Giuffre, who was one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, had been working on her book ‘Nobody’s Girl’ before she died
A memoir by Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most outspoken accusers, is to be published posthumously this autumn.
Giuffre, who died by suicide in Western Australia in April aged 41, had been working on a 400-page book titled Nobody’s Girl with author-journalist Amy Wallace, publishing house Alfred A Knopf said.
The publisher’s statement includes an email from Giuffre to Wallace a few weeks before her death, saying that it was her “heartfelt wish” the memoir be released “regardless” of her circumstances.
The book is expected to put a spotlight back on Prince Andrew when it releases on 21 October.
Giuffre accused the Duke of York of sexually assaulting her when she was 17 after she was trafficked by Epstein
Andrew paid millions to settle a civil sexual assault case with Giuffre, whom he said he had never met. The duke strenuously denies any wrongdoing.
She sued him for allegedly sexually assaulting her when she was 17 after she was trafficked by Epstein, a claim Andrew has denied.
American-born Giuffre had lived in Australia for several years and became an advocate for sex trafficking survivors after emerging as a central figure in the prolonged downfall of disgraced paedophile financier Epstein.
She came forward publicly after the initial investigation ended in an 18-month Florida jail term for Epstein, who made a secret deal and was released in 2009.
Epstein was later found dead in his cell at a federal jail in Manhattan in August 2019 while he awaited trial on sex-trafficking charges.
In multiple civil lawsuits, Giuffre said she was a spa attendant as a teenager at Mar-a-Lago — Donald Trump’s Palm Beach club — when she was approached in 2000 by Maxwell.
She was hired as a masseuse for Epstein and was flown around the world for meetings with men at his behest while she was 17 and 18.
The book is described on the Penguin Publishing House website as an “unforgettable memoir by … the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell”.
The description states: “Giuffre offers an unsparing and definitive account of her time with Epstein and Maxwell, who trafficked her and others to numerous prominent men.
“She also details the molestation she suffered as a child, as well as her daring escape from Epstein and Maxwell’s grasp at nineteen. Giuffre remade her life from scratch and summoned the courage to not only hold her abusers to account but also advocate for other victims.
“The pages of Nobody’s Girl preserve her voice—and her legacy—forever.”
It comes as transcripts released by the US Justice Department on Friday show Maxwell insisting she did not introduce Andrew to Epstein and that the duke’s alleged sex with Ms Giuffre in her house could not have happened.
Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison at the federal court in the southern district of New York in June 2022.
The Trump administration issued hundreds of pages of transcripts of interviews conducted by deputy attorney general Todd Blanche last month amid a fierce backlash over a previous refusal to disclose records from the Epstein case.
Andrew stepped down from public life after the furore over his friendship with the paedophile financier.
Giuffre is survived by her three children.
With agencies
