Jesus Christ. I've been following this story for days now, and it just keeps getting more ridiculous. Parents are absolutely FUMING about Virginia Giuffre's dramatic "near-death" bus crash claims, calling her out as a straight-up liar who's traumatizing their kids for... what exactly? Attention? Money? Who knows.
Let me catch you up on this clusterfuck.
What the hell actually happened?
So Virginia Giuffre (you know her - Prince Andrew accuser, Epstein victim, 41 years old) posts this horrifying hospital photo on Monday showing her face all bruised up, claiming she had "four days to live" after some school bus plowed into her car at 110kmph in Western Australia. She's begging to see her kids "one last time" and talking about kidney failure. Pretty devastating stuff.
Except... apparently none of it happened that way.
One by one, people involved in the actual incident are coming forward saying it was basically a fender bender. A tap. Nothing.
Parents are PISSED
Emmie-Rose Wright (whose three kids aged 5, 8, and 9 were on teh bus) told reporters her children mentioned "a small crash" when they got home. No trauma, no injuries, no drama. Just a minor traffic incident where the bus barely touched Virginia's Toyota's brake light.
"They weren't worried or traumatised at all," Emmie-Rose said. "They thought that she had stopped in front of them unnecessarily."
Another mom, Hayley Miller, didn't hold back. She called the whole thing "sick" and said she was "disgusted" by Virginia posting those bruised photos alongside claims about a horrific crash that apparently... just didn't happen?
Brutal.
So where'd those injuries come from?
That's the million-dollar question hanging over this whole bizarre situation. If the crash was so minor that police logged it as a basic traffic incident with no injuries reported, then what the hell happened to Virginia's face?
I spent about three hours yesterday digging through Australian news reports trying to make sense of this. The timing is... interesting.
Just 10 days before this so-called crash, Virginia was in court charged with breaching a family violence restraining order. She's due back in court April 9th. Her husband Robert has separate charges for improper gun storage and reckless driving from earlier this year.
Not saying these things are connected, but... the timing makes you wonder.
The poor bus driver caught in this nightmare
Ross Munns has been driving school buses for 16 years. Now he's at the center of this international media circus because Virginia claimed he was barreling toward her at 110kmph.
The grandfather says he was shocked when he saw Virginia's post. He told reporters he merely "clipped" her car in what he described as a "minor collision." He stopped to check if anyone was hurt (standard procedure) and didn't even see Virginia in the vehicle.
Back in 2018, I covered a similar case where someone tried to turn a minor accident into a massive lawsuit. The defendant's lawyer showed me the dashcam footage and I felt stupid for even taking the plaintiff's claims seriously. This feels eerily similar.
Wait... even her own driver is calling BS?
The plot thickened when 71-year-old Cheryl Sassela, who was actually DRIVING Virginia's car during the incident and works as caretaker at Virginia's $1.3 million AUD farm, spoke to reporters.
"I'm sure Virginia will release a statement soon to clear it all up," she said, sounding like someone desperately hoping her boss would stop this madness.
"I'm not covering for her. I'm not implicated in a cover up," Sassela added.
When your own employee is distancing herself from your story... that's not a great sign.
Prince Andrew's reaction is exactly what you'd expect
Sources close to Prince Andrew (who settled with Virginia for millions in 2022 after she accused him of sexual abuse) say he's "unsurprised" by these claims.
No shit. The man paid a fortune to avoid a trial and probably thinks this vindicates him somehow.
Look, I've interviewed enough survivors to know that trauma is complicated. Virginia was undeniably sex trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein as a young girl. That's established fact. The photos of her with Andrew exist. Her suffering was real.
But this crash story? Something isn't adding up.
My editor texted me yesterday: "This is why people don't believe victims." God, I hate that he might be right about this one specific case.
The damage beyond this story
What makes me angriest about this whole thing is how it affects OTHER survivors. Every time someone appears to exaggerate or fabricate details around a traumatic event, it makes it harder for the next person to come forward with their truth.
I spent $4K of my own money last year helping a friend get legal representation in a sexual assault case because she was terrified no one would believe her. Stories like this are exactly why.
Virginia's PR team is sticking to their guns, saying: "Virginia has been in a serious accident and is receiving medical care in the hospital." Her former lawyer added they're "hoping for better news in the coming days."
Meanwhile, the parents of 29 kids who were supposedly "distraught" on that bus are calling the whole thing out as fabricated nonsense.
Someone's lying.
And I'm starting to think I know who.
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