'Choked, beaten and bloodied': Victim's bombshell book exposes more about Jeffrey Epstein

21 October

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Balmoral Estate in Scotland (Image: U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York)

The posthumous memoir of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's victim Virginia Giuffre, titled Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, lays bare decades of alleged abuse, trafficking and silencing – from her own father to the corridors of power.

Giuffre, who died by suicide in April , said she made the manuscript knowing it must be published regardless of her fate.

Newsweek highlighted some of the most striking revelations from the book in an article published Tuesday.

1. Childhood Torment at Home

Giuffre recounts a childhood marred by neglect, severe corporal punishment and assault

According to her memoir, the abuse began at home, where her father allegedly told her to stand up in the bath so he could “clean," and days later the abuse escalated. She writes that she was his “special girl” – a label she says was used to mask the violence.

2. Early Trafficking Before Meeting Epstein

Before entering the orbit of Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, Giuffre says she was already trafficked as a teenager by another predator.

She writes that by the time she was 17, she had already endured “nearly every kind of abuse”. That early exploitation provided the gateway into a much larger network.

3. Elite Abuse Network Revealed

Her memoir details years of being “lent out” to wealthy, powerful men at the behest of Epstein and Maxwell. Giuffre describes being “habitually used and humiliated” and in some instances “choked, beaten and bloodied”.

4. Encounters with Prince Andrew

Giuffre claims three encounters with Prince Andrew, Duke of York in London, New York City and on Epstein’s private "Little Saint James" island. She writes that on their first meeting, the then‑41‑year‑old prince correctly guessed she was 17, saying: “My daughters are just a little younger than you.”

She claims the encounters included acts in which Andrew was “particularly attentive to my feet."

Andrew has denied the allegations and reached a confidential settlement in 2022.

5. Legal Settlement and a Gag Order to Protect the Royal Jubilee

Giuffre recounts that when she settled her civil case against the prince in early 2022, a one-year gag order was included at his legal team’s request.

She says the gag was important to Andrew because it would protect his mother’s Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee celebrations from further scandal. This detail links the legal resolution to a royal public‑relations timeline.

6. Psychological Toll and Final Tragedy

The memoir does not spare the aftermath. Giuffre says she attempted suicide in 2022 after being weighed down by trauma, nightmares, online smear campaigns and a COVID‑19 hospital stay.

Ultimately she died by suicide in April of this year.

She left behind the manuscript and explicitly instructed it be published.

7. Systemic Silencing and Abuse of Process

Giuffre writes about being denied the chance to testify in the Maxwell trial because prosecutors feared her naming many alleged abusers would confuse the jury.

She also reports that Andrew’s team attempted to hire online trolls to harass her, and that a royal bodyguard officer was asked to dig into her personal information. These passages portray a system that worked to keep her quiet and shield powerful people she accused of preying on her.

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