Virginia Giuffre, one of the most open batteries or Jeffrey EpsteinHe died for suicide on Friday, Giuffre’s family confirmed in a proven statement to CBS News.
Giuffre died on his farm in Western Australia, said his family. She was 41 years old.
“He lost his life for suicide, after being a life of a lifetime of sexual abuse and sexual trafficking,” said his family’s statement. “Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sexual trafficking. It was the light that raised so many survivors. Despite all the adversity he faced in his life, he shone so bright.
Last month, Giuffre He was seriously injured When a car in which he was traveling was hit by a school bus in Western Australia.
Giuffre claimed that Epstein had sex traffic to Prince Andrew of Great Britain and others. Prince Andrew has Denied Those statements. Giuffre presented a Demand against Andrew In 2021, claiming that Andrew abused sexually when he was 17 years old. Outside the court settlement It was reached in 2022.
“Virginia was much more than a client for me; she was a dear friend and an incredible champion for other victims,” said his lawyer, Sigrid McCawley, in a statement. His courage pushed me to fight stronger, and his strength was impressive. The world has lost an incredible human being today. Rest in peace, my sweet angel. ”
Giuffre was born in California and at the elementary school he moved to Florida with his family. Giuffre experienced an childhood with problems that grew, says the Miami Herald that at age 7, was first abused by a family friend. She said the abuse “changed my whole life. Everything changed.”
Giuffre with the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell At the beginning of the 2000s, when he worked as an assistant of the costume at the Mar-A-Lago Club of President Trump in Palm Beach, where his father was a maintenance supervisor. Giuffre said Maxwell connected it with Epstein and others.
In 2019, Epstein, a sentenced sexual criminal, was arrested On federal positions of sex trafficking. A month after he was arrested, Epstein was Found dead In his cell in a Manhattan prison while waiting for a trial for sexual traffic charges. His Death A suicide was governed.
Giuffre had also accused Epstein’s ex -girlfriend, Maxwell, or preparing and abusing her when he was 17 years old, CBS News Count in 2020 That Maxwell “was the guy who controlled Jeffrey.” Maxwell was sentenced in 2022 and sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping Epstein’s minors of sexual abuse for at least a decade.
Giuffre formed a lack of profit called Speak out, Act, Reclaim (Soar) to educate and lawyer for victims of sex trafficking.
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For more information about Resources and Mental Medical Care SupportThe help line of the National Mental Diseases Alliance (NAMI) can be contact from Monday to Friday from 10 am to 10 pm et, 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or send an email to info@nami.org.