Virginia Giuffre, who publicly accused convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, has died by suicide.

The Western Australia Police Force tells TMZ officers responded to a call on Friday at 9:50 PM local time after a 41-year-old woman was located unresponsive at a residence in Neergabby.

Emergency first-aid was provided, but she could not be revived. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her family announced she took her own life in a statement to People Friday while praising her as a “fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking.”

As you know, Giuffre was one of the first people to come forward with abuse allegations against the late Epstein, claiming she was just 16 years old when his currently incarcerated conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, recruited her into a complex sex trafficking ring.

She claims she was forced to have sex with Epstein and others, including Prince Andrew. Giuffre and the disgraced British royal agreed to an out-of-court settlement in 2022 after she sued him for allegedly having sex with her three times when she was a minor.

Maxwell was found guilty on five counts of sex trafficking in 2021 and Epstein died by suicide in 2019 in a New York jail as he awaited trial on federal sex trafficking charges.

Giuffre was in the news just weeks before her death for claiming she had just four days to live following a brutal car accident.

At the time, she said she was “ready” to pass on but wanted to see her kids.

In her family’s statement, they said Giuffre decided to fight back against her alleged abusers after she gave birth to her daughter.

She is survived by three children — Christian, Noah, and Emily — whom she shared with her husband.

RIP.

In a scene out of a Hollywood movie, a senior Russian general was killed when a car he was walking next to exploded … and it’s all on video.

The fatal car bombing went down in broad daylight Friday in Balashikha, Russia … a city near Moscow.

Video shows a man who Russian authorities say is General Yaroslav Moskalik strolling down a sidewalk, when suddenly a parked car explodes … killing him and leaving a bloody mess.

Shannon Sharpe is explaining why he was willing to give his rape accuser at least $10 million to not move forward with her lawsuit … saying it was a drastic attempt to keep the “intimate details” of his life from going public — NOT because he did anything wrong.

The Hall of Famer’s legal team released a lengthy statement on Friday … addressing a number of topics in one swift motion — most notably, the eye-popping settlement offer that was presented to the woman earlier this year.

Mitchell Schuster, litigation counsel to Sharpe, said in the statement his client was “willing to pay her a substantial amount of money to avoid the intimate details of his personal life from being exposed, as many high-profile individuals often do when they are being threatened” … but noted things have since changed.

The ESPN talent’s team also made note of recent stories highlighting rape allegations made by a woman named Michele Bundy Evans back in 2010 — which we covered at the time — and said they’re resurfacing to “create a fabricated narrative.”

“This is exactly what is happening to Shannon Sharpe and the resurrection of the case involving Michele Evans is a perfect example,” the statement continued. “Sadly, Ms. Evans became obsessed with Shannon and decided to manufacture a claim against him. When she could not find a lawyer to pursue her outrageous story, she filed a civil complaint on her own that is completely devoid of merit.”

Sharpe’s team says his current accuser is “following in Ms. Evans’ footsteps” in trying to exploit him.

“Bottom line, Shannon has done nothing wrong and intends to fight back against these malicious lies not with manufactured defenses or imaginary stories but with documentary proof and real evidence.”

As for his gig with ESPN, Sharpe’s team reiterated he was not canned … and he chose to take a temporary period of time away as he focuses on the case.

As we previously reported, Sharpe is adamant he had a consensual sexual relationship with his accuser for two years … and while it was rough in nature, he never forced himself on her.