statement and why it landed like a lead balloon and continues to be laughed at today.
And recall all the instances of the windsirs……especially the Fug 4 + sofiesta: suddenly black folks are now all their core subjects.
The black folks are definitely being used, some wittingly/some unwittingly.
Now apply this M-O to the mental health & anti-violence against women spaces.
Rmbr a cardinal rule of the windsors & their Machiavellian overlords: that which cannot be defeated must be appropriated.
And vice-versa.
This is heartbreaking – after all she had been through. So disgusting how those with wealth and power get away with ruining people’s lives like this. I am happy to see that video by Dr. Jessica Taylor included, with her statements about the BRF.
Rest in Peace, Virginia
This is so sad. RIP❤️
@Marla – I do believe Virginia was a victim of domestic abuse by her husband and had been for some time. Her obituary in one of the UK’s newspapers (The Times, I think it was), confirmed that. They had been separated for quite a while and he appears to have kept her 3 children from her this year. She was also the victim of sexual abuse by a family member when she was a child. A very tragic story indeed.
I believe Virginia’s story about domestic abuse also. Consider her mental state when she was in Thailand and hooked up with him. She may have stuck it out thinking she was safer with him than elsewhere. There was another People story where they talked more with her sister-in-law that make the domestic abuse more credible – https://people.com/virginia-giuffre-family-speaks-out-about-her-suicide-at-41-exclusive-11722711
RIP, Virginia. I’ve been wondering about the book she spoke of writing some time back. I thought that was a dangerously bold move and I wonder what became of it. If it exists, hopefully her family has it safe.
This is so sad. Rest in Peace, Virginia.
And where did Virginia meet Epstein? As a 15 year old working at Mara Lago. These men make me sick.
I’m so sorry for her children, rest in peace Virginia, your fight mattered to all of us.
Epstein recruited girls at Mar A Lago and Virginia was one of them. Journalist Michael Wolfe provided information just before the November election proving that Epstein and Trump were much closer than previously reported. The mainstream media ignored it. There is no spot in Hell hot enough for the members of legacy media who have enabled Trump every step of the way since 2015.
Apparently, her husband had filed a restraining order for domestic violence against her, and she couldn’t see her children. I thought the message about her car accident was maybe an attempt to get them to contact her. Regardless, such a hard life, and such a tragedy. She was incredibly brave to work so hard to bring Epstein and company to justice.
IMHO her husband’s restraining order sounds aggressive and retaliatory because she recently came out as not being able to take the domestic abuse that had been going on for years. And if you consider the mental state she was in when she first met him in Thailand, having recently escaped from Ghislaine and Epstein, he probably seemed like a great alternative. I’ve not seen that Robert Giuffre has responded to any of the news orgs that tried to get his comments. If her estranged husband was keeping her from seeing their children, I could see how that would be the straw that broke the camel’s back.
I wonder if he tried to get his hands on her settlement money. Hopefully Virginia managed to lock that down tight for the children so that the estranged husband could not enrich himself from it and any other settlements she received.
@Magdalena – per https://people.com/virginia-giuffre-family-speaks-out-about-her-suicide-at-41-exclusive-11722711, the nonprofit she started to support survivors of sexual assult will continue its work through her brother (stepbrother?) and sister-in-law. IIRC, the Andrew settlement may have been split between funds for SOAR and her personally. Wouldn’t know about their personal finances, but it wouldn’t be surprising if she used some to support family. In 2021, that poor woman was dealing with Andrew and going to France to testify about Brunel. I hope her children will have appreciation for all the wrongs she tried to right.
Brava Dr. Taylor.
One way or another, the royal family contributed to Virginia’s death. She was a warrior.
This is such a sad story, but she was very brave to stand up against rich men as she did. Considering what she suffered I can see where it was suicide, but that car accident situation was just so odd and when uber rich and powerful men are involved, I would be prepared to believe that it was something else.
And it is not just Prince Andrew who is involved.
Regardless the Windsor family has generations of women being suicidal because of their actions. It is a diseased family.
May her memory be a blessing. She could have wilted and gone away quietly, but she stood up and people are better and safer – sadder and wiser, but better and safer – for it. Thinking particularly of her children and hoping they will be able to integrate this sad reality into their lives going forward – and I say that as someone who was 14 when I lost a parent to death by suicide.
We have no idea what this woman went through in recent years. It is more than certain that she could have feared for her life, because the case was still not over, and she was an important witness.
She fought bravely to regain her dignity and for justice for victims and perpetrators, but few remember and recall the enormous hate she encountered during this fight. What slanderous articles were written, what disgusting comments about her were constantly being made. That she liked it, wanted it herself, etc.
Each of the authors of such content in articles and comments is responsible for her death.
Well said Dr. Jessica Taylor — one of the few who will actually speak out of her whole chest about the chronic, never-ending abuse the married-in women face in that fucking family. Paying lip service to abuse of women, racism, homelessness, etc. isn’t working anymore. That family is tainted and toxic, it’s in their DNA to lie, steal, cheat and get rid of those who raise their voices in alarm and protest at what actually goes on behind closed castle doors. It’s an evil, evil family and the sooner the monarchy crumbles the better. The media is sitting on a sh*t ton of evidence against them — which reporter was it who said “If people knew what I know their ears would bleed” or something similar. I wish someone would pull the plug and let the sewage of the royal family go down the drain for good.
Jaded, this is my question also, why don’t the people with the facts come forward? I mean. They have covered for these people in ways that seriously beg the question, why??? The royals don’t have any preponderant leverage over the government, over legislation, and the head of state’s role with respect to the military is largely ceremonial and morale-based, not practical, not tactical, LOL, not strategic. Their role as head of the church in a church as milquetoast as the CofE is purely polite attendance, they don’t formulate doctrine, in terms of the Commonwealth, what the Queen did was genuinely impactful, but that was in an earlier time, when the Commonwealth was facing plagues like apartheid, the white nationalist movement in Rhodesia, as it was at the time, and de-colonisation, which kicked off a political cycle in the midst of the Cold War that was volatile and frequently violent. All that has totally changed now. There isn’t much for the monarch to *do* so why the epic effort to paint this family as “happy” and harmless when they are anything but??? What leverage do they hold over the press corps???
Excellent points to consider!!! Anyone????
Poor dear soul. May she rest in peace.
Virginia was victim shamed. By bots and some in media. If this intensifies to try to get Andrew working again there should be major protests and calls for a republic
Virginia was a hero. I will never forget what she did.
This is awful. She experiences so much exploitation in her short life but she was brave and tenacious. I hope her soul finds peaces.