London, March 2001. “My daughters are a little younger than you.”he would have told him in that meeting when trying to guess how old he was. Who reveals the episode is Virginia Giuffreone of the many victims of Jeffrey Epstein; who made the comment, Prince Andrew. She was 17 years old; he, 41.
This is just one of the many tremendous stories he left Giuffre in his posthumous work: “Nobody’s Girl: Memoirs of a Survivor of Abuse and the Fight for Justice” (“Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice”, el título original).
In the book – extracts of which were published by The Guardian– details what he kept sexual relations con the son of Queen Elizabeth II on three separate occasions, including when he was under 18 years old. The story places episodes in London, New York and on Little Saint James Island, Epstein’s famous property.
Virginia Giuffre, who took his own life at 41 years old Last April, he left his testimony with details of precise dates and places, and offered descriptions of meetings, photographs and payments.
The book reconstructs a plot that, according to published extracts, also involved Ghislaine Maxwell as a link between the tycoon and the young women.
Epstein died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking; Maxwell received a 20-year sentence for recruitment and trafficking of minors.
Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein’s most recognized whistleblower. Photo: Archive/AFPIn 2022, the lawyers of Virginia Giuffre and Prince Andrés they signed a extrajudicial agreement without admission of responsibility, a fact that influenced the temporary closure of the court case.
Parties, power and abusive relationships
Virginia Giuffre met Jeffrey Epstein at Mar-a-Lago shortly before turning 17 and then they introduced her into a circuit of encounters with powerful men.
He first episode with Prince Andrew, according to published extracts from the book, occurred on March 10, 2001 at Ghislaine Maxwell’s home in Belgravia, London.
The author claims that the two posed for a photo taken with a Kodak FunSaver camera and then had dinner and went out to the Tramp club in Mayfair, where she remembers that the prince bought her cocktails and that he was a «clumsy dancer» who «sweated profusely»«.
Prince Andrew with Giuffre. Photo: File/Southern District Court of New YorkOn their return, Maxwell and Epstein said goodbye and left her alone with the Duke of York.
Giuffre describes scenes that combine control and humiliation: She prepared a bath for the prince, they both undressed and, according to her testimony, they had relationships that she defines as abusive.
«As if he believed that having sex with me was his birthright.»Giuffre wrote.
Months later, the autobiography recounts a meeting at Epstein’s home in New York and another occasion at Little Saint James, where Giuffre claims they participated. several young women and menand some girls looked younger.
In one of the scenes, Maxwell and Epstein even used symbolic gestures to show control over young women. These passages provide concrete drawings of the dynamics described by the author and seek to make the mechanism of the network visible, according to the extracts that were released.
Giuffre closed an out-of-court settlement with Prince Andrew. Photo: File/AP
Silence and extrajudicial settlement
He prince andrew repeatedly denied the allegations and avoided a formal trial by closing a extrajudicial agreement in February 2022, an agreement that did not constitute an admission of guilt.
In previous statements and in a television interview, the Duke of York maintained that he did not maintain the relationships attributed to him and raised doubts about the authenticity of a photograph showing him with Virginia Giuffre.
As it could not be otherwise, the legal and media dispute damaged his public image and reduced his official appearances.
The moving letter that Virginia Giuffre wrote shortly before she died
The publication of «Nobody’s Girl…» It once again brought into focus the public discussion on institutional responsibility and the protection of victims.
Virginia Giuffre died on April 25. It was the most recognized whistleblower of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, was 41 years old and committed suicide in his country house in Australia.
After the sad episode, his family released a carta that this mother of three teenage children made by hand shortly before her death.
«Mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers must show that the battle lines are drawn and remain united to fight for the future of the victims. Is protesting the solution? I don’t know. But we have to start somewhere. To all the survivors and those who protest: we accompany you in solidarity and we know that the fight is not over.»wrote.
Briginia Giffre and his wife, Roberto Giuffer. Photo: II @viniarobertsrising1The text was posted online by Giuffre’s sister-in-law, Amanda Roberts, who is married to the woman’s brother. Along with a photo of the letter, she shared a tribute pledging to continue the work started by the deceased woman on behalf of victims of abuse.
