“SHE’S GONE — BUT HER WORDS ARE STILL COMING FOR THEM.” The lights went out years ago. But Virginia Giuffre’s truth refused to die with her. Her memoir — written in fire, grief, and courage — names…

“SHE’S GONE — BUT HER TRUTH IS JUST BEGINNING TO SPEAK.”
Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir exposes abuse by powerful men
A new book tells the story of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, one of many victims of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Giuffre died by suicide earlier this year. Her posthumous memoir explores her resilience while also revealing new details about the abuse she suffered at the hands of powerful figures. Amna Nawaz has that story. And a warning, this report includes accounts of sexual abuse and suicide.

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Geoff Bennett:

A new book out this week tells the story of the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, one of the many victims of the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Giuffre took her own life earlier this year. Her posthumous memoir explores her resilience, while also revealing new details about the abuse she suffered at the hands of powerful figures, as well as newly surfaced allegations of mistreatment by her husband.

Amna Nawaz has that story.

And a warning:

This report includes accounts of sexual abuse and suicide.

Amna Nawaz:

Most of the world came to know Virginia Roberts Giuffre in 2011, when she began speaking out about the abuse she endured at the hands of some of the world’s most powerful men. In court filings, Giuffre described being sexually abused and trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein when she was as young as 16 years old.

She accused Epstein’s co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, of luring her into that world from Mar-a-Lago, where she worked as a locker room attendant at the spa. Epstein was arrested on sex trafficking charges in 2019, but died by suicide in his jail cell in August that same year while awaiting trial.

Giuffre spoke after his death, continuing to demand justice.

Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein Survivor:

I want to start by saying it’s not how Jeffrey died, but it’s how he lived. And we need to get to the bottom of everybody who was involved with that, starting with Ghislaine Maxwell and going along the lines there.

I was recruited at a very young age from Mar-a-Lago and entrapped in a world that I didn’t understand. And I have been fighting that very world to this day, and I won’t stop fighting. I will never be silenced until these people are brought to justice.

Amna Nawaz: