Virginia Giuffre, middle, exits the U.S. Federal Courthouse in New York Metropolis on August, 27, 2019, and not too long ago claimed to undergo life-threatening accidents in a disputed accident in Australia. File Photograph by Alba Vigaray/EPA-EFE
April 3 (UPI) — A Western Australian college bus driver says damage claims made by Epstein-accuser Virginia Giuffre are exaggerated, and an area police report would appear to agree.
College bus driver Ross Munns says Giuffre’s claims of struggling “life-threatening accidents” throughout a recent accident involving a college bus in Perth are “blown out of proportion” and had been presumably brought about elsewhere.
Giuffre, 41, lives in Perth and on Tuesday posted photos on social media displaying her laying in a hospital mattress with a badly bruised face and chest.
She claimed to have “4 days to reside” and mentioned a bus touring 68 mph struck a car during which she was a passenger.
The accident brought about life-threatening kidney renal failure, Giuffre mentioned.
A West Australian police report of the accident says a “minor” collision occurred between a bus and automobile after 3 p.m. native time on March 24 in Neergabby, which is 12 miles north of Perth.
“The collision was reported by the bus driver the next day. The automobile sustained roughly $2,000 price of injury,” a police spokesperson mentioned. “There have been no reported accidents because of the crash.”
Munns had 16 years of bus-driving expertise and disputes Giuffre’s declare.
He mentioned the bus was touring at about 46 mph with 29 college youngsters aboard when he tried to move a slow-moving car pushed by a 71-year-old girl.
As he started overtaking the gradual car, Munns mentioned the driving force out of the blue was his path.
His bus clipped the car and broken its taillight, Munns mentioned, so he stopped and exchanged info with the aged girl, who confirmed she was unharmed.
Munns mentioned he thought the accident was suspicious and reported it the following day regardless of not being required to take action.
He additionally known as the aged driver, and he or she advised him a passenger in her automobile suffered a black eye.
Munns mentioned he didn’t know a passenger was within the car and was shocked to see Giuffre’s put up on social media.
“I did not see her within the automobile,” Munns advised media. “The motive force mainly pulled out in entrance of me. I made certain she was alright.”
He mentioned the 2 talked briefly and parted methods, including, “It wasn’t a significant crash.”
Giuffre is a mom of three and beforehand accused financier Jeffrey Epstein of intercourse trafficking and mentioned England’s Prince Andrew had intercourse together with her whereas she was a teen.
She is scheduled to appear in Joondalup Magistrates Court docket on Wednesday for allegedly violating a household violence restraining order.
The alleged offense occurred on Feb. 2 within the Ocean Reef suburb of northern Perth.
