From Meeting Epstein to Escaping Him: What We Learned From Virginia Giuffre’s ‘Nobody’s Girl’
When Virginia Giuffre publicly accused well-known millionaire Jeffrey Epstein of sexually assaulting and trafficking her as a teenager, she was thrown into a world of lawsuits, depositions, and public scrutiny.
Her first suit, filed in May 2009 with Giuffre listed under the pseudonym of Jane Doe 102, accused Epstein and his longtime collaborator and friend Ghislaine Maxwell of grooming and trafficking Giuffre when she was 16 years old — “sexually assaulting, battering, exploiting, and abusing” Giuffre for several years. Since Epstein’s public image went from a rich socialite to an alleged sex trafficker, Giuffre’s painful memories and recollections of her time with Epstein have become international news.
As is common for victims of sexual abuse and trafficking, Giuffre struggled with mental health issues for most of her adult life — many of which were exacerbated by the intense public scrutiny regarding her time with Epstein. On April 25, 2025, Giuffre’s family announced that the 41-year-old had died in her home in Australia by suicide. In the years leading up to that, Giuffre had been working on a memoir that told the story of her entire life — not just the terrible years she spent with Epstein and Maxwell.
Now a posthumous memoir, Nobody’s Girl, charts Giuffre’s path from a growing up on a farm in Florida to an international advocate for victims of sexual abuse and trafficking. And unlike in the past, her story is finally in her own voice...
