Source : Perth Now news
The high-profile survivor of billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein who alleged she was trafficked for sex to Prince Andrew has been farewelled in Perth.
Police said Virginia Giuffre died on her farm in Neergabby, about 80km north of Perth, in April in circumstances that were not deemed suspicious.
She was reportedly cremated in recent days at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park in Padbury.
The West Australian reported on Sunday a funeral service was held, and was understood to have been held privately and not publicly advertised.
The 41-year-old’s death made international headlines, with many of Mr Epstein’s accusers left without justice following his death in custody in 2019.
Ms Giuffre has long accused Prince Andrew of sexually assaulting her when he was only a teenager.
She brought a civil sexual assault case against him, which was ultimately settled by Mr Andrew outside of court in 2022 without any admission.
The sum of the settlement is unknown.
Prince Andrew has strenuously denied all the allegations against him, and he has never been charged with any crime.
In a separate suit in New York against Epstein’s longtime confidante, Ghislaine Maxwell, Ms Giuffre alleged she had been kept as a “sex slave” for the rich and powerful.
She claimed to have been recruited by Ms Maxwell – the only person implicated in Epstein’s alleged operations to be convicted – when she was aged between 16 and 17.
At the time, Ms Giuffre was working at Donald trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach.
Mr Trump is not accused of any involvement in Ms Giuffre ‘s case nor any wrong doing.
Upon her death, Ms Giuffre was facing a charge of allegedly breaching a family violence restraining order taken out by her estranged husband, Robert Giuffre.
She had also recently survived a bus crash, after which she posted a photo to social media of her badly-bruised face and the caption: “four days to live”.
Ms Guiffree moved to Perth from Cairns with Mr Giuffree in 2022 and is survived by her three children.
