Virginia Giuffre: Father Sky Roberts says there is ‘no way’ daughter took her own life

Virginia Giuffre’s father has sensationally claimed there is “no way” his daughter took her own life and that “somebody got to her”.

Ms Giuffre died at her farm home in Neergabby, about 80km north of Perth, on Friday night, with a statement released by her family saying she died by suicide.

But speaking on Pier Morgan’s Uncensored, Ms Giuffre’s father Sky Roberts said it was “impossible” his daughter could have died by suicide.

“(When I received the news) I couldn’t believe it, I started crying right away . . . I can’t believe that this is happening, it’s just impossible,” he said.

“And then for them to say that she committed suicide, there’s no way that she did.

“Somebody got to her.”

The 41-year-old was a prominent survivor of billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein who also alleged she was sex trafficked to Prince Andrew as a teenager.

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.

An infamous 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.

Mr Roberts said he hadn’t spoken with his daughter “in years” because she “knew lots of things about a lot of powerful people” and was “trying to protect him”.

“She was just protecting me so I didn’t get involved in any of it,” he said.

“When she was (in America) we were together all the time and doing a lot of things together.

“She was on her own going against Jeffery Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew . . . I’m not saying it’s a way to earn money or anything, but she’s just trying to make people pay for what they did.”

Mr Roberts said his daughter had showed him the infamous photograph long “before it became public knowledge”.

But he said his daughter never told him about the alleged abuse.

“I didn’t even know she was doing all these things for Jeffery Epstein,” he said.

“I was really angry with Jeffery Epstein because she had told me later . . . that if she said anything, he had the power to do anything he wanted to her family.”

Ms Giuffre was also facing a charge of breaching a violence restraining order, and was next due in Joondalup Magistrates Court in June.

However, it is understood an application to discontinue the case will be heard next week.

Mr Roberts said his daughter had separated from her husband, Robert Giuffre.

“If I had known they were living in separate houses, I would have been there (in WA),” he said.

Mr Roberts described his daughter as “strong-willed” and said he wanted her to be remembered for making good out of a “bad situation”.

“(I want her to be remembered) as someone who actually got out of a bad situation and made a good situation out of it,” she said.

“She was helping a lot of other young girls that were feeling pain.

“She’s very strong and that’s why I don’t think she committed suicide, she had too much to live for and she had her foundation.”

Miss Giuffre’s death came 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.

“It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia,” her 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.”

Is protesting the right answer? I don’t know. But we’ve got to start somewhere.

On Wednesday, Ms Giuffre’s diary entry was shared on social media by her sister-in-law Amanda Roberts.

“Mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers need to show the battle lines are drawn and stand together to fight for the future of victims,” the entry reads.

“Is protesting the right answer? I don’t know. But we’ve got to start somewhere.”

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