Virginia Giuffre: Prince Andrew's plaintiff buried one month after death

Virginia Giuffre (1983-2025) has found her final resting place in her adopted home of Australia. As reported by People magazine , she was recently laid to rest in a private ceremony at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park in Padbury, in the west of the country. The exact date of the US-born woman's funeral is unknown.

Giuffre, one of the most prominent plaintiffs of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein (1953-2019), his aide Ghislaine Maxwell (63), and Britain's Prince Andrew (65), died by suicide on April 24. Her family, including her three children aged 19, 16, and 15, said at the time: "Virginia was a steadfast fighter against sexual abuse and human trafficking. She was a light that gave courage to so many survivors. Despite all the adversity she faced in her life, she shone so brightly."

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In 2000, Giuffre, then 16, was recruited by Ghislaine Maxwell to work for Jeffrey Epstein. She later claimed that the couple manipulated and coerced her into having sex with Epstein and others as part of an elaborate abuse ring, from which she escaped in 2002. Epstein committed suicide in a New York jail in August 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking minors.

Giuffre also received worldwide attention for her allegations against Prince Andrew. In 2021, she filed a lawsuit against the British royal, claiming that he forced her to have sex three times between 1999 and 2002 – in London, New York, and on Epstein's private island in the Caribbean. Prince Andrew has always vehemently denied the allegations. In February 2022, the two parties reached an out-of-court settlement, the amount of which was not disclosed.

In early 2025, it was announced that Giuffre had separated from her longtime husband, Robert Giuffre. She had lived with the father of her three children in his native Australia since 2003. She later accused him of domestic violence. In the weeks before her death, she also attracted attention with several disturbing posts. Among other things, she shared photos of injuries she sustained in a car accident at the end of March.

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