Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein Accuser, Dies by Suicide

Content warning: This story discusses suicide and sexual abuse.

Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein‘s accusers, has died. 

Giuffre died by suicide in Neergabby, Australia, where she had been living for years, her family told NBC News on April 25. She was 41.

“It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia,” her family said in a statement to the outlet. “She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.”

“Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking,” the statement continued. “She was the light that lifted so many survivors.”

Her family added, “In the end, the toll of abuse is so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight.”

Giuffre alleged she had been trafficked by Epstein to his friend Prince Andrew—the younger brother of King Charles III—and said the British royal sexually abused her when she was 17. Andrew has denied any wrongdoing.