The final handwritten letter by Virginia Giuffre has been released by her family just days after she died in a supected suicide.
Ms Giuffre, who settled a sexual assault lawsuit against Prince Andrew, was found dead at her home in Western Australia.
The note said: ‘Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, and Brothers need to show the battle lines are drawn, and stand together to fight for the future of victims.
‘Is protesting the answer? I don’t know. But we’ve got to start somewhere.’
The letter was posted by Ms Giuffre’s sister-in-law, Amanda Roberts, who has said she will carry on her legacy.
She uploaded the letter alongside a tribute that said: ‘Hello world. We found a handwritten note that our sister Virginia wrote.
‘I think it’s important that the survivors know that she’s with you and her voice will not be silenced.
‘I know that it’s so important, and her wish is that we continue to fight.
‘I hope you’re dancing my beautiful sister. We miss you with all our heart and soul. Rest now angel, we will carry your legacy.’
Ms Giuffre’s brother, Danny Wilson, also posted a new photo of them linking arms together.
After her death, her family said in a statement Ms Giuffre was a ‘fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse’ but that the ‘toll of abuse… became unbearable’.
Police confirmed emergency services received reports of an unresponsive woman at a property in the Perth suburb of Neergabby on Friday night.
‘Police and St John Western Australia attended and provided emergency first aid. Sadly, the 41-year-old woman was declared deceased at the scene,’ a police spokeswoman said.
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‘The death is being investigated by Major Crime detectives; early indication is the death is not suspicious.’
Ms Giuffre was one of the most outspoken accusers of convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell.
She alleged they trafficked her to Prince Andrew when she was 17, a claim which he has denied.
Ms Giuffre lived in Australia for years and was an advocate for sex trafficking survivors after she emerged as a central figure in the downfall of disgraced paedophile Epstein.
She said she was a spa attendant as a teen at Mar-a-Lago – US President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach club – when she was approached in 2000 by Maxwell.
Ms Giuffre said she was hired as a masseuse for Epstein and was flown around the world for meetings with men at Epstein’s behest, including the Duke of York, while she was 17 and 18.
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