Virginia Giuffre, a prominent survivor of financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes, who alleged Britain’s Prince Andrew abused her when she was a teenager, has died by suicide, her family said. She was 41.
维吉尼亚·吉弗雷是金融家杰弗里·爱泼斯坦性犯罪案的一位知名幸存者，她曾指控英国安德鲁王子在她十几岁时对她实施了性侵。她的家人称，吉弗雷已自杀身亡，年仅 41 岁。
“It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night at her farm in Western Australia,” read a statement from the family.
“我们怀着无比悲痛的心情宣布，弗吉尼亚昨晚在西澳大利亚州的农场去世了。”弗吉尼亚的家人在一份声明中写道。
展开剩余88%▲ 照片从左至右分别是：英国安德鲁王子、弗吉尼亚·朱弗雷、爱泼斯坦前女友吉斯兰·麦克斯韦尔
Police confirmed that emergency services found a woman unresponsive in her home near Perth, Western Australia, on Friday night. She was pronounced dead at the scene after first aid was unsuccessful.
警方证实，当地时间周五晚间，急救人员在西澳大利亚珀斯附近一处住宅内发现一名女子失去意识。尽管现场紧急施救，但最终无力回天，该女子当场被宣告死亡。
Her death is not being treated as suspicious, police said.“She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuseand sex trafficking,” her family said in the statement.
警方表示，初步调查后认定此案不存在可疑之处。家属在声明中沉痛表示：“弗吉尼亚因长期遭受性虐待与性交易的折磨，最终选择以自杀结束了自己的生命。”
“Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking. She was the light that lifted so many survivors.”“In the end, the toll of abuse is so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight.”
声明中称：“弗吉尼亚是打击性虐待与性交易斗争中的坚定战士，她的存在曾为无数幸存者带来光亮与希望。”“然而，长期侵害带来的痛苦与重负最终压垮了她，使她再也无法承受。”
Giuffre, a mother of three, was one of the most vocal accusers of the wealthy and well-connected sex offender Epstein. In 2019, she publicly alleged Epstein trafficked her and forced her to have sex with his friends, including Prince Andrew, when she was 17 years old.
弗吉尼亚是一位三个孩子的母亲，也是公开指控富有且人脉广泛的性侵犯者爱泼斯坦的最积极的受害者之一。2019 年，她公开声称爱泼斯坦对她实行性交易，并在她 17 岁时强迫她与他的朋友们发生性关系，其中包括英国的安德鲁王子。
She also claimed the prince was aware she was underagein the US at the time.Prince Andrew repeatedly denied the claims.
她还声称安德鲁王子当时知道她在美国还是未成年人。然而，安德鲁王子多次否认这些指控。
In July 2019, Epstein was indicted on one count of sex trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors, to which he pleaded not guilty. One month later, he died by suicide in prison.
2019年7月，爱泼斯坦因涉嫌未成年人性交易及合谋拐卖未成年人性交易两项罪名被起诉，然而他对这些指控表示不认罪。一个月后，他在监狱中自杀身亡。
一份2009年的和解协议在2022年公开，显示爱泼斯坦曾向 维吉尼亚·吉弗雷支付了50万美元，要求她放弃诉讼，但并未承认任何责任或过错。
His ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in 2020 and accused of facilitating Epstein’s abuse scheme. A jury in 2021 convicted her on five federal counts, including sex trafficking a minor and conspiracy. She was sentenced to 20 years in jail a year later.
爱泼斯坦的前女友吉斯兰·麦克斯韦尔于2020年被逮捕，因涉嫌协助爱泼斯坦实施性侵而遭到指控。2021年，陪审团裁定她犯有 未成年人性交易及合谋拐卖未成年人性交易在内的五项联邦罪名。2022年，她被判处20年监禁。
虽然这些施暴者们都得到了惩罚，但是维吉尼亚·吉弗雷的人生并未彻底好转。外媒采访了她的家人，曝光了她去世前的痛苦经历。
In late March, Virginia said in an Instagram post that she was near death and in the hospital after a car she was in days earlier was struck by a school bus going more than 49 mph.
3月下旬， 维吉尼亚在Instagram上发布消息称，因几天前她所乘坐的汽车被一辆时速超过49英里的校车撞击，她目前正处于濒死状态，在医院接受治疗。
“I’ve gone into kidney renal failure," Virginia wrote alongside a photo of herself lying in a hospital bed, her face covered in bruises. "They’ve given me four days to live, transferring me to a specialist hospital in urology.”
她在一张自己躺在医院病床上、脸上布满瘀伤的照片旁写道：“我已经恶化到肾衰竭。他们说我只有四天可活了，正将我转到一家泌尿科专科医院。”
Shortly after, Virginia came forward with allegations of abuse against her husband of 22 years, Robert Giuffre.
不久后，维吉尼亚公开指控与她结婚22年的丈夫罗伯特·吉弗雷实施家庭暴力。
She told PEOPLE in an exclusive statement, "I was able to fight back against Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein, who abused and trafficked me. But I was unable to escape the domestic violence in my marriage until recently. After my husband's latest physical assault, I can no longer stay silent."
在接受《人物》杂志独家采访时，她表示：“我曾经成功反抗过吉斯兰·麦克斯韦尔和杰弗里·爱泼斯坦，他们曾对我进行性虐待和性交易。但直到最近，我才终于摆脱了婚姻中的家庭暴力。在最近一次家暴后，我再也无法保持沉默。”
Sky and Amanda told PEOPLE that Virginia had been having marital issues for a while and had separated from Robert — the father of her three children, ages 19, 16 and 15 — sometime around August 2023.
斯凯和阿曼达告诉《人物》杂志，维吉尼亚和丈夫罗伯特（她三个孩子的父亲，孩子们分别为19岁、16岁和15岁）之间的婚姻问题已持续了一段时间，他们在2023年8月左右已经分居。
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重点词汇解析
suicide /ˈsuːɪsaɪd/ 自杀：指一个人故意结束自己生命的行为。
sexual abuse /ˈsɛkʃuəl əˈbjuːz/ 性虐待：指对他人进行性方面的伤害、侵犯或强迫行为，通常涉及未成年人或无法反抗的人。
sex trafficking /sɛks ˈtræfɪkɪŋ/ 性交易：指通过强迫、欺骗、威胁等手段将人贩卖至从事性工作，通常是非法和剥削性的。
underage /ˈʌndəreɪdʒ/ 未成年：指年龄尚未达到法定成年年龄（通常是18岁以下）。
minor /ˈmaɪnər/ 未成年人：指年龄未满法定成年年龄的人，通常指18岁以下的青少年。
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