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Prince Andrew accuser ‘given four days to live’ after crash

Prince Andrew with Virginia Giuffre, centre, and Ghislaine Maxwell
Prince Andrew with Virginia Giuffre, centre, and Ghislaine Maxwell (PA Media)
  • Virginia Giuffre, who accused Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, is claiming she has been given days to live due to kidney failure following a car accident.
  • In an Instagram post, she described the crash, saying a school bus driver hit her at high speed and her car crumpled like a “tin can”.
  • Ms Giuffre said she had gone into renal failure. “They’ve given me four days to live, transferring me to a specialist hospital in urology,” she wrote.
  • In 2021, she claimed in a civil lawsuit that Epstein forced her to have sex with Prince Andrew multiple times when she was 17 and he was 41. Prince Andrew denies the allegations and the lawsuit was settled out of court.
  • Ms Giuffre's father expressed his love and support in a comment on her post.
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