Sex trafficking victim Virginia Giuffre stayed away from a Western Australian court on Wednesday morning when a domestic violence charge against her was mentioned by her lawyer.
Giuffre was listed to appear before a magistrate less than 48 hours after she was released from hospital following a now infamous social media post in which she claimed to have four days to live.
The 41-year-old, who was trafficked by the late American paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as a teenager, has not been seen in public since being involved in what police called a minor bus crash.
American-born Giuffre was sneaked out the back door of Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital on Monday afternoon to avoid a large media pack at the front of the facility.
On Wednesday, about a dozen reporters waited for her scheduled appearance at Joondalup Magistrates Court but she did not appear in person.
Instead, lawyer Karrie Louden sought an adjournment and said she was in negotiations with police.
Giuffre was charged with breaching a family violence restraining order just days before the bus crash which she initially said was going to kill her.
She was first listed to face the same court, about 30km north of Perth's central business district, on March 14.
Giuffre, 41, posted on Instagram about the crash on March 24, which occurred ten days after she was listed at the court near her $2m former family home
Virgina Giuffre is estranged from husband of 22 years Robert (above the couple in 2019) and in March she was charged wit...
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