The sudden death of Virginia Giuffre, the whistleblower who helped expose Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking network, has stunned the world, with several prominent GOP lawmakers openly questioning the official account of her reported suicide. Reports on Friday stated that Giuffre, 41, was found dead at her farm in Western Australia, where she had lived for several years.
Giuffre took her own life after a lifelong struggle with the trauma of sexual abuse and trafficking, according to a statement from her family reported by NBC News. “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. “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. She was the light that lifted so many survivors,” the statement continued. “In the end, the toll of abuse is so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight.” It seems that Giuffre, like the man who abused her and caused her abuse, is the latest victim in this sad American chapter to fall prey to controversial ‘suicide’ – which comes, by the way, after months have passed since Attorney General Pam Bondi was ordered by President Trump to release all the Epstein files, including client lists.
What’s more, Giuffre’s death comes just weeks after a reported car accident on March 24, 2025, which she claimed left her in critical condition. In an Instagram post on April 1, Giuffre described a collision with a school bus. She subsequently wrote:
This year has been the worst start to a new year, but I won’t bore anyone with the details but I think it important to note that when a school bus driver comes at you driving 110km as we were slowing for a turn that no matter what your car is made of it might as well be a tin can. I’ve gone into kidney renal failure, they’ve given me four days to live, transferring me to a specialist hospital in urology. I’m ready to go, just not until I see my babies one last time, but you know what they say about wishes. S**T in one hand and wish in the other & I guarantee it’s still going to be s**t at the end of the day. Thank you all for being the wonderful people of the world and for being a great part of my life. Godbless you all.
According to the New York Post, Western Australia police characterized the crash as “minor,” with no serious injuries reported.A mother of a child on the bus told the outlet, “I don’t know what’s true and what is not, but I do know [the injuries] are not from the bus incident.” Many refuse to accept the official story without question, especially considering Giuffre’s chilling words posted years earlier.
In a social media post from 2019, she wrote: “I am making it publicly known that in no way, shape or form am I suicidal. I have made this known to my therapist and doctor. If something happens to me – for the sake of my family do not let this go away and help me to protect them. Too many evil people want to see me quieted.”
I am making it publicy known that in no way, shape or form am I sucidal. I have made this known to my therapist and GP- If something happens to me- in the sake of my family do not let this go away and help me to protect them. Too many evil people want to see me quiteted ? https://t.co/8463mPR6YU
— Virginia Giuffre (@VRSVirginia) December 11, 2019
Prominent Republican figures have quickly expressed their skepticism about the suicide narrative, drawing parallels to Epstein’s suspicious death in a New York jail cell in 2019, which was officially ruled a suicide. “Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre has died by ‘suicide.’ The truth needs to come out more matter who is responsible,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia tweeted along with a photo of a young Guiffre being embraced by Britain’s Prince Andrew.
Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre has died by “suicide.”
The truth needs to come out more matter who is responsible. pic.twitter.com/rbhjde1uA5
— Marjorie Taylor Greene ?? (@mtgreenee) April 26, 2025
Added Sen. Mike Lee of Utah: “Virginia Roberts Giuffre didn’t commit suicide. No chance,” he wrote, along with video clip of an interview Giuffre did with NBC News’ Savanna Guthrie a few years ago.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre didn’t commit suicide
No chance https://t.co/oJeyjvOu6U
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) April 26, 2025