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“I am making it publicly known that in no way, shape or form am I suicidal. I have made this known to my therapist and GP- If something happens to me- in the sake of my family do not let this go away and help me to protect them. Too many evil people want to see me quieted.”

Giuffre said yesterday in a follow-up tweet that police in the U.S. had warned her that her life is at risk.

“In response to the overwhelming amount of support I have received, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who is standing up beside me fighting for our children to have a safer future. I have been informed from the F.B.I there has been a credible death threat against me,” Giuffre wrote.

Without any evidence, conspiracy theories have swirled online for months that Epstein himself was killed (rather than dying by suicide), to stop him exposing high-profile people who may have been involved in his crimes.

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

In a recent U.K. television appearance, Giuffre appealed to Britons to take her side, saying that she was telling the truth.

Giuffre said she was brought to London in 2001 by Epstein and taken to meet the prince, one of three occasions when she says she had sex with Prince Andrew. The prince has recently been forcibly withdrawn from public life by the monarchy because of the scandal that has continued to deepen.

“He knows what happened. I know what happened, and there’s only one of us telling the truth, and I know that’s me,” Giuffre told BBC Panorama.

“I implore the citizens in the U.K. to stand up beside me, to help me fight this fight, to not accept this as being OK. This is not some sordid sex story. This is a story of being trafficked, this is a story of abuse and this is a story of your guys’ royalty.”