Inside the tortured final days of Virginia Giuffre’s ‘hostile’ and ‘anxious’ marriage before she took her own life

Sad details have emerged about Virginia Giuffre’s final months of living hell as her  ‘hostile’ marriage crumbled amid ongoing health battles that required around-the-clock care.

Giuffre was found unresponsive at her farmhouse in Neergabby, north of Perth on Friday night after taking her own life.

She was one of the most prominent accusers of convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell and claimed the pair kept her as a sex slave while flying her around the world and offering her to their powerful associates ‘like a platter of fruit’.

She alleged they trafficked her to the Duke of York when she was 17 and was sexually assaulted by him – a claim which Prince Andrew has always strenuously denied. The Prince reached an out-of-court settlement with her in 2022.

While Giuffre has led a fairly quiet life since the public court battles, behind closed doors she was living a life of misery in an unhappy marriage, in constant pain and needed a full-time caregiver.

Her husband appeared in court on a single firearms charge on February 19, where court documents detailed their recent separation.

Police attended the couple’s $1.3 million farmhouse on January 12, where they found an arsenal of ammunition stashed away in an unlocked cupboard.

The raid happened four days after police responded to a family violence incident at a Quindalup address in WA’s south-west region, where Mr Giuffre was served with a police order, The West Australian reported.

Mr Giuffre appeared in court charged with one count failing to store his ammunition in a locked cabinet.

‘The accused is a holder of a firearms license and the owner of numerous firearms and ammunition,’ the prosecutor told the court.

‘Localised at various addresses Tuesday, 14 January 2025 police attended Neergabby farm.’

‘Located in one of the spare rooms was an assortment of live ammunition in a wardrobe that does not comply with the requirements of the firearms regulations.

‘This includes two boxes of Winchester pellets, two boxes of 12-gauge shotgun shells, 25 Olympic blue 12-gauge shotgun shells, a box of FiocchI 12-gauge shotgun shells, eight boxes of 25 of 12-gauge shotgun shells, being 224 in total, 400 long rifle CCI, 22 bullets.’

Mr Giuffre admitted to the facts presented to the court and had no objection to the orders for destruction of the ammunition.

His defence counsel asked the magistrate to consider a ‘spent conviction,’ meaning that after a period of time it no longer appears on a person’s criminal record.

‘Mr Giuffre and his current partner are going through some separation. There is a lot of anxiety and I guess some hostility regarding this,’ his lawyer said.

‘However, the firearms charge has nothing to do with the situation.’

‘Mr Giuffre is a stay-at-home dad. He cares for his three children, one of which is over the age of 18, the remaining two teenagers.’

‘Considering he is going through a separation he is going to need to start to work in the future.

‘Any sort of criminal record is going to negatively impact his future prospects.’

Magistrate Raelene Johnston sought confirmation that Mr Giuffre had not been charged with anything in relation to his deteriorating relationship.

‘No, there was no threats made,’ the lawyer replied.

Magistrate Johnstone fined Mr Giuffre $500, ordered he pay court costs of $300.50 and granted the spent conviction.

However she did offer a grim warning.

‘So although it’s not nefarious, nonetheless, it is a dangerous thing because obviously that ammunition can come into the hands of anyone if someone enters your house,’ she said.

Six months earlier, a court heard during an unrelated matter that Mr Guiffre was the primary carer for his wife, who needed around the clock care after breaking her neck several years prior.

In August 2024, Mr Giuffre was caught driving the couple’s $130,000 RAM DT on the Mitchell freeway in Clarkson, a suburb in Perth, at 147km per hour in a 100km zone.

Mr Giuffre did not appear in person in Joondalup Magistrate Court but his lawyer Toni Hackney entered a guilty plea on his behalf, telling Magistrate Evan Shackleton that he was rushing to his wife’s side at the time.

‘Just to give your honour a brief background, Mr Giuffre was working on his property, lost track of time, realised that he needed to be home to take care of his family,’ Ms Hackney said.

‘His wife broke her neck a few years back, so she requires quite constant care and supervision.

‘He has been the primary care giver as well as for his three children.

‘He accepts that it was a silly decision and that he wasn’t paying attention and he accepts there could have been much severe consequences.’

Ms Hackney also explained that Mr Giuffre had since made arrangements ensuring that he would not be caught out again.

‘He is essentially the main carer for his wife,’ she said.

‘In terms of what he has done so far, he has now hired a carer so that he doesn’t find himself in the situation again.

Mr Giuffre was fined $1200 and disqualified from driving for six months. 

On March 30, Ms Giuffre posted a photograph on Instagram stating doctors had told her she had just four days left to live.

She posted a photo of her in hospital bed to her 21,000 followers looking bruised, claiming her car had been hit by a bus at 110km/h, and said she was fatally ill with kidney failure.

But Western Australia Police later dismissed the collision with the bus as ‘minor’ and said no-one had been hurt in the incident.

The photo she posted showed discoloration to Ms Giuffre’s face and chest which had been described as severe bruising.

Western Australian police confirmed they had received reports of a ‘minor crash’ with no injuries sustained.

Daily Mail Australia also revealed at the time that Ms Giuffre had been listed to face court 10 days before the crash over an alleged breach of the family violence restraining order.

She was listed to face Joondalup Magistrates Court on April 9 on a domestic violence charge but was not required to appear in person and stayed away.

She was due to face court in June. 

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