Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein Accuser, Laid to Rest After Death

Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein Accuser, Laid to Rest

Content warning: This story discusses suicide and sexual abuse.

One of Jeffrey Epstein's late alleged sex trafficking victims has been laid to rest.

Virginia Giuffre was recently honored at a private funeral, People reported May 25, one month after the 41-year-old died by suicide.

She was cremated at a cemetery in Padbury, a suburb of the Australian city of Perth, according to the Government of Western Australia's Metropolitan Cemeteries Board records, obtained by E! News.

Giuffre, who is originally from California, had been living in the area in recent years prior to her death, which her family announced April 25.

"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 to NBC News. "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."

Giuffre had also accused Epstein—who became a registered sex offender after pleading guilty in 2008 to solicitation of prostitution from a minor—of trafficking her to Prince Andrew when she was a teenager. In 2022, Giuffre settled a sexual assault lawsuit she had filed against King Charles III's brother, who had denied the allegations she made against him.

Meanwhile, her family is determined to carry on her legacy of helping abuse survivors seek justice.

"We know Virginia was not just a bright light to us but to many," her sister-in-law Amanda Roberts wrote on Facebook May 2. "The lives she touched, the strength, and the fight she has given us will live with us always. Though our family and many are experiencing an immeasurable sense of grief, we know that this will make us stronger—that is what Virginia would have wanted."