In a revelation that exposes the unbearable agony eclipsing even her past traumas, Virginia Giuffre’s brother discloses how a court-ordered separation from her three children crushed her spirit in the weeks leading to her tragic end.
Sky Roberts, Giuffre’s younger brother, shared in emotional interviews that the pain of being barred from her children far surpassed the horrors she endured as a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking network. “It’s the worst pain in the world to not have access to your children,” he told PEOPLE. “All the physical [pain] will never amount to the pain of being separated from your children in that way.” He emphasized that nothing—not even the alleged years of sexual abuse by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell—compared to a mother’s forced estrangement from her own.
In February 2025, Giuffre’s estranged husband, Robert, obtained a family violence restraining order that granted him primary custody of their three children—then aged 19, 16, and 15—and prohibited her from contacting them until at least June. The couple had separated in 2023 amid allegations of domestic strife, including claims Giuffre made of physical abuse by Robert, which he denied through his attorney. Giuffre reportedly denied violating the order, but the restriction left her isolated in her final months.
Giuffre, who died by suicide on April 25, 2025, at age 41 in Western Australia, had long credited motherhood with giving her the strength to speak out against her abusers. Holding her newborn daughter years earlier had ignited her resolve to fight for justice. Yet in her last weeks, this separation compounded existing struggles, including a reported car accident and ongoing personal battles.
Sky and his wife Amanda described Giuffre as a devoted mother whose light was her family. Her posthumous memoir and advocacy legacy endure, but her brother’s words highlight the devastating human cost: a resilient survivor ultimately overwhelmed by the loss of what mattered most.
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