VIRGINIA Giuffre has died by suicide on the age of 41, her household has confirmed.

The mum-of-three, who was intercourse trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and accused Prince Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was 17, is alleged to have died at her residence in Western Australia final night time.

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Her household instructed NBC Information: “It’s with completely damaged hearts that we announce that Virginia handed away final night time at her farm in Western Australia.

“She misplaced her life to suicide, after being a lifelong sufferer of sexual abuse and intercourse trafficking.

“Virginia was a fierce warrior within the combat in opposition to sexual abuse and intercourse trafficking. She was the sunshine that lifted so many survivors.

“In the long run, the toll of abuse is so heavy that it turned insufferable for Virginia to deal with its weight.”

It comes simply weeks after Virginia shared a worrying photograph of herself, lined in bruises, from hospital.

Virginia sued Prince Andrew in 2021, claiming she was trafficked and compelled to have intercourse with the Duke on three events when she was a teen.

It was the primary time she had introduced motion in opposition to him after going public with the allegations in 2011.

She claimed she was trafficked and compelled to have intercourse with the Andrew for the primary time at Maxwell’s home in London after an evening out on the membership Tramp.

Virginia additionally claimed she was compelled to have intercourse with the Duke on at the least two additional events by Maxwell and Epstein.

Her authorized crew argued she was a “frightened, susceptible baby with nobody there to guard her” when she was allegedly abused by Andrew, saying “no particular person, whether or not President or Prince, is above the legislation”.

She claimed she feared for her life when she was allegedly compelled to have intercourse with Andrew, who’s accused of getting been conscious of her age and standing as a “sex-trafficking sufferer”.

The Duke has ignored repeated calls to inform US authorities what he is aware of about paedo Epstein’s felony behaviour.

In his infamous Newsnight interview 5 years in the past, Andrew vowed to assist the probe into Epstein and his warped madam Maxwell.

It’s hoped Andrew may unknowingly maintain info that might lead investigators to the “final piece of the jigsaw” to show the total extent of the couple’s twisted “sexual pyramid scheme“.

However the royal has remained silent – and claimed he knew nothing of Epstein’s vile crimes regardless of their friendship.

In his Newsnight interview, Andrew claimed he severed ties with Epstein in December 2010.

He mentioned he did not see or communicate to Epstein after they have been pictured strolling by Central Park in New York Metropolis shortly after the paedo was launched from jail for baby intercourse offences.

However new emails between the pair emerged earlier this 12 months from February 2011, two months after Andrew claimed they’d ceased contact.

In a single, Andrew wrote: “Preserve in shut contact and we’ll play some extra quickly.”

Andrew has denied any wrongdoing and has denied allegations made in opposition to him.

Epstein took his personal life in jail whereas awaiting trial on intercourse trafficking prices in 2019.

Maxwell is serving a 20-year jail sentence for conspiring with him to sexually abuse minors.

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