Originally appeared on E! Online
Content warning: This story discusses suicide and sexual abuse.
More details of Virginia Giuffre’s fight are coming to light.
Four days after news that the 41-year-old—who accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse and of trafficking her to King Charles III’s younger brother Prince Andrew for sex when she was 17—had died by suicide, her family shared an old note from Giuffre that they found “while spending time with family and celebrating our sister.”
“We were going through journal entries that Virginia had written over the years,” Giuffre’s sister-in-law Amanda Roberts, along with her brother Danny Wilson, wrote in an April 29 Facebook post, “and stumbled upon this quote and thought it was a beautiful moment to share with you all.”
Included in the post was a handwritten note by Giuffre from sometime before her death that read, “Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, and Brothers need to show the battle lines are drawn, and stand together to fight for the future of victims. Is protesting the answer? I dont know. But we’ve got to start somewhere.”
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The family also shared words of encouragement to people who have connected with Giuffre’s story, including the activist group Strength Through Strides who marched April 29 in Washington, D.C., in Giuffre’s honor. (A spokesperson for Giuffre told People April 30 that the march’s organizers did not know Giuffre and that the event was planned before her death.)
“Survivors should know that she’s with you and her voice will not be silenced,” her siblings continued in their Facebook post. “I know that it’s so important, and her wish is that we continue to fight. To all survivors and those protesting. We stand with you in solidarity and know the fight is not over!”
Since news of Giuffre’s passing on April 25, her dad Sky Roberts has cast doubt on his daughter’s cause of death being suicide and has called on authorities to investigate the matter more deeply, he told TMZ. Meanwhile, Prince Andrew—who has denied any wrongdoing and reached an out-of-court settlement with Giuffre in 2022 in response to a sexual abuse lawsuit she filed against him—was seen outside of his home in Windsor on April 27.
Epstein died in 2019 by apparent suicide while awaiting trial for sex trafficking charges.
If you or someone you know needs help, call 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You can also call the network, previously known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, at 800-273-8255, text HOME to 741741 or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for additional resources.
