Virginia Giuffre — photographed on Aug. 27, 2019 — became one of the central accusers in the Jeffrey Epstein case, alleging that he arranged years of sexual abuse involving her and many other girls and young women. Giuffre passed away earlier this year, but her publisher has confirmed that her memoir will still be released in October.
A pivotal figure in exposing what federal prosecutors later identified as a sex-trafficking operation run by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, Giuffre spent years bringing attention to the abuse of minors. Her forthcoming 400-page memoir, Nobody’s Girl, is scheduled for publication on Oct. 21 by Alfred A. Knopf. The publisher describes Giuffre as “the woman whose courage in speaking out helped bring two serial abusers to justice, and whose photo with Prince Andrew accelerated his downfall.”
The announcement of the memoir comes months after Giuffre’s death in April in Australia, where she had rebuilt her life as a mother and homemaker.
According to Knopf, Giuffre made it clear that she wanted her memoir published. Nobody’s Girl, the publisher says, tells “the gripping and powerful story of an ordinary girl who faced extraordinary trauma.”
Court documents released in recent years — including depositions and an earlier unpublished manuscript — detail how repeated episodes of abuse shaped Giuffre’s early life. In those records, she recounts several situations in which adults whom she believed wanted to help her instead exploited her.
The new memoir revisits those experiences, but it also explores Giuffre’s struggle to free herself from Epstein’s orbit and insist on accountability for what happened to her and to others.
Giuffre’s experiences intersected with a number of influential figures. In a 2016 deposition, she stated that when she was a teenager in 2000 working at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Maxwell approached her under the guise of discussing massage work — a conversation Giuffre says led to abuse by Epstein, who owned a nearby home.
Maxwell has disputed many aspects of Giuffre’s statements. She was sentenced in 2022 to 20 years in prison for participating in the trafficking scheme involving underage girls.
Only last month, Trump said he severed ties with Epstein after a conflict involving Epstein recruiting young women from Mar-a-Lago. Trump has also encouraged supporters to dismiss claims that the government is hiding evidence connected to Epstein, such as a supposed list of high-profile individuals allegedly involved in misconduct.
According to transcripts, Maxwell recently told Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche that she did not witness Trump, former President Bill Clinton, or other prominent men behave inappropriately during their visits with Epstein. The exchange occurred shortly before Maxwell was transferred from a low-security prison in Florida to a minimum-security women’s camp in Texas.
Giuffre’s earlier, unpublished memoir — included in court filings — was titled The Billionaire’s Playboy Club. In it, she wrote about the lingering trauma of her experiences, describing anxiety, nightmares, and the challenges she faced while starting a family in Australia.
She also wrote that she chose to come forward after a U.S. federal agent told her she had been identified as a victim in Epstein’s controversial 2008 plea agreement in Florida. That deal created a compensation fund for victims, prompting her to contact the law firm listed for claims.
In the manuscript, Giuffre said she felt it was finally “my turn” to expose Epstein, hoping he would feel the same scrutiny she had endured.
In 2009, she filed a lawsuit accusing Epstein of running “a child exploitation enterprise,” transporting minors for illegal acts, and using hidden cameras inside his Palm Beach home to produce child pornography.
Epstein settled the case with Giuffre for more than $500,000. The settlement became public in January 2022, shortly before Prince Andrew also reached a settlement in a separate lawsuit brought by Giuffre.
Epstein died in federal custody in 2019. Officials ruled his death a suicide, though public speculation continues.
