Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, has died, her family said in an April 25 statement. Giuffre, 41, died near her home in Neergabby, Australia. The cause of death was suicide, her family said in the statement.

One month before she died, Giuffre said her ‘heart [was] shattered’ that her children were allegedly ‘poisoned with lies.’

Virginia Giuffre’s family is speaking out about her death by suicide in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE. Giuffre, one of the most outspoken accusers of convicted sex offenders Jeffery Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell,