Epstein Victim Virginia Giuffre Was 'Distressed' About Losing Her Prince Andrew Payout Weeks Before Suicide

A friend of Jeffrey Epstein's accuser, Virginia Giuffre, has shed new light on the circumstances that may have led to her tragic death.

The 41-year-old sex trafficking victim was reportedly "extremely distressed" over fears that the payout she received from her lawsuit against Prince Andrew could be lost due to a separate legal battle she was facing from a woman she had claimed was Epstein's former girlfriend.

Virginia Giuffre's motion to dismiss one of the lawsuits filed against her by this individual was also denied just three weeks before she died by suicide.

Last month, Virginia Giuffre, who became widely known for advocating criminal charges against the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his enablers, died by suicide at her home in Neergabby, Australia.

Her death came as a shock to many of her supporters, especially since she had not spoken publicly about feeling suicidal, despite having made headlines just weeks earlier for other personal matters.

Now, a close friend of the 41-year-old has revealed that she was "extremely distressed" in the weeks leading up to her decision to take her life.

"She felt like everything she had fought so hard for was going or gone. Couple this with the years of abuse she suffered at the hands of Epstein," said the source, per The Mirror.

The insider linked Giuffre's distress to her alleged belief that she was going to lose the massive, alleged £12 million [$16 million] payout she received from Prince Andrew in a defamation case she was embroiled in.

Giuffre had received the payout from her settled lawsuit against the disgraced royal, where she claimed she was groomed by Epstein and forced to have sex with Andrew in 2001, when she was 17 years old.

Prior to Giuffre's death, she was facing a defamation lawsuit from artist Rina Oh, who claimed that she had been falsely accused by the mother of three of being Epstein's girlfriend and one of his recruiters.

Oh also claimed that Giuffre had falsely accused her of physically assaulting her, an allegation she vehemently denied.

According to Oh's lawyer, Giuffre intended to use the accusation to inflict maximum damage and "maliciously reiterated" the claims on her social media page and during interviews.

"Considering the high profile nature of the Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew story, [Giuffre] knew that accusing [Oh], a fellow victim, of such horrible things, would maximise the spread and harm and damage to [Oh]," Oh's lawyer wrote in the filing.

"These defamations and slanders by Defendant are causing [Oh] great harm," the attorney added.

One of the reported defamatory posts made by Giuffre was posted on X (formerly Twitter) in October 2020.

"Rina - if you read this, I hope you live in shame for the rest of your life," read the tweet as seen in the suit filed by Oh, per the Daily Mail.

"You don't intimidate me any longer & the physical & mental scars you left me with should be enough to put your a-s in jail," it read further.

Another tweet suggested that Oh should be imprisoned alongside Ghislaine Maxwell, the woman now infamous for being Epstein's co-conspirator and right-hand woman.

Despite Giuffre's death, she remains accountable in the ongoing lawsuit between her and Oh. Under New York law, the £7.5 million suit will transfer to Giuffre's estate, and if the estate loses, it will be required to pay Oh.

Additionally, Giuffre's estate could face further financial strain in the long run, as Prince Andrew's legal team intends to use Oh's lawsuit to target the late sex trafficking survivor's advocate.

Weeks before, another fellow sex trafficking survivor, Annie Farmer, claimed that Giuffre was dealing with "enormous pressure."

"I just know that being involved in this case has been an enormous amount of pressure for her, generally, in all the cases she was involved in," Farmer told The Telegraph, referencing Guiffre's settled suit against Prince Andrew.

Farmer also claimed that Giuffre had endured intense criticism from people ever since she brought forward the sexual abuse allegations against the disgraced royal.

She added that, despite the support Giuffre received from others, it ultimately wasn't enough to make her life any less difficult.

"I think for her, it was next level because of that, because of the Prince part in particular," Farmer added. "I think that was tremendously hard. These kinds of battles, it feels like it's just always ongoing."

Giuffre's lawyer, Karrie Louden, expressed disbelief over the preliminary reports of her client's suicide.

"We've got big question marks over it," the attorney told The Sun about Giuffre's demise.

Louden went on to say that his client never showed any suicidal tendencies throughout their past conversations.

"When I got the phone call, I was like, 'Are you joking?' Because there was no sign that that was something she was considering," she added.

Louden further noted that Giuffre's suicide was unlikely because she had spoken with her about her plans for the future.

"She was in a lot of pain, but she was looking forward to things in the future," the attorney said. "She wanted to renovate this house and all sorts of things like that."