Western Australia police failed Virginia Giuffre when she needed protection most, and that failure demands accountability. The force's own commissioner had to confirm a full review of every officer's interaction with her after her family exposed systematic breakdowns in how domestic violence allegations were handled. A proper investigation into those gaps is exactly the kind of rigorous scrutiny Giuffre's courage — and her death — deserves.
Virginia Giuffre was failed long before any police showed up — groomed, trafficked and passed around by powerful men who faced almost no consequences. The circumstances of her death also remain murky, with unanswered questions about her injuries, her custody battle and who truly had reason to silence her. The Epstein files need to be released in full, because the powerful protecting themselves is the oldest story there is.
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