‘No signs’ that Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre would take her own life – as her lawyer speaks out on conspiracy fears

Jeffrey Epstein victim and Prince Andrew’s accuser Virginia Giuffre showed ‘no signs’ that she would take her own life, her lawyer has revealed. 

Karrie Louden, who had represented Ms Giuffre, 41, since January, addressed the media outside her client’s farmhouse as she spoke out on the conspiracy fears surrounding her death.

Giuffre took her own life on Friday night at her farmhouse in Neergabby, north of Perth after the ‘toll of abuse… became unbearable’, according to her family. 

Ms Louden said she was ‘in shock’ and was in contact with her client in the days before her death.

‘This has been a complete shock to all of us,’ she told Daily Mail Australia. 

‘If any of us had thought she’s going to commit suicide, of course we would have taken more steps, put her into a clinic or got her some more help.

‘When I got the phone call, I was like, ‘are you joking?’ Because there was no signs that was something she was considering.’

Ms Louden wouldn’t speculate on the circumstances surrounding the mum-of-three’s death.

‘It’s inconclusive. I’m a defence lawyer and I don’t like to speculate about things until the evidence is in [and] the evidence is not in,’ she said.

‘The police told me nothing, they didn’t even confirm she was dead. It wasn’t suspicious circumstances – it’s suicide or misadventure.’

‘I didn’t see her in the room. I wasn’t in there. The family said what the family has said but I’m not going to speculate whether it was suicide or accidental.

‘You’ll all be aware that she’s been in hospital. She’s been on medications.

‘Has she just taken too many painkillers? Was she intentionally doing it? I just, you know… I don’t even know what the cause of death was.’ 

Ms Louden said there were no suspicious circumstances ‘as far as we are aware’.

She is unaware whether a suicide note was left. 

‘Given the recent activities, it’s very likely that we will never know. The police were just very, very vague. I know that she’s gone but how that happened, I don’t know,’ Ms Louden said.

‘I’m not sure we’ll ever know. I mean, sometimes the coroner might say it was suicide, the coroner might say it was misadventure, the coroner might say inconclusive.’

Ms Louden added that her client ‘was in a lot of pain’ but was looking forward to what was ahead. 

‘She wanted to renovate this place and she had plans for the future, she said.

The lawyer said Ms Giuffre’s body will likely be released in three weeks but it could take up to two years before a coroner’s report is filed on her death. 

Ms Giuffre’s family confirmed on the weekend that she took her own life on Friday night. 

‘Virginia Giuffre lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking,’ their statement read.

‘Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking. She was the light that lifted so many survivors.

‘Despite all the adversity she faced in her life, she shone so bright. She will be missed beyond measure.’  

Last month, the sexual abuse victim told her Instagram followers she had four days to live after a road accident but it ‘turned out to be a fabrication’.

Ms Giuffre said she had been admitted to hospital after her car was hit by a bus.

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

Ms Louden said she was with Ms Giuffre in hospital when doctors told her she only had days to live.

She said: ‘I was a witness to the conversation which was along the lines of, ‘You won’t see the end of the week.’

‘And so she has seen the end of the week as X number of days away, and extrapolated from that. It was a very difficult time. There was a lot of confusion with what was going on.

‘The hospital were extremely unhelpful at releasing information. Physically, she’s been very unwell for a long time. But she’s a very strong person. She’s obviously been through hell.’ 

Ms Giuffre had accused the Duke of York of sexually assaulting her when she was 17 after she was trafficked to London. 

He has always vehemently denied any wrongdoing but ‘stepped back’ from public life in 2019.

Ms Giuffre launched a civil lawsuit, alleging she was coerced into having sex with him. In 2022 the Duke agreed an out-of-court settlement – despite denying he sexually abused her.

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