BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK
In unfortunate news, Virginia Giuffre, who was a victim of sexual abuse by Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein.
Giuffre was outspoken, and was critical about Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein - convicted sex offenders. She was allegedly trafficked to the Duke of York when she was 17 years old. Prince Andrew denies this allegation.
Relatives said in a statement on Friday that she had been a "fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse", and that the "toll of abuse... became unbearable".
"She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking," a statement from her family said.
"Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking. She was the light that lifted so many survivors," her family's statement said.
It said she died on Thursday at her farm in Western Australia.
West Australia police said they were called to reports of a woman who had been found unresponsive at a home in Neergabby on Friday night.
A statement continued: "Sadly, the 41-year-old woman was declared deceased at the scene.
"The death is being investigated by Major Crime detectives; early indication is the death is not suspicious."
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