Violent incident between Virginia Giuffre and husband revealed as legal fight over her fortune rages on
Carla Hildebrandt and Melissa Fyfe - February 13, 2026
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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.
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