Epstein Victim Virginia Giuffre’s Father Calls For Investigation Into Her Death
Virginia Giuffre’s father doubts his daughter took her own life.
Three days after Virginia Giuffre’s family announced her death by suicide, the 41-year-old’s father and longtime lawyer are publicly urging police to take a closer look. The circumstances, they say, don’t add up.
Giuffre, known globally for accusing Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual abuse when she was a teenager, was found unresponsive at her farm in Neergabby, Western Australia on Friday, April 25. In a statement shared with multiple outlets, her family said she “lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.” They described her as “a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse” and “the light that lifted so many survivors.”
However, not everyone is convinced this was a straightforward case of suicide – including Guiffre’s father, Sky Roberts, who has called for an investigation, pointing to past social media posts in which Virginia explicitly stated she was not suicidal. “Police should look further into the matter,” he told TMZ. Her lawyer, Karrie Louden, echoed that sentiment in a separate interview with The Sun, saying she had “big question marks” surrounding her death.
“When I got the phone call, I was like, ‘Are you joking?’” Louden said. “Because there was no sign that that was something she was considering.”
Roberts said Virginia had long warned her family and followers to be suspicious if she were ever found dead by suicide. He pointed to a December 2019 post in which Virginia stated, “I am making it publicly known that in no way, shape or form am I suicidal. … If something happens to me – in the sake of my family do not let this go away and help me to protect them. Too many evil people want to see me quieted.”
Louden acknowledged that Giuffre had been “in a lot of pain” recently but added, “She had been looking forward to things in the future.” She drew a distinction many are now weighing: “There’s suicide and then there’s misadventure.”
Giuffre had recently made headlines after being hospitalized from a car crash involving a school bus in March. At the time, she posted to Instagram that doctors had told her she was in renal failure and had only days left to live. “I'm ready to go, just not until I see my babies one last time, but you know what they say about wishes,” she wrote. “Sh*t in one hand and wish in the other & I guarantee it’s still going to be s--t at the end of the day.”
Despite the grim message, she was discharged just six days later, with her representative later confirming she was home and recovering.
Police in Western Australia have stated that Major Crime detectives are investigating the case and that, “early indication is the death is not suspicious.” But given Giuffre’s prominent role in one of the highest-profile abuse cases of the 21st century, that conclusion is unlikely to satisfy everyone, especially those closest to her.
Virginia’s death follows years of legal battles and public advocacy. Originally from Florida, she said she met Ghislaine Maxwell in 2000 while working at Mar-a-Lago and was subsequently trafficked to Epstein and his associates, including Prince Andrew, who has denied all wrongdoing. In 2022, the prince reached an out-of-court settlement with Giuffre. The exact terms remain confidential.
After Epstein’s own death in jail in 2019, officially ruled a suicide, and Ghislaine Maxwell’s 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking, Giuffre had become a symbol of survival, justice, and relentless pursuit of accountability. She founded SOAR (Speak Out, Act, Reclaim), a non-profit for abuse survivors, and was often seen as one of the loudest voices in the Me Too movement’s global reckoning.
Her sister-in-law, Amanda Roberts, shared a handwritten letter reportedly left behind by Giuffre. It reads, in part: “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 don’t know. But we’ve got to start somewhere.”
Whether the authorities reclassify the case or not, the questions remain.
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