Person
Virginia Giuffre
Woman who said she became "a victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell" and spoke at the August 2019 hearing for Epstein's accusers. She sued Maxwell for defamation in 2015, a case settled in 2017, and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in 2021, a case settled in 2022. She died in April 2025.
- Dates
- until Apr 2025
- Also known as
- Virginia Roberts Giuffre
- Wikidata
- Q78473599
Connections 4
party to
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Hearing for Epstein's accusers, 27 August 2019
accuser who spoke
Scholarship & press
12
She died in April 2025.
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Giuffre v. Maxwell, defamation suit (2015)
plaintiff
Scholarship & press
13
On 22 March 2017 the court denied Maxwell's motion for summary judgment; the case was settled that May. A settlement is not a finding.
- The settlement of Giuffre v. Prince Andrew plaintiff Primary record 4
- Andrew’s BBC Newsnight interview her claims were put to him Scholarship & press 5
Timeline 1 date
- until Apr 2025 Virginia Giuffre
Proof 5 sources
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'He is a coward': Jeffrey Epstein's accusers speak out in court, NBC News, 27 Aug 2019.
Scholarship & press
I commend the prosecutors for the Southern District of New York for their ongoing pursuit of justice,
A cache of court papers relating to a separate 2015 federal defamation lawsuit filed by Giuffre against Maxwell
a victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and the horrible acts they committed against me.
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Virginia Giuffre, prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser, dies by suicide, CBS News, 26 Apr 2025.
Scholarship & press
Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking.
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Judge Releases Trove Of Sealed Records Related To Lawsuit Against Ghislaine Maxwell, NPR, 31 Jul 2020.
Scholarship & press
Giuffre's case against Maxwell was settled in 2017
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Giuffre v. Prince Andrew, No. 21-cv-06702-LAK: joint letter and statement of 15 February 2022 (copy hosted by FactCheck.org), U.S. District Court (court filing), 15 Feb 2022.
Primary record
Prince Andrew has never intended to malign Ms. Giuffre’s character, and he accepts that she has suffered both as an established victim of abuse and as a result of unfair public attacks.
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Prince Andrew interview: Jeffrey Epstein stay was ‘wrong thing to do’, BBC News, 15 Nov 2019.
Scholarship & press
In the BBC interview, Emily Maitlis asks the prince about Ms Giuffre's claims that in 2001, she had dined with him
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