Virginia Giuffre, the woman whose accusations against Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein helped ignite a global reckoning over elite sex trafficking networks, said Sunday that she has been given just four days to live following a devastating car crash.
In an emotional Instagram post from her hospital bed, the 41-year-old shared that she is suffering from kidney failure after being struck by a school bus traveling at high speed. "I've gone into kidney renal failure, they've given me four days to live, transferring me to a specialist hospital in urology," Giuffre wrote. "I'm ready to go, just not until I see my babies one last time."
The post included a photo of Giuffre in a hospital bed wearing a white tank top, her face bruised. She did not share the location of the crash or further medical details, but described the impact as catastrophic. "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.
Giuffre, who founded the advocacy group Victims Refuse Silence, became internationally known in 2021 when she filed a civil lawsuit against Prince Andrew, accusing him of sexually abusing her on multiple occasions when she was 17 and under the control of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
"No person, whether President or Prince, is above the law," her lawyers said at the time, emphasizing that Giuffre had been a "frightened, vulnerable child with no one there to protect her."
Prince Andrew, while denying the allegations, ultimately paid a reported $12 million to settle the lawsuit out of court in 2022. Buckingham Palace subsequently stripped him of all military affiliations and royal patronages. Though Andrew has maintained his innocence, public and legal scrutiny has continued. In late 2024, he was further scrutinized after being named a "close confidant" of an alleged Chinese spy.
Epstein died in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. His longtime associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, was later convicted and is serving a 20-year federal sentence.
Giuffre's relationship with Epstein and Maxwell has remained central to investigations into global sex trafficking, elite abuse of minors, and the legal impunity often granted to the powerful. Her recent hospitalization has reignited public attention, particularly as she shared what appeared to be a farewell message: "Thank you all for being the wonderful people of the world and for being a great part of my life. Godbless you all xx Virginia."
