Western Australia police will review every interaction officers had with Virginia Giuffre after her family requested further scrutiny of how authorities handled a domestic violence dispute before her death.
By yourNEWS Media Newsroom
Western Australia police will review their contacts with Virginia Giuffre before her death after her family raised concerns about how authorities handled events in her final months.
Giuffre, one of the most prominent survivors to accuse Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking, died in April 2025 at her farm in Neergabby, north of Perth. Her death was ruled a suicide, though her family has questioned whether officials fully examined the circumstances surrounding her final weeks.
Her brother and sister-in-law, Sky and Amanda Roberts, have accused officers of “systematic failures” and have called for police and coronial scrutiny of a domestic violence dispute involving Giuffre before her death.
Western Australia Police Commissioner Col Blanch confirmed Wednesday during questioning in state parliament that the force’s family violence team is reviewing every interaction between Giuffre and police officers, The Telegraph reported.
Blanch said the state coroner and ombudsman could each begin separate investigations after formal requests from Giuffre’s family.
Giuffre’s death followed years of public legal and advocacy battles involving Epstein, Maxwell, Prince Andrew and other powerful figures she accused or challenged. Her case became one of the most visible in the broader Epstein trafficking scandal.
Giuffre’s family has also sought an inquest from Western Australia Coroner Ros Fogliani. The request was supported in a letter signed by 16 domestic violence experts, including professors from leading Australian universities.
“Virginia Giuffre spent much of her adult life in courageous pursuit of accountability for the abuse she suffered, taking significant personal risk to expose a network of exploitation and in doing so helping to protect other women,” the letter said. “It would be a profound injustice if the question of whether systems failed her in her final months were not examined with equivalent rigor.”
The Daily Mail reported that Alison Evans, chief executive officer at the Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing and one of the signatories, said some victim-survivors of domestic violence describe being dismissed by institutions when they seek help.
“Women with experiences of intimate partner violence often describe feeling dismissed, blamed for the abuse, or redirected into mental health pathways during contact rather than having the violence recognised by health, policing and legal services,” Evans said.
“A victim-survivor’s distress and suicidal thoughts and behaviours should not be treated as individual disorders,” she added.
The police review does not change the official ruling on Giuffre’s death, but it could lead to further examination of whether authorities properly handled complaints or warning signs before she died.
Giuffre’s family has said the review is necessary to determine whether systems meant to protect vulnerable women failed her after she had spent years fighting to expose sexual exploitation and hold powerful people accountable.
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