AT first glance, the shocking photograph of a seemingly battered Virginia Giuffre appeared to back up her dramatic claim she was at death’s door following a car crash.
“I’ve gone into renal kidney failure, they’ve given me four days to live . . . ” she posted on Instagram.
Virginia GiuffreThe photograph of a battered Virginia Giuffre appeared to back up her claim that she was at death’s door following a crash, until her story unravelled[/caption]
GettyIf Prince Andrew had gone to court over Virginia’s claims, any half-decent lawyer would use this Instagram post to cast doubt on all her claims[/caption]
“I think it is important to note that when a school bus driver comes at you driving 110km . . . no matter what your car is made of it might as well be a tin can.”
To hammer home the severity of the situation, she added that she was “ready to go”.
Bruised face
Sympathetic comments poured in for the now 41-year-old woman who, in 2015, bravely told her story of being sex trafficked as a teenager by US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein to service the needs of him and other powerful men.
But then her crash story started to unravel . . .
Hang on, said the bus driver. She was in front of me, took a last-minute right turn off the main road and I merely nudged the back of her car, breaking a tail light.
The Australian police backed up his version of events and said no major injuries were reported.
A spokesman for Virginia then claimed it was “a mistake” and she hadn’t intended for the post to be made public.
Curiouser and curiouser. Then why write it at all? And what’s the story behind the supposedly bruised face?
Yesterday, Virginia’s story changed again and she now alleges she suffered domestic abuse in her 22-year marriage to now- estranged husband Robert Giuffre, with whom she has three teenage children.
“After my husband’s latest physical assault, I can no longer stay silent,” she says, claiming that he assaulted her on January 9 and left her injured and needing hospital treatment.
Mr Giuffre — who has a restraining order against Virginia which she was recently accused of breaching — hasn’t responded to this latest development, but suffice to say the spotlight has now been turned on to some of her other claims.
Namely that Prince Andrew was one of the men that she was forced to sleep with.
He has always categorically denied it but, in February 2022, paid her an undisclosed amount — said to be “millions” — to settle the matter with no admission of liability.
Lady Victoria Hervey, friend and vocal supporter of Andrew, said yesterday: “I have known for a long time what this woman is capable of.
“She claimed more than a week ago that she had four days to live, and yet now she is out of hospital.”
Lady Victoria added that Virginia is a “fantasist” and that she suspected from the outset that the post suggesting her imminent death was exaggerated because she is wearing gold jewellery in the photo with no sign of a hospital gown.
And let’s not forget that another of Virginia’s “mistakes” was to accuse US lawyer Alan Dershowitz of abusing her before, later saying she had got the wrong man.
None of the above means that she lied about Epstein and his side-kick Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving 20 years in a US prison for her part in assisting his crimes.
But if Prince Andrew had gone to court over it, any half-decent lawyer would use this bizarre Instagram post to paint her as fantasist and cast doubt on all her claims.
Begging the question: Will the public’s attitude to the King’s disgraced younger brother now mellow and allow him to step out of the shadows?
Andrew with his accuser Virginia and Ghislaine MaxwellRex
HARRY STYLES has been given permission to build a £30million mega-mansion in north London as long as he creates a wildlife haven for, among other things, great tits.
You can make up your own punchline.
IDIOT NEEDS A JOB
Police HandoutIdiotic American ‘YouTuber’ Mykhailo Polyakov made a nine-hour dinghy trip to land on a remote island in the Indian Ocean where the deadly Sentinelese tribe live[/caption]
ANOTHER day, another idiotic “travel influencer” puts their life at risk by going somewhere they shouldn’t.
This time, it’s American “YouTuber” and (yawn) “adrenaline junkie” Mykhailo Polyakov who, despite numerous warnings and the knowledge that previous visitors have met a grisly end, made a nine-hour dinghy trip to land on a remote island in the Indian Ocean where the deadly Sentinelese tribe live.
Luckily for him, they weren’t on the beach at the time. So he left them a can of Coke (great content dude) and escaped with his life.
He and his video footage are currently in the custody of local police, furious that not only did he put himself at risk, but also the tribe, who have no immunity to common outside diseases.
When he’s eventually released, perhaps getting a proper job might prove beneficial all round.
RESET POLICE SENSE
WITH parents finding themselves arrested for merely questioning how their child’s school was run, one wonders whether a return to the halcyon days of common sense policing might be preferable.
In a letter to The Times this week, a retired chief superintendent writes fondly of the days when “all but 999 calls were filtered locally by the station sergeant”.
He says that time pressures necessitated the use of abbreviations, and “one such could be applicable in the case of the parents who were arrested over their WhatsApp messages…”
LOBNPAR.
Which, apparently, meant “load of b****cks no police action required”.
Is there a person in the land who would balk at this method being reinstated?
A REAL BAR TO BOATS
GettyIf the rubbish-strewn streets of Birmingham doesn’t put small boat migrants off coming here, nothing will[/caption]
A READER who lives in the St Mary’s Bay area of Kent has written of watching five migrants photographing each other on the beach before then spending time on their phones.
He suggests that perhaps they’re sending “wish you were here”-style messages to their mates back home.
Indeed. And the current spell of china-blue skies must add to the allure.
Perhaps, given that the boat arrivals show no sign of abating, an easy deterrent might be the requirement for all new arrivals to these shores to send true depictions of life in Britain to anyone thinking of making the same journey.
For example, the packed corridors of an inner-city A&E that resembles a war zone on a Friday night?
Or the large rats stuffing their faces on the rubbish-strewn streets of Birmingham.
If that doesn’t put them off coming here, nothing will.
FUR IS FLYING
BBCKarl Lagerfeld’s pet cat Choupette now lives in the lap of luxury with the designer’s former housekeeper[/caption]
WHEN designer Karl Lagerfeld died, he left a sizeable chunk of his multi-million pound fortune to his pet cat Choupette.
She now lives in the lap of luxury with Lagerfeld’s former housekeeper Francoise Cacote and, apparently, is “boss” of the household.
But wait, what’s this?
Madame Cacote tells us that Choupette has a new playmate in the furry form of a stray moggy found in a bin in Guadeloupe.
“Having a youngster in the house has made her a bit more alert,” she says.
I’ll bet it has.
Who is this gold-digger and can cats sign pre-nups?
BONKERS KANYE A HOME BANKER
John Chapple for The US SunKanye West ripped out all the windows, the roof and utilities from a $57.25million house in Malibu as he wanted to create a bunker for the apocalypse[/caption]
GettyBut the star’s house was bought for just $21million by developer Bo Belmont, who then made a $9million profit after refurbishing it[/caption]
JUST when you thought Kanye West couldn’t be any more bonkers, it seems that he can.
Having paid $57.25million in 2021 for a house on the beach in Malibu, he then ripped out all the windows, the roof and utilities.
His former builder says he wanted to create a bunker for the apocalypse and planned on having a “bonfire” in the living area for heating.
As you do. So when he put it back on the market last year, it’s hardly surprising there were no takers.
Eventually, it was bought for a bargain $21million by developer Bo Belmont who, having refurbished it, has just sold it on at a $9million profit.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
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