Virginia Giuffre Was A Victim

It was very sad to hear of the suicide of Virginia Giuffre who was one of the most prominent accusers of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his close friend Prince Andrew who was accused of sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager.
He denied it but as the Prince settled out of Court for a reputed £12 million when she bought a sexual assault case against him, the denials do sound hollow and he has been ostracised by his family and the nation ever since, a brief appearance at Church over Easter should have left him in no doubt that he would never be welcomed back into the nations bosom and a life of withdrawal from public life is his future.
Giuffre’s story is a sad reminder of the great consequences to anyone who speaks out about their abuse by the powerful, up until the Court Case she was very much a secondary player to the Prince and Epstein story rather than the victim of them both.
There was very little empathy or concern for Giuffre and the other victims of Epstein's sex trafficking  the news was focused on the men and their roles and it was only when Giuffre was named in court documents and the resulting Court Case that sympathy came the way of the victims.
The #MeToo movement helped as other famous men came under the spotlight but for Guiffre, the weight of so much publicity must have been immense which is a reason why victims are not keen to speak publicly because of the tremendous risks and consequences they face pointing the finger at powerful men.
Many people who experience sexual abuse never come forward but to her credit Giuffre did although in doing so it ultimately led to her suicide.