Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser says she has days to live after bus crash

Virginia Giuffre writes on social media she has ‘gone into kidney renal failure … they’ve given me four days to live’

Virginia Giuffre, a victim of the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein who once alleged she was sexually trafficked to Britain’s Prince Andrew, says she has just days to live after being involved in a vehicle accident.

“This year has been the worst start to a new year … I won’t bore anyone with the details, but I think it important to note that when a school bus driver comes at you driving 110km as we were slowing for a turn no matter what your car is made of it might as well be a tin can,” she wrote in a post on social media on Sunday, along with a photograph of herself lying in a hospital bed with a head injury.

“I’ve gone into kidney renal failure, they’ve given me four days to live, transferring me to a specialist hospital in urology,” she said. “I’m ready to go, just not until I see my babies one last time, but you know what they say about wishes.”
Thank you all for being the wonderful people of the world and for being a great part of my life,” she added.

Her father, Sky Roberts, commented on the post and said: “Virginia my daughter, I love you and [am] praying for you to get the correct treatment to live a long and healthy life.”

“If there is anything in this world I can do to help you, please let me know,” he added. “My spirit with you now and holding your hand.”

In a statement, Giuffre’s representative, Dini von Mueffling, told the Guardian that Giuffre had “been in a serious accident and is receiving medical care in the hospital”. She added: “She greatly appreciates the support and well wishes people are sending.”

Giuffre is one of Epstein’s most prominent accusers, and also alleged she was abused by Prince Andrew. She was last reported to be living in Australia.

A social media post from four weeks ago suggested Giuffre was in Perth in early March. Western Australia police said on Tuesday there was “a report of a minor crash” between a school bus and a car in Neergabby, north of Perth, on 24 March at about 3pm.

“The collision was reported by the bus driver the following day,” a police spokesperson said. “The car sustained approximately A$2,000 worth of damage. There were no reported injuries as a result of the crash.”

WA police confirmed a 41-year-old woman was in the car.

The Guardian understands that Giuffre presented to a Perth hospital emergency department on Tuesday 1 April.

Giuffre had been living in a home in Ocean Reef – a northern suburb of Perth – with her husband Robert Giuffre, who purchased the property in late 2020.

In 2021, Giuffre filed a civil lawsuit against Prince Andrew in federal court in New York, alleging he sexually assaulted her on three occasions when she was 17.

Andrew has repeatedly and strongly denied the accusations.

In the lawsuit, Giuffre alleged Epstein and his longtime girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell had introduced her to Andrew in 2001, and alleged that Maxwell forced her to have sex with Andrew.