Exclusive | Friends reveal Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre’s tranquil suburban life before family trouble, suicide

Virginia Giuffre’s harrowing early life as a victim of sex abuse and trafficking at the hands of one of the world’s most notorious pedophiles was in sharp contrast to the apparent domestic bliss she carved out for herself in Australia, friends told The Post.

Giuffre, 41 — who became a fierce advocate for abuse victims and fought Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell for years in court — committed suicide Friday, her family confirmed.

She moved to the land down under with then husband Robert Giuffre, raising their three children for two decades before her life apparently began to unravel in recent months.

Giuffre accused disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein and Britain’s Prince Andrew of sexual abuse. She is seen here with both Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell. US District Court – Southern District of New York (SDNY)/AFP via Getty Images

“She was very lovely strong American accent and very pretty,” said one mother whose children went to primary school with some of Giuffre’s kids in the Perth area. “She was a good mum who tried hard.”

“She was a friendly and smiling lady, always kind” said another mom who knew her, adding Giuffre had confided many things about her past with her.

The Giuffres were residents of the typically quiet suburb of Glenning Valley on Australia’s New South Wales Central Coast, about an hour north of Sydney, until about 2013, Australian sources told The Post.

They lived on Bundeena Road near Tuggerah and their children went to Chittaway Public School, where Virginia was well known in mom groups.

Around 2013, they briefly moved back to the US before returning to different parts of Australia.

Virginia Giuffre went by the name “Jenna,” according to numerous sources. It was a moniker she also used during her time with Epstein.

“She lived across the road from me,” another mom said.

“Jenna and Rob sometimes had drinks and pizza with us on a Friday night. Then she sold and left the country – very quickly. Told me her brother was having a baby and wanted to be back with the fam in USA,” the mom said.

“About three months later, I got messages from reporters in the UK and USA asking about her….I knew nothing,” she recalled. “Jenna never told us what was really going on — I was in shock when I saw her on TV. I also never called her Virginia….she was a lovely young lady.”

Friends whose kids went to school with Virginia Giuffre’s children in Australia recall her as a kind and caring mom. US District Court – Southern District of New York (SDNY)/AFP via Getty Images

Virginia Roberts met Robert Giuffre in 2002 in Thailand when she was 19 and married him 10 days later. They were together for 22 years until they split in January. Instagram / Virginia Giuffre

Born in California as Virginia Roberts, the woman who would go on to become Jeffrey Epstein’s most outspoken victim met Robert Giuffre, a martial arts instructor, in Thailand in 2002 when she was 19

The fated meeting took place after a roughly two-year nightmare during which Giuffre said that a job interview as a massage therapist for Epstein devolved into being abused by the US financier and “passed around like a platter of fruit” to his cronies.

Giuffre later said she persuaded Epstein to send her to a massage therapist training center in Thailand, with the idea being that she’d return with a Thai girl as well.

Instead Giuffre met and within two weeks, married Robert Giuffre and the trajectory of her life took a sudden turn for the better.

However she apparently separated from Giuffre in January, leaving him and their three kids and moving to their remote farm one hour north of Perth. Her recent Instagram posts mentioned her grief at being away from her kids.

It was there, a month after she got into a mysterious car crash, that her family said she took her own life.

Giuffre leaves behind her three children. Instagram / Virginia Giuffre

In the wake of her death, X users resurfaced a 2019 post Giuffre made on the platform in reply to a user who claimed the “F.B.I. will kill her to protect the ultra rich and well connected.”

“I am making it publicly known that in no way, shape or form am I suicidal,” she wrote. “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].”

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