United Kingdom, April 26 -- Virginia Giuffre has died.

Giuffre, 41, who had accused the late convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein and Britain's Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, took her own life on Thursday (24.04.25) in Neergabby, Australia, where she had lived for the past several years.

Her family told PEOPLE in a statement: "Giuffre lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking. Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking. She was the light that lifted so many survivors. Despite all the adversity she faced in her life, she shone so bright. She will be missed beyond measure. The light of her life were her children Christian, Noah, and Emily.

"It wa...