Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent accusers, has died by suicide aged 41, her family has confirmed to the BBC. They said in a statement on Friday that "the toll of abuse" became too heavy in a statement confirming her death.

Virginia Giuffre, who alleged Britain’s Prince Andrew abused her when she was a teenager, has died by suicide, her family said. She was 41.

Virginia Giuffre, the sex trafficking survivor who settled a sexual assault lawsuit against the Prince Andrew, Duke of York, has died at her farm in Western Australia