Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre has said she mistakenly posted the claim that she had just four days left to live to her public Instagram.

Ms Giuffre, 41, sparked concern for her welfare when she posted on Instagram claiming she was dying after being hit by a school bus.

Sharing a picture of her covered in bruises from a hospital bed, Ms Giuffre said a speeding school bus had ploughed into her car and that doctors had told her she has four days to live.

Today, she issued a statement after her post triggered an outpouring of concern for her welfare, as well as questions about the circumstances of a ‘car crash’ that caused her injuries and ‘kidney failure’.

The statement said: ‘Virginia thanks everyone for the outpouring of love and support. She is overwhelmed with gratitude. 

‘Today she remains in serious condition while receiving medical care. On March 24, in rural Western Australia, a school bus hit the car in which she was riding. 

‘The police were called but said that there was no one available to come to the scene. 

‘They asked if anyone was injured and suggested that if they were, they should make their way to the hospital. 

‘The school bus driver had a bus full of distraught children and left the scene to get them back, saying he would file a police report, which he did later. 

‘Virginia was banged up and bruised and returned home. Virginia’s condition worsened and she was admitted to the hospital. 

‘Concerning her Instagram post, Virginia thought that she had posted on her private Facebook page. 

‘Virginia and her family thank everyone for their concern.’

Virginia Giuffre, 41, shared a photo of herself from her hospital bed covered in bruises she had apparently sustained from a speeding bus crash

Virgina Giuffre, née Roberts, claimed she was sexually assaulted as a teenager by Prince Andrew after being recruited by Ghislaine Maxwell

She has reportedly been checked into Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital in Perth 

She is currently being treated at Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital in Perth, Australia.

On Sunday, Ms Giuffre, née Roberts, shared a concerning selfie from a hospital bed to her Instagram which showed her severely bruised face and upper body.

The mother – who was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and alleged she was sexually assaulted as a teenager by Prince Andrew – said she was suffering from kidney failure after the crash.

She also begged to see her children ‘one last time’ before she dies after claiming doctors said she had just four days to live.

The full caption on her ‘accidental’ post read: ‘This year has been the worst start to a new year, but I won’t bore any one with the details but I think it’s important to note that when a school bus driver comes at your driving 110km as we were slowing for a turn that no matter what your car is made of it might as well be a tin can.

‘I’ve gone into kidney renal failure, they’ve given me four days to live, transferring me to a specialist hospital in urology. I’m ready to go, just not until I see my babies one last time, buut you know what the say about wished. S**T in one hand and wish in the other & I guarantee it’s still going to be s**t at the end of the day. 

‘Thank you all for being the wonderful people of the world and for being agreat part of my life. Godbless you all xx Virginia.’

Following the bombshell post, Brad Edwards, a US lawyer who represented Ms Giuffre in her previous legal cases, said it was a ‘very bad situation’.

He told MailOnline they were ‘hoping for better news in the coming days’ and that he hoped Ms Giuffre would pull through with good medical care.

Ms Roberts Giuffre’s bizarre late night social media post quickly caused concern amongst her loved ones

Virginia Giuffre (pictured with her now-estranged husband Robert Giuffre) found herself at the centre of one of the world’s biggest scandals after first launching legal action against billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2015

Epstein took his own life in a jail cell in 2019 while awaiting his sex trafficking trial

Ms Giuffre’s spokesperson Dini von Mueffing, yesterday said: ‘Virginia has been in a serious accident and is receiving medical care in the hospital. She greatly appreciates the support and well wishes people are sending.’

This latest update comes after Prince Andrew’s former girlfriend socialite Victoria Hervey called Ms Guiffre a ‘fantasist’ and suggested that she was lying over the extent of the crash.

Lady Victoria, 48, was dubbed ‘nasty’ and ‘vile’ by many social media users since she posted Ms Giuffre’s selfie in a hospital bed with the word ‘Karma’ added to it.

But the aristocrat who briefly dated Prince Andrew in 1999 refused to back down from her brutal Instagram post today.

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, she said she was continuing to doubt Ms Giuffre’s claims that she had been seriously hurt in the crash and had only days to live due to her injuries including kidney failure.

She said: ‘Virginia Guiffre is a fantasist. It’s been a long drawn out process these last few years, but it’s unravelling. Her lies are being exposed. Let’s see in three days, but I bet she will still be alive’

She spoke out as police in Australia appeared to confirm that Ms Giuffre had only been involved in what they described as a ‘minor’ crash with a school bus with no initial reports of anyone being injured.

A Western Australia Police Force spokesperson at the time said they were aware of a ‘minor crash’ between a bus and a car in Neergabby, north of Perth, on March 24.

The collision was reported by the bus driver the following day. The car sustained about $2,000 (£1,547) worth of damage but there were no injuries reported, the spokesperson said.

This latest update comes after Prince Andrew’s former girlfriend socialite Victoria Hervey (pictured) called Ms Guiffre a ‘fantasist’ and suggested that she was lying over the extent of the crash 

Prince Andrew’s ex shared Ms Giuffre’s post to Instagram and wrote ‘karma’ (pictured) and said she had no regrets, as she accused Ms Giuffre of lying about the crash 

Prince Andrew and Lady Victoria (right) are seen together in January 2002 at a New Year’s party inside the Reform Club in London 

Lady Victoria insisted she had no regrets about re-posting the ‘Karma’ message accompanied by the rocking soundtrack of Europe’s 1986 glam rock smash ‘The Final Countdown’ after it was originally posted by a friend.

She said: ‘I re-posted the Karma (post) because I felt, well you know, she deserves it. But I also knew in my head that she was lying.’

Ms Giuffre found herself at the centre of one of the world’s biggest scandals when she launched legal action against billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2015.

She alleged she was trafficked for sex at age 16 after his associate and ex-lover, Ghislaine Maxwell recruited her from her job as a locker room attendant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

Ms Giuffre and Maxwell eventually reached an undisclosed settlement over a defamation case in 2017.

Epstein took his own life in a jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, while Maxwell was jailed for 20 years in 2022 for conspiring with him to sexually abuse minors.

Ms Giuffre alleges Epstein forced her to have sex with Prince Andrew on at least three occasions when she was 17 and that she spent two days alone with the royal in New Mexico.

In 2022 she received an out-of-court settlement reported to be worth millions from the Duke of York.

The settlement accepted no liability and Andrew has always strongly rejected claims.

But he agreed to pay the unspecified amount to Ms Giuffre and her charity for victims’ rights.

Due to the shocking nature of the claims, Prince Andrew lost military titles and royal patronages as well as the use of the title His Royal Highness (pictured December 2022)

Commenting on the post, her father Sky Roberts offered help from America

Her father has previously spoken of his torment knowing he helped his daughter get a job alongside him at Donald Trump-owned Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida (pictured)

In the wake of the scandal, Andrew lost his military titles and royal patronages as well as the use of His Royal Highness title.

Her father has previously spoken of his torment knowing he helped his daughter get a job alongside him at the Trump resort, before she was recruited as a masseuse by Maxwell.

‘As a parent you kind of ask the question, “How do you not know your children are doing this?”,’ Mr Roberts said previously.

‘But she’s a very good actress. When she would come home from these trips she said nothing about it. It must have been killing her inside.

‘But for powerful people like that, they can threaten a young girl like that.’

Even Ms Giuffre’s father, Sky Roberts, was shocked by his daughter’s late night Instagram post and also appeared to be in the dark about the incident.

‘Virginia my daughter, I love you and praying you get the correct treatment to live a long and healthy life,’ he wrote.

‘If there is anything in the world, I can do to help you, please let me know. My spirit is with you now and holding your hand.’

Virginia Giuffre with her father Sky Roberts. He told DailyMail.com that he is ‘sick to my stomach’ following her shocking announcement

He told DailyMail.com that he is ‘sick to my stomach’ and would do anything to be able to fly from his home in Florida to be by his daughter’s hospital bedside in Australia following a horrific car crash.

‘I’m sick to my stomach. I feel like crying because I love my daughter more than life,’ he said.

‘If there’s anything I could do, I’d do it.’

Ms Giuffre’s last known address was with her estranged husband, Robert Giuffre, and their three children at a $1.9million beachfront property in Ocean Reef, North Perth in Western Australia.

American-born Ms Giuffre met her Australian martial arts instructor husband when she was 19 during a trip to Thailand.

The pair married 10 days later and later moved to Australia, eventually settling in West Australia in December 2020.

Eight months later, she filed court paperwork suing Prince Andrew for sexual assault.

But the couple, who had been married for 22 years, recently parted ways, with Ms Giuffre claiming she is now estranged from their three teenage children.