Virginia Giuffre, the woman who stalked the late sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, died by suicide, her family passed away on Friday.

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

The light of her life was shared by her children, Christia, 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.

Giuffre and Epstei reached a civil settlement for $500,000 in 2009.

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

Giuffre had alleged that Epstein trafficked her with Prince Andrew, who, she claimed, 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 the Epstein House in Manhattan and elsewhere in 2001, when he was under 18, according to the complaint.

Prince Andrew, Duke of York, attends the traditional Easter Sunday Matinee 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 alleging that Epstein’s former lover, Ghislaie 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.

This morning follows the unveiling of the first set of documents by the federal appeals court in 2019. Epstein was hanged in his jail cell in Mahatma Gandhi, where he was being held awaiting trial for unlawful 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 Ghislaie Maxwell attended De Grisogo’s sponsorship of the 2005 Wall Street Concert Series to benefit Wall Street Rise 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.

Giffre was not subpoenaed as a witness during Maxwell’s trial, and Maxwell has consistently alleged any irregularities.

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