Virginia Giuffre: Family vows to continue to stand with sex abuse survivors after sharing diary entry
Virginia Giuffre’s family have vowed to stand with other survivors of sex abuse after sharing a diary entry just days after her death.
Ms Giuffre’s family say she took her own life at her farm home in Neergabby, about 80km north of Perth, on Friday night.
The 41-year-old was a prominent survivor of billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and alleged that she was sex trafficked to Prince Andrew as a teenager.
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“Hello world . . . while spending time with family and celebrating our sister, we were going through journal entries that Virginia had written over the years and stumbled upon this quote and thought it was a beautiful moment to share with you all,” Ms Roberts wrote in a post.
“Survivors should know that she’s with you and her voice will not be silenced.
“I know that it’s important and her wish is that we continue to fight for her.
“To all survivors and those protesting, we stand with you in solidarity and know the fight is not over.”
Ms Giuffre’s diary entry reads: “Mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers need to show the battle lines are drawn and stand together to fight for the future of victims.
“Is protesting the right answer? I don’t know. But we’ve got to start somewhere.”
Ms Giuffre filed a civil lawsuit against Prince Andrew in 2021, alleging that he sexually assaulted her when she was 17.
Andrew agreed to an out-of-court settlement but has repeatedly denied the allegations.
A photograph of Ms Giuffre as a teenager standing with Andrew and Epstein’s fixer, convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell, has been central to a host of court proceedings.
“It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia,” Ms Giuffre’s family said in a statement on Saturday.
“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. Despite all the adversity she faced in her life, she shone so bright. She will be missed beyond measure.”
Ms Giuffre’s death comes less than a month after she posted to social media that she had just “four days to live” after a crash with a school bus near her home, which police later dismissed as a minor incident.
Ms Giuffre was facing a charge of breaching a family violence restraining order and was next due in Joondalup Magistrates Court in June.
However, it is understood the case will be heard next week to discontinue the charge.
She did not enter pleas to the charge before her death.
