The family of Giuffre, who also accused Prince Andrew in a sex-trafficking scandal, announced that she died by suicide in late April 2025.

In response, Virginia sued Ghislaine Maxwell for defamation – and, although the case was settled, it was the discovery in this litigation, that wound up being the backbone of the 2019 criminal case against Epstein – and, later, after he died without facing a trial – Maxwell.

Virginia Giuffre’s harrowing early life as a victim of sex abuse and trafficking at the hands of one of the world’s most notorious pedophiles was in sharp contrast to the apparent domestic bliss she carved out for herself in Australia,