Scandal over Virginia Giuffre’s missing $22 million fortune
Questions are being raised about a substantial portion of Virginia Giuffre’s once multimillion-dollar fortune as family members dispute the valuation of her estate and seek answers about what they describe as a “significant amount of missing money,” RadarOnline.com can report.
Giuffre, 41, died in April in Western Australia and is estimated to have amassed $22 million through victim compensation programs and settlements related to the abuse she suffered at the hands of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Among those funds was an estimated $12 million payment from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew, who settled a sex abuse lawsuit filed by Giuffre in 2022. Andrew, who has always denied wrongdoing, reached the agreement as part of a civil settlement.
Despite these substantial payments, court documents were filed in Australia on Friday, December 5 list her estate at just $472,000 — a level that determines how assets are handled if someone dies without a will. Her attorney and caregiver put the figure slightly higher, at $501,000 or more.
The dramatic discrepancy has raised alarm among family members, who are “privately concerned” that millions may be missing.
According to the documents, the estate currently includes business interests, jewelry, vehicles, a horse and personal belongings recovered from the Neergabby ranch where Giuffre committed suicide.
The family disputes the possibility that her estranged husband, Robert Giuffre — who filed for divorce two months before her death — could receive any portion of the remaining assets.
Under state law, a surviving spouse can inherit at least one-third of a deceased spouse’s estate, even in the event of divorce.
Virginia has long alleged that her husband exercised controlling behavior over her, sometimes forbidding her to interact with other men.
“It’s time for Robbie’s control of Virginia to be highlighted,” a source familiar with the proceedings told the newspaper. London Telegraph.
It is believed that much of the money received by Virginia through settlements was placed into the Witty River Family Trust, established in 2020, with both Virginia and her husband listed as co-directors with equal shares.
If co-trustees are required to make joint decisions, the arrangement has raised suspicions that funds could have been spent or transferred without its independent oversight.
Adding to the investigation is the fact that Robert, a former mixed martial arts instructor, has not worked since 2017, according to Virginia. Some family members have also previously accused him of leading an unstable lifestyle.
“Hopefully the court will order a full forensic audit of her estate,” the source said. If it is determined that her husband is aware of the missing money, “he will definitely have some explaining to do,” the source added.
The dispute is now in the Supreme Court of Western Australia, where a hearing on November 28 marked the first public hearing on who should administer the estate. Virginia’s sons face challenges from two women close to their mother: attorney Karrie Louden and longtime housekeeper and caregiver Cheryl Myers, who described herself as a “second mother” to Virginia.
Virginia’s brothers, Sky Roberts and Danny Wilson, also oppose her husband’s involvement and question the legitimacy of an “implied will” she emailed to PwC’s Lisa Foster in February, arguing she was mentally incapable of making such decisions at the time.
