Content warning: This story discusses suicide and sexual abuse.
One of Jeffrey Epstein’s late alleged sex trafficking victims has been laid to rest.
Virginia Giuffre was recently honored at a private funeral, People reported May 25, one month after the 41-year-old died by suicide.
She was cremated at a cemetery in Padbury, a suburb of the Australian city of Perth, according to the Government of Western Australia’s Metropolitan Cemeteries Board records, obtained by E! News.
Giuffre, who is originally from California, had been living in the area in recent years prior to her death, which her family announced April 25.
“It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia,” her family said in a statement to NBC News. “She 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,” the statement continued. “In the end, the toll of abuse is so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight.”
