This is a newly released handwritten

note made by Virginia Juy. The vocal and

visible accuser of Jeffrey Epstein,

Prince Andrew, and Galain Maxwell was

found dead at her home in Australia over

the weekend. Some, including her own

father, have reportedly questioned how

Virginia died. And now we’re diving into

her own words and what they mean about

her life and what she was going through

when she passed away. We’re on the case

presented by Law and Crime. I’m Chris

Stewart.

We just got some new information in

about Virginia Du Fry. Now, days after

she was found dead at her home in

Australia, her sister made this Facebook

post that includes a picture of a

journal entry that Virginia made, and

we’ll dive into why it’s important in

just a moment. This post comes as so

many people are coming to grips with the

reality that Jupy has passed away. Weeks

after it came to light that she was in

the middle of a custody dispute with her

now aranged husband and was involved in

a mysterious bus accident that put her

in the hospital. On April 25th, Juy was

found dead at her home outside Perth,

Australia. Ju was American, but she

moved to Australia in 2020 with her

husband. The couple had three children,

all teenagers. Juay and her husband had

been in the middle of a custody dispute

at the time of her death. There are some

people who are close to Virginia Dupre

who have raised questions about how she

died. For example, her dad told TMZ that

he wants a deeper investigation by

Australian authorities. He points to

social media posts like this one from

2019 where his daughter writes, quote,

“I am making it publicly known that in

no way, shape, or form am I suicidal. I

have made this known to my therapist and

GP. If something happens to me, in the

sake of my family, do not let this go

away and help me to protect them. Too

many evil people want to see me quieted.

Jupy’s lawyer also spoke to UK media

outlet The Sun and said, quote, “When I

got the call, I was like, are you

joking?” Because there was no sign that

that was something she was considering.

Juay is one of, if not the most

well-known accuser of Jeffrey Epstein.

She claims that Epstein traffked her

when she was a minor. She also accused

Prince Andrew of Britain’s royal family

of having sex with her when she was

underage at 17 years old. This is the

now infamous picture that was included

in her lawsuit against the prince. It

shows Juy and Prince Andrew and

convicted sex trafficker Galain Maxwell

smiling at the camera in the background.

Prince Andrew and Juprey settled out of

court in 2022 after she sued Andrew the

year prior. It has never been made

public how much money Andrew gave Juay

to settle those claims. But we’ll talk

about the circumstance that could

finally bring that number to light in

just a moment. Prince Andrew has denied

sleeping with Juy. In fact, he’s denied

ever meeting her. In a now infamous 2019

interview with the BBC, he said this

about Virginia Juy when she accused him

of having sex with her in 2001 in

London. I have no recollection of ever

meeting this lady. None whatsoever. You

don’t remember meeting her? No. Ju had

claimed that the prince bought her

drinks and they dined together and they

danced together at a posh membersonly

nightclub in London. Prince Andrew said

he never spent time with Juay and he

claimed that on the date that she

claimed that they were together, he was

actually with his kids. And he went on

to say that he didn’t know where the bar

was at that nightclub because he doesn’t

drink. And in what was a infamous moment

as part of this infamous interview,

Andrew disputed Frey’s description of

him profusely sweating. He said this to

the BBC in that 2019 sitdown interview.

There’s a slight problem with with with

with the sweating. Um because uh I I

I have a peculiar medical condition

which is that I don’t sweat um or I

didn’t sweat at the time. Jay claimed

that she met the prince through Galain

Maxwell. The former socialite is now a

convicted sex offender. She is living a

much different life these days. Here’s

her mug shot from 2022 at the Metro

Detention Center in New York. She is

currently serving 20 years in prison on

five sex trafficking charges related to

the now dead financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein of course died in his jail cell

in 2019 after he was arrested on federal

sex trafficking charges. The medical

examiner said he hung himself. But of

course there have been questions

surrounding Epstein’s death and whether

that actually happened. But Epstein’s

death isn’t the only one that has raised

questions and brought even more

attention to this story. Ju now joins a

tragic list of people associated with

the late financeier. According to Fox

News, Virginia is the third accuser of

Jeffrey Epstein to die. But in life,

Virginia was not afraid to speak her

mind to first accuse people powerful and

the people connected to the powerful

like Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein.

Juy told CBS News this in 2020 about

Maxwell. She is a monster. She She’s

worse than Epstein. She She did things

even worse than Epstein did. In the wake

of Juys’s allegations and the outofc

court settlement, Prince Andrew resigned

from public roles with the royal family

in 2020. His mom, Queen Elizabeth,

stripped Andrew of his royal and

military titles in 2022 before she died

later that year. Virginia Dupre has been

hailed by her supporters as a fighter

for people who have survived sexual

violence. Jupy’s sister-in-law, Amanda

Roberts, posted this journal entry she

says Juprey made on Facebook. You can

see it is handwritten. First, I’ll start

with what Amanda said. quote, “While

spending time with family and

celebrating our sister, we were going

through journal entries that Virginia

had written over the years and stumbled

upon this quote and thought it was a

beautiful moment to share with you all.

Survivors should know that she’s with

you and her voice will not be silenced.

I know that it’s so important and her

wish is that we continue to fight.” And

in Virginia’s handwritten note, she

says, quote, “Mothers, fathers, sisters,

and brothers need to show the battle

lines are drawn and stand together to

fight for the future of victims.” Is

protesting the answer? I don’t know. But

we’ve got to start somewhere. Roberts

told People that over the last months of

Ju’s life, she was full of pain, saying,

quote, “Over the last couple of months,

I had some very, very, very deep

conversations with her and was trying to

encourage her. Much of the pain that

Jupy dealt with in the final months of

her life appear to be related to some of

the issues she was having with her now

estranged husband, Robert Guprey. We

started to get more of a glimpse into

the challenges that Virginia Juy was

having living in Australia on March 30th

of this year when she posted this image

with the caption saying she had just 4

days to live. Now, we had to blur some

of the images in this picture due to

YouTube policies. But in that photo, you

can see the bruising that is all over

her face and her chest, and she’s

sitting in what appears to be a hospital

bed. The caption is 174 words, and it

brought her story back to the headlines.

It read, quote, “This year has been the

worst start to a new year, but I won’t

bore anyone with the details, but I

think it’s important to note that when a

school bus driver comes at you driving

110 km, as we were slowing for a turn,

that no matter what your car is made of,

it might as well be a tin can. I’ve gone

into kidney renal failure. They’ve given

me 4 days to live, transferring me to a

specialist hospital in urology. I’m

ready to go, just not until I see my

babies.” one last time. But you know

what they say about wishes. Bleep in one

hand and wish in the other. I guarantee

it’s still going to be bleep at the end

of the day. Thank you all for being

wonderful people of the world and for

being a great part of my life. God bless

you all. XX Virginia. When Virginia Dra

made that post, it quickly went viral.

She had said she had just days to live.

So many people were questioning how this

could happen, how all of it could be so

sudden. Her spokesperson released a

statement to people shortly after

offering some clarification. That

statement said, quote, “Virginia thanks

everyone for the outpouring of love and

support. She is overwhelmed with

gratitude. Today, she remains in serious

condition while receiving medical care.

On March 24th in rural Western

Australia, a school bus hit the car in

which she was riding. The police were

called but said that there was no one

available to come to the scene. They

asked if anyone was injured and

suggested that if they were, they should

make their way to the hospital. Jupy’s

statement then goes on to say that she

actually didn’t mean to post this

caption, saying that she had 4 days to

live publicly. Instead, it was meant for

a private Facebook group. Australian

police have told media outlets that no

one was reported injured in that crash

and the car involved sustained roughly

two grand in damage and the bus driver

had reported the incident the next day.

In the wake of that story about the bus

crash, a lot came to light related to

Virginia Guprey’s custody battle and her

arrangements with her aranged husband,

Robert Juay. According to People, Robert

hit Virginia with a restraining order in

February that prevented her from seeing

their three children. Robert also

accused Virginia of violating that

order. Virginia accused Robert of

physical abuse. Sky News in the United

Kingdom says the couple separated in

2023. Robert’s attorney had no comment

for people. As for the man that Virginia

accused of sexual misconduct, Prince

Andrew, he has yet to comment on her

death. According to GB News, Ju’s death,

though, continues to have an impact on

the reputation of the royal family.

Royal commentator Charlotte Griffiths

says that Andrew is seen as a quote

unsolvable problem and says that Prince

William, next in line to be king after

his father Charles, won’t be seen

anywhere near his uncle. GB News also

writes, “In the wake of Ju’s death,

there was an emergency meeting between

King Charles and Prince William. As we

said, it’s unclear how much money Prince

Andrew paid Juay to settle out of court

in October 2022. The British media

outlet, The Son, writes that there could

be a battle in court between Virginia’s

aranged husband, Robert, and her family

in the United States over who would get

the potentially millions of dollars left

of the settlement from Prince Andrew.

Not only could that create a court case

that could go on for some time, but it

also could be a proceeding that would

allow us to finally learn how much money

Prince Andrew actually paid Virginia so

his case wouldn’t be heard in court.

It’s important to note that when talking

about money and where it would go in the

wake of someone’s death, Virginia and

Robert were estranged, they weren’t

divorced. As we’ve been saying, it took

a lot of courage for Virginia Juprey to

come forward and accuse the people that

she did, members of the world’s most

powerful elite. And there is one example

that we have been following of why it

can be so difficult for victims of

sexual abuse to come forward. And it is

the words on social media from one of

Prince Andrew’s ex-girlfriends. Her name

is Victoria Hervey. She’s a model and

socialite and when you look at her

Instagram, you can see she has a

playlist of story posts attacking Juay

since that bus crash in March. One of

them reads, “The pain caused by her lies

destroying lives and tearing families

apart all for money is no small thing.

She has a lot to answer for. I call this

divine judgment by God. People often say

karma has a way of catching up. End

quote. As Galain Maxwell put it,

Virginia is a fantasist. That post

clearly showing that she supports

Maxwell, now a convicted sex offender

serving 20 years in US prison. Here’s

that picture once again showing Maxwell

in the background of the infamous photo

of Juy and Prince Andrew. But even after

Juy died, Kirvy continues to post like

she did here with this headline from an

Australian media outlet that just writes

karma. Jupy’s family did release an

official statement after her death

saying that Virginia took her own life,

but it’s still unclear and perhaps it

will always be unclear whether her death

was an intentional act. In the wake of

Jupy’s death, I spoke with civil trial

attorney David Ring. He spent years not

just following this case and everything

associated with Jeffrey Epste as so many

of us have, but by defending people who

are victims of sexual assault. And I

asked him about the importance that

Eupray played in helping others who have

survived sexual trauma and why the story

surrounding Jeffrey Epstein years after

his death continues to attract so much

attention. She wasn’t just a voice. I

mean, she was a key piece of evidence um

in in some of the cases that that were

brought forward. For people who may not

you obviously remember the Jeffrey

Epstein case, how he died, Gla Maxwell

is now in prison. From an evidence

standpoint in in the cases against them

and and the case that was pending

against Jeffrey Epstein, how important

was her testimony beyond just being that

public face that people saw, but within

the courtroom? She her testimony was

monumental. It was it was critical to

the case. I mean, there was only a few

victims that were able to testify and

come forward and and tell their stories

about being uh sex traffked by Jeffrey

Epstein. and and and in the second case

by Galileain Maxwell. So, Virginia’s

testimony was was crucial to to both of

those those uh investigations and cases

and and obviously was the centerpiece of

the the allegations made against Prince

Andrew. And so, she was she

was incredibly important from an

evidentiary standpoint to those

investigations and those cases.

We were looking at some of the posts

today from from someone who is Prince

Andrew’s ex-girlfriend, Victoria Hervey.

She’s a British socialite. Um, I know we

talked about some of the posts that she

had last time that we spoke about this

uh that just attacking Virginia Dupre’s

story seemed to point and and speak

glowingly of Gla Maxwell who’s in prison

on on sex trafficking charges um a

conviction of that. What does how does

that public attack from someone who is a

socialite, how does that impact a

victim? And and it’s a unique case for

Virginia Dupra, but I’m sure in your

line of work, you’ve seen cases where

you do have these people who accuse

someone’s story in saying that it didn’t

happen or that they’re lying uh against

someone who’s more powerful. Absolutely.

I mean, it happens in every case because

you’re going to have have everyone who

supports the perpetrator calling the

victim a liar and a fraud. And so when

when Virginia came forward and and

brought her accusations against Prince

Andrew and everyone knew Virginia’s

identity, you can imagine what she must

have seen on on social media and on the

internet uh from from his supporters

that really, you know, went after her

and accused her of all sorts of nasty

things of being a liar and making things

up and all of that. And you can imagine

the toll that that would take on a

person to see that kind of of of of just

just nasty verbal abuse day in and day

out. And and and as you brought up,

Chris, it hasn’t ended. You know, even

now, uh, some some ex-girlfriend of

Prince Andrew has has for some bizarre

reason made it, uh, important to

completely, uh, still talk trash about

Virginia and saying these incredibly

nasty, outrageous things about her even

after her her death, saying, you know,

things like, you know, karma and things

like that on her on her social media

post. absolutely bizarre, but but very

very sad and you can see the toll that

takes on a victim. It’s it’s it’s it’s

it’s unfair and and that makes them all

the more courageous for coming forward

and and persevering through through

things like that. I know that Virginia

had a somewhat complicated family

dynamic. Her family released a statement

initially saying that she had taken her

own life. Then her father speaks TMZ and

says, “What? Wait a second. There could

be some questions. We talked about the

lawyer there.” Um she was reportedly in

the middle of a divorce. She had been

separated from her her husband in

Australia, but there was a um she was in

the process of of officially being

divorced. You have this undisclosed

amount of money that Prince Andrew paid

Virginia when they settled out of court

in

2022. Uh it seems complicated with the

parties that could make a claim for

that. What could happen to that money if

if there was some sort of court dispute

that took place?

Well, well, so here’s the thing. Again,

a lot of unanswered questions, but uh

did did Virginia have a will? You know,

we don’t know that yet. Um but if she if

she did and it was a valid, legitimate

will, okay, that’s that’s going to

control um her her assets and and where

her where the inheritance goes to.

Although even that could be challenged

by by other people who you know family

members who maybe weren’t part of the

will or or given any anything in the

will and they could come forward and say

oh the will’s fraudulent or it was you

know it’s not a legitimate will things

like that. Um, if there’s no will, then,

you know, my understanding of of

Australia law, similar to a lot of

states here, uh, in America, is that

because she wasn’t formally divorced

yet, uh, even though she has separated

from her husband, they were not

divorced, he he’s first in line to

receive her assets. And so again, that

could be something that um because that

probably has to wind through the courts.

Uh that’s something that we could find

out a whole lot more about this

settlement um from Prince Andrew because

we don’t the public does not yet know

the exact sum that Prince Andrew paid.

And so, you know, there’s a lot of

speculation out there that it was in the

eight figures and things like that, but

no one has ever actually announced it

and known for sure. And so, if if these

if if this dispute with Virginia’s um

inheritance goes into the courts, we may

very well find out what amount Prince

Andrew paid to her in a settlement.

Yeah. No, that’s a that’s a really

interesting point and and we’ll see how

that how that plays out and then how

that of course Prince Andrew um no

longer officially doing royal duties,

but you know what would that amount, you

know, add to his legacy um that’s

already tarnished in the United Kingdom.

Lastly, David, whenever we talk about

Jeffrey Epste, there’s an incredible

interest that people have even years

later in this case, questions about how

he died. Um, and now, you know, even

through statements from from a lawyer,

it kind of adds to that fire of of

speculation of conspiracy that people

seem to have in this case. You followed

this case for a long time. What is it

about Jeffrey Epstein and everyone who

is associated with him that creates that

interest and almost the level of

distrust people have with whatever

officially is said by law enforcement

about how he died perhaps how Virginia

died if there’s no longer no more of a

of an investigation into it. What is it

about this story that just seems to just

churn conspiracy theories? Yeah. Well,

look, he Epstein was obviously an

incredibly powerful uh person who who

had access to the the most powerful

people in this country in including

presidents and so um you know all the

financial wealthy people that he knew

and hung around with and and was

associated with and and his own wealth

and so you know the controversy around

Epstein Epstein’s suicide will will go

on for a long time because there’s a lot

of questions about you know whether

whether he killed himself in in jail or

or whether he was killed by someone else

to silence him. That’s that’s going to

be going on for a long time. We’ll

probably never have an answer to that.

And and and it’s sad. You can see the

trail that of of tragedy that that that

he’s left behind. Uh and and this is

another example of it with with Virginia

Guprey and all the turmoil in her life.

And uh you know, I think by all

accounts, it seems as if she’s either

accidentally or or maybe intentionally

took her life. I don’t think anyone’s

saying there’s other people involved,

but but it’s still a tragedy and and it

shows you that um you know, these

victims of of abuse, uh even as they get

older in life, they still experience the

trauma. Uh they still have a lot of

issues that flow from it. and and just

because they receive some settlement,

some some monetary settlement, that does

not cure all of their issues that they

have in life by any means. No,

incredibly well put uh incredibly sad

development in the story uh involving

Virginia, civil trial attorney David

Ring. It’s always great to have you on

Law and Crime. Thanks for joining us.

Thank you for On the Case presented by

Law and Crime. I’m Chris Stewart. We’ll

see you next time.

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