The family of the late Virginia Giuffre has pledged to “keep fighting” as they demanded the US Government release documents on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Virginia previously alleged to have been sex trafficked by Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, and claimed that Prince Andrew, 65, was one of the men she was forced to have sex with as a teenager.
The Duke of York has continued to deny the allegations made against him and, in a now-notorious interview with Emily Maitlis in 2019, he said he had “no recollection” of ever meeting Virginia. Virginia, who was aged 41, took her own life back in April, with her family now vowing to “keep fighting” for her. Her brother Sky Roberts has said: “We will not stop until justice is served. Justice is not selective, it must not bend to money, influence or titles. We are here because every survivor deserves more than a headline. It is more than a single conviction. They deserve the full weight of the law behind them.”
Sky also shared a vow to survivors, campaigners and lawmakers, saying his sister’s battle would continue as “her voice, her courage, and her fight live on through every one of us here today.”
He warned that Virginia’s family would not stop until those responsible faced justice.
Demanding Epstein’s files are unsealed, he added: “Every name, every day, every detail, every day. No more secrets, no more protection.”
In a statement released following her death, Virginia’s family described her as a “fierce warrior” in the battle against sexual abuse and sex trafficking.
The statement in full read: “It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia.
“She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking. In the end, the toll of abuse is so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight.”
They added: “Despite all the adversity she faced in her life, she shone so bright. She will be missed beyond measure”.
She was survived by her three children, two sons and one daughter, whom the statement described as the “light of her life.”
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