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Published March 8, 2026 3:47pm
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Rosanna Arquette has questioned the death of friend Virginia Giuffre (Picture: Shutterstock)
Actress Rosanna Arquette has raised questions about Virginia Giuffre’s death, saying she doesn’t believe she took her own life.
Giuffre died aged 41 at her home in Australia in April last year, having been the first woman to accuse Andrew Mount-Batten Windsor of sexually assaulting her.
She claimed she was trafficked to the ex-prince three times when she was 17 in connection with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, which he denied.
‘I knew Virginia. I don’t think she killed herself,’ the Desperately Seeking Susan star told The Times of the death, which was said to be a suicide.
When asked directly if she believed her friend had died by her own hand, she replied: ‘I do not’.
Arquette had ‘many conversations with the Epstein women’, sharing how their experience mirrored her own with Harvey Weinstein.
Arquette said she did not believe Giuffre had taken her own life (Picture: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
Giuffre died aged 41 on April 25, 2025 (Picture: REUTERS)
She appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, which was produced by Weinstein, and claims she was not paid a percentage of the box office due to his involvement.
Four years prior, Arquette claims she had been told she had a meeting with Weinstein about a script, only to be taken up to his hotel room.
He was allegedly waiting in a bathrobe and attempted to force her to touch his genitals, with the actress saying she was ‘fortunate’ to escape without being raped.
‘But, boy, was it going there and I paid a price for saying no, and later I paid a price for telling the truth,’ she added.
In 2017, Arquette was one of the first to speak out against Weinstein, who has been at the centre of rape or sexual misconduct allegations from more than 100 people, with some claims dating back to the 1970s.
The suggestion that Giuffre did not take her own life has been made by others close to her, including her father, Sky Roberts.
Arquette says her own experiences with Harvey Weinstein impacted her career (Picture: Moviestore/Shutterstock)
She was one of the first to accuse him of assault (Picture: Curtis Means/Pool Photo via AP)
He told Piers Morgan shortly after her death that he ‘can’t believe that this is happening’, affirming his belief that ‘somebody got to her’.
Giuffre’s lawyer, Karrie Louden, told The Sun in April last year that she also had ‘big question marks’ about how her client died.
‘I got the phone call, I was like, ‘Are you joking?” Louden recalled. ‘Because there was no sign that that was something she was considering.’
Mountbatten-Windsor denied wrongdoing towards Giuffre during his Newsnight interview in 2019, claiming he had ‘no recollection of ever meeting her’.
In 2015, weeks after Giuffre filed a claim in court, Epstein did not correct New York Times reporter Landon Thomas Jr. when he mentioned the alleged ‘consensual sex’ the former royal had with ‘VR’, presumed to be Virginia Roberts, which was her maiden name.
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In emails seen in the files released by the US Justice Departmen, Thomas wrote: ‘I think the big issue is separating yourself from Andrew. I mean, in the end, he had consensual sex with VR. And VR worked for you.
‘The rest is atmospherics. You have moved on! People don’t know that and can’t accept that unless you say as much.’
A photo of Guiffre and Mountbatten-Windsor together has been widely circulated, with the former royal claiming it had been doctored.
Giuffre (C) with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Ghislaine Maxwell (Picture: US District Court – Southern District of New York (SDNY)/AFP via Getty Images)
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Previous Page Next PageAn email with the subject matter ‘draft statement’ was also sent by Maxwell in the Epstein files, which appeared to confirm the photo was real.
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The email read: ‘In 2001, I was in London when [redacted] met a number of friends of mine, including Prince Andrew. A photograph was taken as I imagine she wanted to show it to friends and family.’
Guiffre’s family said this was ‘vindication’ that ‘she was not lying this entire time’.
Mountbatten-Windsor reached a private settlement with Giuffre in 2022 after she sued him for sexual assault. He did not make any admission of guilt as part of the settlement.
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Epstein died by suicide at age 66 in August 2019 following his arrest on federal sex trafficking charges. Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022 after being convicted on sex trafficking charges
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