After surviving years of unimaginable abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre became the fearless voice who helped topple a global sex-trafficking empire and forced a royal reckoning. She won millions in settlements, vowing the money would secure her children’s future and support other survivors.
Now, in a gut-wrenching twist no one saw coming, the woman who fought predators in palaces is battling the man who once stood by her side: her estranged husband of 22 years, Robert Giuffre, who is suing their own children for control of the very fortune she risked everything to win.
As court documents reveal a bitter war over trust funds and family homes, one question hangs in the air: after escaping monsters, has justice finally turned on Virginia herself?
Virginia Giuffre spent more than two decades turning unimaginable suffering into public reckoning. Groomed and abused as a teenager by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, she later alleged she was trafficked to powerful men, including Britain’s Prince Andrew. Her decision to speak out — first in 2015, then with increasing force — helped unravel one of the most notorious sex-trafficking networks in modern history. She secured substantial financial settlements, most notably an out-of-court payment from Prince Andrew reportedly worth around £12 million (approximately A$24 million at the time), as well as compensation from Epstein’s victim fund and other civil claims.
Giuffre repeatedly stated that the money was never for personal luxury. She said it was intended to provide security for her three children — Christian, Noah, and their younger sister — and to fund initiatives that would help other survivors of sexual exploitation. That promise now lies at the heart of a painful and increasingly public family conflict playing out in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
Virginia Giuffre died by suicide on 25 April 2025 at her rural property in Neergabby, Western Australia. She was 41. She left no valid will. Under Western Australian intestacy rules, her estranged husband of 22 years, Robert Giuffre, is legally entitled to make a significant claim on the estate as her surviving spouse. The children — now aged 20, 19, and a minor — are fighting to prevent that outcome.
Court documents filed in mid-2025 show that Christian and Noah Giuffre applied to administer their mother’s estate, initially estimating its net value at roughly A$472,000. That figure covers only directly owned assets: the Neergabby farm, a house in Perth, two vehicles, some jewellery, a horse, and a small share portfolio. The children and their legal team argue that the real value of Virginia’s estate is many times higher — potentially tens of millions — and that large portions are being deliberately excluded from probate.
The main point of contention is the Witty River Family Trust, a discretionary family trust established in 2020. Both Virginia and Robert were appointed as co-directors and held equal shareholdings. A substantial part of the settlement money — including funds linked to the Prince Andrew agreement and Epstein victim compensation — is believed to have been placed into this trust for asset protection and tax purposes. Because Virginia died without formally resigning her role or changing the trust deed, Robert remains a co-director with considerable control over trust assets. The children’s legal representatives have described this structure as leaving them “vulnerable to their father’s unilateral decisions”.
Adding to the complexity, Robert Giuffre has indicated — through his lawyers — that he intends to make a formal family provision claim under Western Australian law. Such claims allow eligible persons (spouses and children) to seek a greater share of an estate if they believe they have not been adequately provided for. The irony is stark: the man from whom Virginia was separating amid allegations of coercive control and family violence could end up receiving a portion of the very money she said was meant to protect her children from financial insecurity.
Further tension surrounds an informal document Virginia sent to her accountant several months before her death. In it she expressed a clear wish that Robert should receive “not one cent” and that the bulk of her assets should go to her children, with smaller bequests to close family members and to the woman who had been her carer. Because the document was unsigned and not executed with the formalities required under Australian law, the court must decide whether it can be recognised as a valid informal will. Two other parties — Virginia’s long-time Perth lawyer Karrie Louden and her former carer Cheryl Myers — have also filed competing applications, asserting that Virginia gave them verbal and written instructions naming them as executors.
The children’s legal team has questioned whether their mother had the necessary “testamentary capacity” in the final months of her life, citing her documented struggles with complex trauma, a serious car accident in March 2025, and the emotional toll of an ongoing custody dispute. They have also raised concerns about possible dissipation of assets during the period when Robert exercised control over the family trust.
Virginia’s American relatives, including her brother Sky Roberts, have publicly voiced dismay that the woman who survived Epstein and confronted a prince now appears to have her legacy “hijacked” by a family conflict. They have called for an independent forensic accounting of all trust transactions since 2020.
As of January 2026 the case remains in its early stages. An independent administrator has been appointed temporarily to manage ongoing litigation in which Virginia was involved at the time of her death. Multiple directions hearings are scheduled throughout 2026. Whatever the final outcome, the dispute has already cast a long shadow over the extraordinary life of a woman who once said: “I will not be silenced. My children deserve a future free from the fear I lived with.”
For many who followed Virginia Giuffre’s journey from victim to advocate, the current battle feels like a final, cruel indignity. After escaping predators who hid behind wealth and power, the fortune she won is now being fought over in a courtroom — this time between the children she tried to protect and the husband she was trying to leave.
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