Violent incident between Giuffre and husband revealed as legal fight over her fortune rages on

A previously sealed police report has revealed disturbing details of a violent incident between Virginia Giuffre and her estranged husband Robert Giuffre, as a bitter legal fight over her multimillion-dollar estate resumes today in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

Giuffre, one of the most prominent trafficking survivors of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, died by suicide in April last year at her farm north of Perth.

The court document, part of a civil proceeding between Giuffre and Maxwell, and unsealed as part of the December tranche of Epstein files, shows officers were called in March 2015 to the Colorado home Giuffre shared with her Australian husband Robert and their three young children.

According to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office police report, Giuffre told police her husband struck their husky, Bear, before punching her multiple times in the face with a closed fist after she tried to pull him off their dog.

Fremont County Sheriff Brody Koch said he arrived with another officer at their home about 7pm, after receiving several 911 calls that hung up before an officer could answer. Koch stated upon arrival he spoke with Robert and then Virginia, stating: “Virginia moved slowly and deliberately, Virginia’s demeanour was quiet and distant.”

He observed bruising to her face, blood on her jumper and red marks near her collarbone. Virginia initially did not want to say how she was injured, the report stated. “I asked Virginia to tell me how she got the bruise,” Koch wrote. “Virginia was very quiet and shy and stated: ‘I’d rather not say.’”

Once Robert was arrested and taken to the police station, Giuffre told the officer he had punched her repeatedly on the left side of her face and head. She also alleged she had been choked.

She described “whitish or clear fluid mixed with the blood” coming from her ear, which the officer noted could indicate serious head trauma. She said Robert had grabbed a 9mm semi-automatic pistol, “cocked it and placed it in his mouth”.

“Virginia stated that Robert tried to get her to pull the trigger several times,” the officer wrote. Police removed the gun, ammunition and a knife from the home. Giuffre told officers Virginia “feared for her safety and feared retribution upon (Robert’s) release”.

Robert told Koch he hit Virginia during the scuffle with the dog, but said it was an “accident”, and he didn’t know exactly how she got her injuries.

Robert did not respond to attempts to contact him and his lawyers did not comment either.

Giuffre met Robert, originally from New South Wales, in Thailand in 2002. They married within 10 days and spent most of their lives in Australia.

In a show that aired in September last year, 60 Minutes reported that Robert was charged with domestic violence over the 2015 incident and later pleaded guilty. He was placed on probation. The program interviewed law enforcement authorities in Colorado about the incident. Robert has denied allegations of abuse.

Last month Robert issued a concerns notice, the first step in defamation proceedings, to 60 Minutes and Virginia’s lawyer Karrie Louden. The executive producer of 60 Minutes, Kirsty Thomson, said the program stood by its journalism (60 Minutes is owned by Nine Entertainment, the publishers of this masthead).

In the 60 Minutes program, Giuffre’s US-based family raised concerns about Robert’s alleged violence.

Giuffre’s brother Sky Roberts told this masthead they’d been pushing for the release the 2015 police report, so it was a pleasant surprise to find it on the United States Department of Justice site on December 19 as part of the Epstein files.

“It was so eye-opening for us … because it shows that all we have been saying is accurate,” he said.

The revelations emerge as Giuffre’s two sons, Christian, 19, and Noah,18, argue their mother died without a valid will. If the court agrees, their father would be entitled to one-third of the estate, with the remainder divided among the children, including Giuffre’s 15-year-old daughter.

But Louden and long-time carer Cheryl Myers argue she died with an implied will and had made clear she did not want Robert to receive any of her remaining multimillion-dollar estate, which includes civil settlements from Epstein, Maxwell and Andrew Mountbatten Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew), and royalties from Giuffre’s memoir Nobody’s Girl, which has sold more than a million copies since its release last October.

In January 2025, while Giuffre and Robert were holidaying with their children in Dunsborough, 250 kilometres south of Perth, police were called to a domestic violence incident. Both Virginia and Robert accused each other of violence. No charges were laid.

Robert successfully applied for a temporary restraining order against Giuffre, which meant she could not see her children for six months.

“I have been through hell & back in my 41 years but this is incredibly hurting me worse than anything else,” she wrote in an Instagram post in March 2025.

Two days ago, Giuffre’s US-based family launched a GoFundMe campaign which has raised more than $25,000 of its $40,000 goal, to fund their battle over the estate and continue her advocacy against child trafficking.

Giuffre’s long-time publicist and friend, Dini Von Mueffling, told this masthead Giuffre had wanted her money placed into trust for her children to encourage them to become responsible working adults before having access to millions of dollars.

“She wanted to preserve what was left for her children and no, she did not want [Robert] to have one cent more.”

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