Virginia Giuffre, an outspoken sex trafficking survivor who settled a sexual assault lawsuit against the Duke of York, has died aged 41, her publicist has confirmed.Her family said in a statement Ms Giuffre was a "fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse" but that the "toll of abuse... became unbearable"."She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking," they said.

Virginia Giuffre, an outspoken sex trafficking survivor who settled a sexual assault lawsuit against the Duke of York, has died aged 41, her publicist has confirmed.Her family said in a statement Ms Giuffre was a "fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse" but that the "toll of abuse... became unbearable"."She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking," they said.