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Indian Express
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
iShowSpeed smashes into setup; bleeds on stream after hitting 40M YouTube subs: ‘Nothing prepared me for this'
YouTube megastar Darren Watkins Jr., better known as iShowSpeed, marked an unforgettable moment on June 5, when he hit 40 million subscribers on his channel. And true to form, the celebration was nothing short of chaotic. Famous for his unpredictable behaviour, intense energy, and obsession with Cristiano Ronaldo, Speed has built a massive global following by always keeping viewers on their toes. But even by his own standards, this celebration took things to another level. As Europe's classic anthem The Final Countdown blasted in the background, Speed watched his sub count tick upwards in real time. The second it crossed the 40M mark, teal-coloured pyros went off around him, and the streamer, hyped beyond belief, began smacking his chest and head. Then came the moment fans were bracing for—or maybe not. Speed took a few steps back, charged towards his setup, and dove headfirst into it. The stream abruptly cut off. When the feed returned, he was on camera again, this time with blood running down his face. Still amped, he stood up, only to collapse again, killing the stream once more. iShowSpeed launched himself into his setup after achieving 40M subs on YouTube 😭 — ryan 🤿 (@scubaryan_) June 5, 2025 Clips of the wild moment quickly made the rounds online. One viewer wrote, 'Nothing prepared me for this moment.' Others, less amused, questioned the over-the-top stunt. 'Who watches this and actually finds it entertaining and funny?' one asked. Another user commented, 'Speed might be lowkey mentally disabled celebrating like this.' Fans who've followed Speed long enough might remember his 20 million subscriber celebration in 2023, which also ended in self-inflicted chaos. But this time, the stakes (and injuries) seemed higher. Speed's wild energy wasn't just confined to his streaming room this week. The YouTuber was also spotted at the UEFA Champions League Final in Munich, where he had a headline-grabbing run-in with none other than NFL legend Tom Brady and his daughter, Vivian Lake Brady.
Daily Record
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Prince Andrew's ex Lady Victoria Hervey prompts fury with 'sick' reaction to Virginia Giuffre's death
Lady Victoria Hervey, an ex-girlfriend of Prince Andrew , has sparked backlash with her comments following the death of Virginia Giuffre. Giuffre, who had accused the disgraced financier Jeffery Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, ended her own life last Thursday in Australia, where she had been living for the past few years. In response to the news breaking overnight, Victoria shared a link to an article with an added comment: "When lies catch up with you there's no way out." Her statement provoked a storm of fury on social media, with fans branding Victoria 'no lady' and condemning the post as 'sick. ' One person expressed their shock by commenting: "Wow she's a cold hearted woman". Following the significant online uproar triggered by her initial post, Lady Victoria took to Instagram two hours later with a follow-up message, reports the Mirror . "I have taken the decision to pause my posts on the topic of Virginia Giuffre at this time," she said. "Irrespective of circumstances, suicide in anyone at any time is tragic and in a young mother who has children even more." Previously, Lady Victoria has been outspoken regarding Giuffre, whom she has called a 'fantasist' and a 'liar'. When the Prince Andrew accuser mentioned she was 'fighting for her life' after a car crash earlier this month, Lady Victoria dubbed Giuffre "the Queen of the fake photo". Lady Victoria briefly dated Prince Andrew back in 1999. Earlier this month, 41-year-old Ms Giuffre posted a distressing photo on Instagram of herself in a hospital bed, claiming she had been involved in a collision with a bus travelling at 110km and was suffering from kidney failure. In response, Lady Hervey shared a picture of herself grinning, captioned: "What is Karma." The post was set to the tune of Europe's 1986 hit 'The Final Countdown', seemingly mocking Giuffre's assertion that she only had days left to live. Last night, a statement was released by Giuffre's family confirming that she had tragically taken her own life, describing her as a "warrior in the fight against sexual abuse". In their statement, the family said: "Giuffre lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking. Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking. "She was the light that lifted so many survivors. Despite all the adversity she faced in her life, she shone so bright. She will be missed beyond measure. The light of her life were her children Christian, Noah, and Emily. "It was when she held her newborn daughter in her arms that Virginia realised she had to fight back against those who had abused her and so many others. "There are no words that can express the grave loss we feel today with the passing of our sweet Virginia. She was heroic and will always be remembered for her incredible courage and loving spirit. In the end, the toll of abuse is so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight . We know that she is with the angels." Shelby Brady, a media liaison officer for the Western Australia Police Force, confirmed to PEOPLE that emergency services were called to a residence in Neergabby where they found an unresponsive 41-year-old woman. Despite attempts at emergency first-aid, the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Major Crime detectives are investigating the incident, but according to authorities, "early indications is the death is not suspicious". Giuffre filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew in New York in 2021, alleging that he forced her to have sex with him three times between 1999 and 2002 in London, New York and on a private Caribbean island owned by Epstein . They reached an out-of-court settlement in February 2022, but the amount was not disclosed. Prince Andrew has denied all claims against him. The settlement included a statement in which he expressed regret for his association with Epstein but contained no admission of liability.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Yahoo
Is Virginia Giuffre unravelling or is she really on her deathbed?
After more than a decade in the spotlight, she was supposedly leading a quiet life with her family in a small beach town in north Perth, Australia. But this week, Virginia Giuffre's story took a shocking twist, when she claimed she had just days to live after being hit by a school bus. On March 30, the 41-year-old, who accused Prince Andrew of sexual assault and Jeffrey Epstein of sex trafficking, wrote on Instagram that she had been involved in a car accident which had allegedly left her with renal failure. 'This year has been the worst start to a new year,' Giuffre wrote under a photo of herself seemingly covered in bruises. 'I won't bore anyone with the details but I think it important to note that when a school bus driver comes at you driving 110km [per hour]... 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,' she wrote. 'I'm ready to go, just not until I see my babies one last time, but you know what they say about wishes.... Thank you all for being the wonderful people of the world and for being a great part of my life.' Yet her critics have doubted the veracity of her claims, after Western Australia Police said they had only one recent record of a 'minor' bus and car collision with 'no reported injuries' in the state, which occurred in Neergabby, 20km north of Perth, on the afternoon of March 24. 'The collision was reported by the bus driver the following day. The car sustained approximately $2,000 [£968] worth of damage,' police said in a statement. Acting police commissioner Kylie Whitely confirmed during a press conference on April 1 that the incident involved a 71-year-old woman at the wheel of the car and a 41-year-old woman in the passenger seat. Brad Edwards, a US lawyer who represented Giuffre in her previous legal cases, said it was a 'very bad situation… and we are hoping for better news in the coming days'. But Prince Andrew's ex-girlfriend, Lady Victoria Hervey, was one of many who took to Instagram to pour scorn on Giuffre's claims. The aristocrat and model posted a series of messages to Instagram, including one stating that Giuffre was 'the Queen of the fake photo' – seeming to allude to the now-infamous photograph of a teenage Giuffre with Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell. In another Instagram story, she added: 'How is this diagnosis from a car crash?' A further post continued: 'Generally when you're dying you're not thinking about posting a selfie, you're actually dying'. Lady Victoria, who dated Prince Andrew in 1999, also wrote the word 'karma' over the selfie supposedly taken by Giuffre in hospital, adding the soundtrack of the 1986 hit The Final Countdown. Hervey also wrote: 'I don't believe it though, the FBI are on her right now and arrest warrants are coming. She's conveniently dying to evade jail. I think it's time that Robert Giuffre, who has custody of their teenage children, to speak [sic]. I know he knows the truth of the fake photo and all her con jobs.' But she gave no evidence for this claim. Giuffre's last known address was a $1.9 million (£1m) home in the small Perth community of Ocean Reef with her husband of 22 years, Robert Giuffre. The California-born Virginia Roberts met Giuffre, a martial arts teacher, in Thailand when she was 19, and married him 10 days later, moving to his home in Australia to start a family. When she delivered the news of her marriage and move to Epstein he reportedly responded, 'have a nice life' and hung up. The Giuffres have now reportedly split up, and Virginia is living further up the coast with her French bulldog, Juno, who she describes as 'the love of my life'. Robert and Virginia have three children – two sons in their mid to late teens, and a daughter aged 14. A week before she shared news of her car crash, Giuffre wrote on Instagram: 'My beautiful babies have no clue how much I love them and they're being poisoned with lies. I miss them so very much. I have been through hell and back in my 41 years but this is incredibly hurting me worse than anything else. Hurt me, abuse me but don't take my babies. My heart is shattered and every day that passes my sadness only deepen.' Is she unravelling or is she really on her deathbed? If it's the latter, it will be the latest tragic development in a life marred by trauma. She spent her childhood in and out of foster care, being trafficked and sexually assaulted on the streets of Florida. She first came forward about her experience with Epstein in 2011, alleging that she had been recruited by Maxwell in 2000 when she was just 16, while working at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, and spent the next few years being abused by Epstein and others while caught up in his sex-trafficking circle. In 2009, she settled a $500,000 (£387,000) sexual-abuse lawsuit against Epstein, which at the time was confidential, but details of which emerged in 2022. She also sued Maxwell – who is currently serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted of child sex trafficking – for defamation in 2015 and settled in 2017. In 2021, Giuffre filed a civil claim against Prince Andrew, who she says sexually assaulted her while she was being trafficked by Epstein and his associates. Prince Andrew has denied the allegations and claims never to have met Giuffre, but he too settled his case with her in 2022. The financial terms have not been made public, but legal experts have estimated it was somewhere around £12 million. In the wake of the scandal, in 2022, the Royal family removed Prince Andrew's military titles and royal patronages, and he stepped down from public life. Epstein died in a New York jail cell in August 2019, and although the autopsy concluded it was a suicide by hanging, his death fuelled widespread controversy and conspiracy theories. Maxwell, now 63, failed to apologise to her victims in a recent interview, saying they should take their 'disappointment and upset' out on the US authorities who 'allowed' Epstein to be murdered. She also claimed she had no memory of her 'dear friend' Prince Andrew ever meeting Giuffre. According to sources, one year after settling her lawsuit with Prince Andrew, Giuffre reportedly signed a multi-million dollar deal with an unknown publisher to write her memoir. She also settled her defamation lawsuit against former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, saying she might have 'made a mistake' when she accused him of sexually assaulting her as a teenager. 'I have long believed that I was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein to Alan Dershowitz,' Giuffre said in a statement. 'However, I was very young at the time, it was a very stressful and traumatic environment.' This week, Giuffre's father, Sky Roberts, said: 'She's not doing good. She's depressed because she misses her kids. She's got four days [to live] unless she gets another opinion from another doctor.' He is reportedly estranged from his daughter and says he has not seen her since the car crash, but her brother has. Her father also wrote under her Instagram post: 'Virginia my daughter, I love you and praying you get the correct treatment to live a long and healthy life. 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.' In a statement, Giuffre's spokesman, Dini von Mueffling, 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.' The coming days will prove whether Giuffre was correct in her terminal diagnosis. But for Prince Andrew, Giuffre being in the headlines again is yet more embarrassment after he 'let the side down' and shows that – despite many millions of pounds – it's a case that simply won't go away. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
01-04-2025
- Telegraph
Is Virginia Giuffre unravelling or is she really on her deathbed?
After more than a decade in the spotlight, she was supposedly leading a quiet life with her family in a small beach town in north Perth, Australia. But this week, Virginia Giuffre's story took a shocking twist, when she claimed she had just days to live after being hit by a school bus. On March 30, the 41-year-old, who accused Prince Andrew of sexual assault and Jeffrey Epstein of sex trafficking, wrote on Instagram that she had been involved in a car accident which had allegedly left her with renal failure. 'This year has been the worst start to a new year,' Giuffre wrote under a photo of herself seemingly covered in bruises. 'I won't bore anyone with the details but I think it important to note that when a school bus driver comes at you driving 110km [per hour]... 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,' she wrote. 'I'm ready to go, just not until I see my babies one last time, but you know what they say about wishes.... Thank you all for being the wonderful people of the world and for being a great part of my life.' Yet her critics have doubted the veracity of her claims, after Western Australia Police said they had only one recent record of a 'minor' bus and car collision with 'no reported injuries' in the state, which occurred in Neergabby, 20km north of Perth, on the afternoon of March 24. 'The collision was reported by the bus driver the following day. The car sustained approximately $2,000 [£968] worth of damage,' police said in a statement. Acting police commissioner Kylie Whitely confirmed during a press conference on April 1 that the incident involved a 71-year-old woman at the wheel of the car and a 41-year-old woman in the passenger seat. Brad Edwards, a US lawyer who represented Giuffre in her previous legal cases, said it was a 'very bad situation… and we are hoping for better news in the coming days'. But Prince Andrew's ex-girlfriend, Lady Victoria Hervey, was one of many who took to Instagram to pour scorn on Giuffre's claims. The aristocrat and model posted a series of messages to Instagram, including one stating that Giuffre was 'the Queen of the fake photo' – seeming to allude to the now-infamous photograph of a teenage Giuffre with Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell. In another Instagram story, she added: 'How is this diagnosis from a car crash?' A further post continued: 'Generally when you're dying you're not thinking about posting a selfie, you're actually dying'. Lady Victoria, who dated Prince Andrew in 1999, also wrote the word 'karma' over the selfie supposedly taken by Giuffre in hospital, adding the soundtrack of the 1986 hit The Final Countdown. Hervey also wrote: 'I don't believe it though, the FBI are on her right now and arrest warrants are coming. She's conveniently dying to evade jail. I think it's time that Robert Giuffre, who has custody of their teenage children, to speak [sic]. I know he knows the truth of the fake photo and all her con jobs.' But she gave no evidence for this claim. Giuffre's last known address was a $1.9 million (£1m) home in the small Perth community of Ocean Reef with her husband of 22 years, Robert Giuffre. The California-born Virginia Roberts met Giuffre, a martial arts teacher, in Thailand when she was 19, and married him 10 days later, moving to his home in Australia to start a family. When she delivered the news of her marriage and move to Epstein he reportedly responded, 'have a nice life' and hung up. The Giuffres have now reportedly split up, and Virginia is living further up the coast with her French bulldog, Juno, who she describes as 'the love of my life'. Robert and Virginia have three children – two sons in their mid to late teens, and a daughter aged 14. A week before she shared news of her car crash, Giuffre wrote on Instagram: 'My beautiful babies have no clue how much I love them and they're being poisoned with lies. I miss them so very much. I have been through hell and back in my 41 years but this is incredibly hurting me worse than anything else. Hurt me, abuse me but don't take my babies. My heart is shattered and every day that passes my sadness only deepen.' Is she unravelling or is she really on her deathbed? If it's the latter, it will be the latest tragic development in a life marred by trauma. She spent her childhood in and out of foster care, being trafficked and sexually assaulted on the streets of Florida. She first came forward about her experience with Epstein in 2011, alleging that she had been recruited by Maxwell in 2000 when she was just 16, while working at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, and spent the next few years being abused by Epstein and others while caught up in his sex-trafficking circle. In 2009, she settled a $500,000 (£387,000) sexual-abuse lawsuit against Epstein, which at the time was confidential, but details of which emerged in 2022. She also sued Maxwell – who is currently serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted of child sex trafficking – for defamation in 2015 and settled in 2017. In 2021, Giuffre filed a civil claim against Prince Andrew, who she says sexually assaulted her while she was being trafficked by Epstein and his associates. Prince Andrew has denied the allegations and claims never to have met Giuffre, but he too settled his case with her in 2022. The financial terms have not been made public, but legal experts have estimated it was somewhere around £12 million. In the wake of the scandal, in 2022, the Royal family removed Prince Andrew's military titles and royal patronages, and he stepped down from public life. Epstein died in a New York jail cell in August 2019, and although the autopsy concluded it was a suicide by hanging, his death fuelled widespread controversy and conspiracy theories. Maxwell, now 63, failed to apologise to her victims in a recent interview, saying they should take their 'disappointment and upset' out on the US authorities who 'allowed' Epstein to be murdered. She also claimed she had no memory of her 'dear friend' Prince Andrew ever meeting Giuffre. According to sources, one year after settling her lawsuit with Prince Andrew, Giuffre reportedly signed a multi-million dollar deal with an unknown publisher to write her memoir. She also settled her defamation lawsuit against former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, saying she might have 'made a mistake' when she accused him of sexually assaulting her as a teenager. 'I have long believed that I was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein to Alan Dershowitz,' Giuffre said in a statement. 'However, I was very young at the time, it was a very stressful and traumatic environment.' This week, Giuffre's father, Sky Roberts, said: 'She's not doing good. She's depressed because she misses her kids. She's got four days [to live] unless she gets another opinion from another doctor.' He is reportedly estranged from his daughter and says he has not seen her since the car crash, but her brother has. Her father also wrote under her Instagram post: 'Virginia my daughter, I love you and praying you get the correct treatment to live a long and healthy life. 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.' In a statement, Giuffre's spokesman, Dini von Mueffling, 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.' The coming days will prove whether Giuffre was correct in her terminal diagnosis. But for Prince Andrew, Giuffre being in the headlines again is yet more embarrassment after he 'let the side down' and shows that – despite many millions of pounds – it's a case that simply won't go away.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Prince Andrew's ex posts gloating comment over health of Virginia Giuffre, who accused royal of molesting her
An ex-girlfriend of Prince Andrew has mocked his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, after she claimed to have just days to live following a brutal car crash. Giuffre, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein who made headlines around the world when she sued the British royal for sexual assault in 2021, posted on Instagram on Sunday that she had been given "four days to live" due to kidney failure following the wreck. Prince Andrew has always denied those allegations and settled out of court with Giuffre in 2022 for an unknown amount of money. On Monday morning, Victoria Hervey — a British aristocrat, model, cryptocurrency promoter, sometime Covid-19 conspiracy theorist, and Donald Trump fan who briefly dated Prince Andrew in 1999 — offered her thoughts on Instagram. "KARMA," wrote the 48-year-old over Giuffre's hospital selfie, adding the mocking soundtrack of Europe's 1986 glam rock smash 'The Final Countdown'. "If Virginia Giuffre really does have days to live, then a complete confession is needed. I don't believe it though. The FBI are on her right now and arrest warrants are incoming: she's conveniently dying to evade jail." Hervey, who is the eldest child of the 6th Marquess of Bristol and the product of more than two centuries of aristocratic breeding, gave no evidence to support that claim — just as she offered none in 2022 when she accused Giuffre of using an "Irish body double" to fake a famous photo that appears to show Giuffre with Prince Andrew. In Monday's post, she called Giuffre 'the queen of the fake photo' and again accused her of inventing her accusations, as well as her injuries. She claimed to have heard from 'reliable sources' that the FBI was preparing to arrest Giuffre, and that it was 'almost time to celebrate' her downfall. Hervey has previously claimed that Epstein's web of sexual favors was 'not a trafficking operation', and that all his accusers were "fame-hungry drug addict prostitutes". In her 2021 lawsuit, Giuffre alleged that Jeffrey Epstein had forced her to have sex with Prince Andrew, the second son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, on at least three occasions when she was 17 years old and he was 41. Andrew has vehemently denied that, and claimed in 2019 to have "no recollection of ever meeting this lady". Nevertheless, the scandal led to Andrew being stripped of his military roles and the title "His Royal Highness". He later said he regretted his association with Epstein, and that he would make a "substantial donation" to Giuffre's charity.
