Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex-Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41 - The New York Times


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Virginia Giuffre's Death

Virginia Giuffre, known for her accusations against Jeffrey Epstein and his associates, died at age 41. Her family reported she died by suicide.

Epstein's Sex-Trafficking Ring

Giuffre publicly accused Epstein of sex trafficking and claimed she was abused by powerful individuals, including Prince Andrew. She played a key role in Epstein's legal cases and subsequent convictions.

Legal Battles

Giuffre's 2009 lawsuit against Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell was a significant part of the legal proceedings. Her accusations contributed to Epstein's arrest and conviction for sex trafficking.

Final Statements

Before her death, Giuffre stated she was suffering from renal failure following a car accident. Her family remembered her as a fierce advocate against sexual abuse and sex trafficking.

Epstein's Death

Epstein's death was ruled a suicide in 2019 while he was in custody. His death occurred shortly after documents relating to Giuffre's lawsuit were released.

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Virginia Giuffre, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring who said she was “passed around like a platter of fruit” as a teenager to rich and powerful predators, including Prince Andrew of Britain, died on Friday at her farm in Western Australia. She was 41.

Ms. Giuffre (pronounced JIFF-ree) died by suicide, according to a statement by the family. She wrote in an Instagram post in March that she was days away from dying of renal failure after being injured in an automobile crash with a school bus that she said was traveling at nearly 70 miles per hour.

In the statement, her family called her “a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking” and “the light that lifted so many survivors.”

In 2019, Mr. Epstein was arrested and charged by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York with sex-trafficking and conspiracy, accused of soliciting teenage girls to perform massages that became increasingly sexual in nature.

Barely a month after he was apprehended, and a day after documents were released from Ms. Giuffre’s successful defamation suit against him, Mr. Epstein was found hanged in his cell in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan. His death, at 66, was ruled a suicide.

In 2009, Ms. Giuffre, identified then only as Jane Doe 102, sued Mr. Epstein, accusing him and Ghislaine Maxwell, his co-conspirator and the daughter of the disgraced British media magnate Robert Maxwell, of recruiting her to join his sex-trafficking ring when she was a minor under the guise of becoming a professional masseuse.

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