A legal fight has broken out over the multi-million-dollar settlement money connected to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Jeffrey Epstein, after reports that Virginia Giuffre died earlier this year without leaving a valid will. Her estate now sits at the center of a growing family dispute, according to coverage in The Telegraph and other outlets.
Giuffre had received a reported £9 million ($12 million) settlement from the then Duke of York in 2022, following her allegations that he sexually assaulted her while she was being trafficked by Epstein. She had also accepted £380,000 ($500,000) from Epstein in 2009. Giuffre alleged she was abused over a three-year period beginning in 2000, when she was just 16. The settlements closed her civil claims, though public attention around the case continued.
Reports state that Giuffre died in April 2025 at age 41 and did not have a legally binding will in place. Because of that, her estate is set to be distributed under Australia’s intestacy laws. Under those rules, her husband would normally receive one-third of the estate.
This has created immediate tension, as her husband, Robert Giuffre, had filed for divorce two months before her reported death. According to The Telegraph, Virginia told her lawyer by email that she did not want her estranged spouse to inherit her money. However, such statements are not legally binding without a formal will.
Her brothers, Sky Roberts and Danny Wilson, are now contesting Roberts’s entitlement. They argue that the standard intestacy process should not apply in this case and are seeking a portion of the estate themselves. The brothers have hired legal representation, and a case management hearing is scheduled at the Supreme Court of Western Australia on Friday, November 28.
Their actions have caused friction within the family. Virginia’s paternal aunt, Kimberly Roberts, told The Telegraph, “We don’t believe they have a right to it. The estate should go to her children only.” That view reflects the concern some relatives have expressed about widening the dispute at a time when her children are set to receive the majority of the estate under Australian law.
The fight over Giuffre’s assets comes against the backdrop of the long-running controversy involving Epstein and Andrew, and the settlements that drew worldwide attention when they were reached. Now, those same funds are entangled in a separate and deeply personal legal struggle among family members who are still navigating the aftermath of her reported death.
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