DONALD Trump has broken his silence on Virginia Giuffre’s death after the Epstein survivor was found dead in Australia aged 41.
The US president had met the billionaire paedophile multiple times before the he was jailed and later died in a New York prison cell in 2019.
The Mega AgencyDonald Trump has given his reaction on the death of Epstein survivor and Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre[/caption]
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Speaking to reporters at a New Jersey airport on Sunday, Trump said the news of Virginia’s death was “a very sad situation, the whole thing”.
“That whole situation is very sad – her and others,” he added.
“Certainly, that’s a horrible thing. It’s horrible. It’s a horrible, horrible thing.”
Cops found the mum-of-three unresponsive at her remote farmhouse, an hour north of Perth, on Friday night.
Her devastated family said she took her own life after the “toll of abuse became unbearable.”
In a heartbreaking statement, they said: “Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking.
“She was the light that lifted so many survivors. In the end, the toll of abuse is so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight.”
She is survived by her three children, Christian, Noah, and Emily — described as the “light of her life.”
Virginia had worked at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as a teenage spa attendant.
She said she was recruited there by Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell to become a masseuse, later forced into sexual servitude.
Epstein killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving dozens of teenage girls.
Western Australia Police have confirmed Virginia’s death is not being treated as suspicious.
A spokesperson said: “About 9.50pm Friday 25 April, emergency services received a report a woman had been located unresponsive at a residence in Neergabby.
“Police and St John WA attended and provided emergency first aid.
“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.”
The Perth Coroner’s office will now formally investigate the circumstances.
Virginia became known as one of the most outspoken Epstein survivors, saying she was trafficked around the world for sex and accusing Prince Andrew of abusing her when she was 17.
The Duke has denied the claims but paid millions to settle a civil lawsuit without admitting wrongdoing.
It comes after Virginia’s lawyer told The Sun she showed “no signs” of wanting to take her own life.
Karrie Louden, who was among the first at the house after Virginia’s body was found, said: “We’ve got big question marks over it.
“There’s suicide and then there’s 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.”
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