Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, died by suicide, her family announced on Friday.

With deep sorrow, we announce Virginia’s passing last night at her farm in Western Europe. She committed suicide after being a victim of sexual abuse and human trafficking throughout her life, according to her family’s statement.

The light of her life was with her children Christiana, Noah, and Emily. It was while hugging her newborn daughter that Virginia realized she had to fight those who had abused her and so many others, the statement said.

Giffre and Epstein reached an agreement in the civil suit for $500,000 in 2009.

Virginia Roberts held the photo of herself at age 16, when, she said, Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein began sexually abusing her. (Emily Michot/Miami Herald/Tribe News Service via Getty Images)

Giuffre had alleged that Epstein trafficked her to Prince Andrew, who, she said, took advantage of her and sexually abused her when she was under 18.

Prince Andrew repeatedly challenged the accusation and attacked Giuffre’s credibility and motives.

Giuffre filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew in 2021, accusing the royal of sexually abusing her at Epstein’s Manhattan mansion and elsewhere in 2001, when she was under 18, according to the complaint.

Prince Andrew, Duke of York, attends the traditional Easter Sunday Mass service at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, on April 20, 2025, in Windsor, England.

Prince Andrew agreed to settle Giuffre’s sexual assault lawsuit in 2022, without admitting wrongdoing.

In 2015, Giuffre also filed a civil lawsuit centered on allegations that Epstein’s former mistress, Ghislae Maxwell, facilitated the sexual abuse of Giuffre and others.

Certain court documents from that case were unsealed over a four-year period beginning in 2019.

The morning follows the unveiling of the first set of documents by the federal appeals court in 2019. Epstein died by hanging in his Manhattan cell, where he was being held awaiting trial for child sex trafficking and conspiracy. The New York City medical examiner ruled the death a suicide, and the Department of Justice Inspector General’s report agreed with that determination.

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislae Maxwell attended the De Grisogo Sponsored 2005 Wall Street Concert Series benefiting Wall Street Rising on March 15, 2005, in New York City.

Maxwell was convicted in 2021 on six counts related to the abuse and trafficking of minors and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Giuffre was not called as a witness during Maxwell’s trial, and Maxwell has consistently claimed any irregularities.

Maxwell appealed her conviction to the Supreme Court earlier this month, but the Supreme Court has yet to take any action.