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.

The first victim to take publicly speak out against Jeffrey Epstein, who she says sexually abused and trafficked her to Prince Andrew at 17, died by suicide.