A legal dispute concerning the estate of Virginia Giuffre, a former accuser of Prince Andrew, has commenced in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
Representatives for her two adult sons, housekeeper, and former attorney appeared in an Australian court on Friday for the case that will determine the administration of her estate, estimated to be of significant value. Ms. Giuffre, who received a reported £12 million settlement from Andrew in 2022, passed away by suicide at 41 in April without a formal will.
The older children of her three offspring, Christian Giuffre, 19, and Noah Giuffre, 18, are seeking appointment as administrators of their mother’s estate. However, this application is being contested by both Ms. Giuffre’s former housekeeper and caregiver, Cheryl Myers, and her former lawyer based in Perth, Karrie Louden, who are vying to be designated as administrators.
The eldest children of Giuffre initiated the lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Western Australia in June to assume control of their mother’s estate, which encompasses assets in Western Australia and potential earnings from her memoir “Nobody’s Girl.” The memoir reiterated her allegations of being coerced into sexual encounters with Andrew on three occasions after being trafficked to him by Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender. The posthumous memoir was released last month just before Andrew, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was stripped of his royal title and other honors. The 65-year-old is currently awaiting the release of Epstein files by the US government and facing pressure to testify before a US Congressional committee investigating Epstein’s offenses.
The Metropolitan Police is also investigating allegations that the former prince, who consistently denies meeting Giuffre, instructed a police protection officer to gather private information about her, aiming to discredit her. According to a 2011 email, the disgraced ex-royal directed his security detail to investigate Ms. Giuffre, providing personal details such as her date of birth and social security number.
During the recent hearing, attorneys deliberated various matters, including the potential involvement of Ms. Giuffre’s unnamed daughter and her estranged husband, Robert Giuffre, in the legal proceedings.
Ms. Giuffre, who separated from her spouse and children earlier this year, tragically took her own life on April 25 amidst ongoing divorce proceedings with Robert, whom she accused of being abusive during their marriage. She faced charges of breaching a family violence restraining order stemming from an incident in February,