Months before her death, Virginia Giuffre was asking for help.
His family says the calls went unanswered.
Now, just over a year later Jeffrey EpsteinThe most high-profile victim of abuse died by suicide in his rural Western Australia, his brothers have called for a public inquiry and a formal review of police actions they believe failed to protect him.
In letters sent on Wednesday to WA Coroner Rosalinda Fogliani and WA Police Commissioner Colonel Blanch, Giuffre’s US-based brothers, Sky Roberts and Danny Wilson, said their sister was “disappointed” by the police response in the months leading up to her death, and raised concerns about how her allegations of domestic violence were handled.
Giuffre died by suicide on April 25, 2025, at his property in Neergabby, an hour’s drive north of Perth, in the Wheatbelt region of WA.
Although the family does not dispute that their sister committed suicide, they argue that the circumstances leading up to her death should be closely investigated.
“Our biggest concern is that Virginia may have been misdiagnosed as a criminal,” the family wrote.
The family indicated an alleged history of domestic violence, including a 2015 event in Colorado where Giuffre’s husband Robert Giuffre was found guilty of assault-related offences.
At the time of her death, Giuffre was in the midst of divorce proceedings from her Australian husband, with whom she had three children. He had ongoing health problems, having had major back surgery over the years, and employed a caregiver.
According to his brothers, Giuffre reported the attack at a holiday home in Quindalup, a coastal town 2½ hours’ drive south of Perth, on the night of January 9 and the early hours of January 10, 2025.
They said police attended the call and Giuffre had visible injuries, but no charges were filed. Robert was served by police with a 72-hour restraining order, which protected Giuffre, his brothers said.
On January 14th, immediately after the restraining order expired, Robert Giuffre was granted a temporary domestic violence restraining order in Perth v. Virginia Court.
The case was heard in a closed court and old partmeaning that the other party did not attend and the evidence given by the applicant did not need to be tested.
This less restrictive procedure for the applicant was put in place to protect vulnerable victims escaping situations of domestic violence.
The six-month restraining order extended to Giuffre’s youngest children, which meant he could not see or have any contact with them and could not enter his Ocean Reef home.
His family claimed that this raised serious questions about how involved he was in the police evaluations, and what evidence was presented to the judge to make the order.
“We are very concerned about how this happened so soon after he reported the assault, and whether the police’s information sharing, risk assessment, and security procedures adequately protected him,” the brothers’ letter to Fogliani and Blanch says.
The Perth court refused this masthead access to a copy of the trial and Robert Giuffre’s family violence request.
Giuffre’s family further alleges that he repeatedly sought police assistance between January and April 2025, citing fears for his safety and allegations of forceful control.
In late January, Robert Giuffre was charged with keeping unsecured firearms at Neergabby’s property. He was convicted in the Joondalup Magistrates Court on February 19, 2025.
In their letter to Blanch, the Giuffre family called for a formal internal inquiry into WA Police’s decision-making including frontline responses, and the use of domestic and family violence policies.
A national inquiry into the link between domestic violence and suicide is currently being carried out by the federal government, which will examine the systemic issues facing victims, with public hearings closing last month.
The police and the commissioner have been contacted for comment.
Blanch would not tell this chief if the case had been referred to the WA Ombudsman for review under the family and domestic violence death processes.
In March, the Coroner’s Court of Western Australia confirmed its investigation into Giuffre’s death was ongoing, with no decision yet on whether the case would proceed to a public inquest or be completed administratively.
At the same time, property cases in the WA Supreme Courtwhich were supposed to be reviewed on Thursday, have been postponed until July.
Giuffre’s two adult sons, Christian, 19, and Noah, 18, are seeking to be appointed executors on the basis she died without a formal will, arguing in their filings their mother lacked “testimony capacity” when the document was created.
However, Giuffre’s Perth lawyer, Karrie Louden, and former nanny Cheryl Myers have filed counterclaims alleging that she left an informal will and did not want her estranged husband to benefit.
Robert Giuffre has been contacted for comment.
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Carla Hildebrandt is a reporter for WAtoday. He previously worked on ABC’s Four Corners and as a court reporter at The Daily Telegraph in Sydney. For secure communications: carlahildebrandt@proton.me.Connect through email address.
