From Being Asked to Have Jeffrey Epstein’s Baby to Prince Andrew Encounters: The Biggest Takeaways from Virginia Giuffre's Memoir

Barely a quarter of the way through Virginia Giuffre's memoir, the late activist and sex trafficking survivor begs readers not to stop reading. 

"I know this is a lot to take in," she writes. "The violence. The neglect. The hard decisions. The self-harm."

That barely scratches the surface of what Giuffre writes about in Nobody's Girl, which was published after her death, with help from co-writer Amy Wallace. She spent her entire life enduring abuse of all kinds from the adults around her and was just 16 when Ghislaine Maxwell recruited her as a "masseuse" for her close friend, Jeffrey Epstein. The pair spent more than two years trafficking Giuffre to various rich and high-powered friends. Giuffre doesn't identify all of her abusers, but the names she does offer are shockingly familiar, and what she describes is a horrifying, far-reaching web of abuse, manipulation and wealthy men getting away with unimaginable crimes. 

Giuffre died by suicide in April 2025, but not before she had finished laying out her story in the hope that it might "shed light on the systemic failures that allow the trafficking of vulnerable individuals across borders," as she wrote in a letter that she sent to Wallace. 

"It is my heartfelt wish that this work be published," she wrote, "regardless of my circumstances at the time." 

Less than three weeks after she sent that letter, she passed away at her Australian farm, leaving three children and a story that has the potential to change the world, even more than it already has. Giuffre spent years trying to bring Epstein and Maxwell down, and her efforts continue to be rewarded.

Giuffre, whose last name was initially Roberts, had already been abused her whole life by the time her father (a maintenance man and her first abuser) helped her get a job at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club. At almost 17, she was a locker room attendant who hoped to one day be a massage therapist and was spotted walking into work by Ghislaine Maxwell—a polished, fashionable woman who didn't appear dangerous, at first. 

Maxwell claimed her wealthy friend was looking for a new massage therapist, and he'd be willing to pay for formal training if Giuffre would come to a job interview. 

Giuffre was immediately crushed when a massage demonstration turned into Maxwell instructing her on how to have sex with Epstein. Maxwell and Epstein acted as if nothing strange had happened, handed Giuffre $200 and said she was "a natural." Under the guise of lessons in massage, Epstein and Maxwell slowly broke down Giuffre's defenses and got her to work for them full time. She had to be on call for "massages" 24/7 and do anything they asked (with anyone they asked her to do it with), but she would be paid handsomely and was given money to rent her own apartment. 

When Giuffre hesitated to take the offer, Epstein showed her a photo of her younger brother. "We know where your brother goes to school," he said. "You must never tell a soul what goes on in this house." 

He also told her he "owned" the Palm Beach Police Department and was friendly with one of Giuffre's past abusers. There was seemingly nowhere for her to turn without retribution, so she only ended up sharing the truth of her "work" with then-boyfriend Tony Figueroa, a middle school fling she reunited with during her time with Epstein. 

For more than two years, Giuffre was expected to answer Epstein and Maxwell's calls at any time, day or night, and she often traveled with them as well. She was instructed to have sex with Epstein, Maxwell, other trafficked girls and various men who were friendly with Epstein. She did everything she was asked to do, from wearing specific clothes to tucking Epstein into bed at night to doing whatever it took to make clients "happy." Eventually, Giuffre was also expected to recruit other "preferably white…wholesome…vulnerable" girls who looked to be between 12 and 17 to join the fray. 

Giuffre met Prince Andrew in March 2001. Maxwell had invited her "old friend," the son of the queen, to dinner, and he was immediately able to guess Giuffre's age (17) because his daughters were "just a little younger" than her. They took a photo together, and then Epstein paid her $15,000 to sleep with the prince. It happened again a month later, and when they encountered each other a third time, it was during an orgy on Epstein's private island with Epstein and eight other girls. Giuffre documented and recounted those encounters many times over the years, but it was that photo that became crucial in getting people to believe her. 

In October 2001, Epstein pulled Giuffre aside to tell her how "strung out" she seemed. "You're not the same girl you were," he told her. "You need to clean yourself up." 

She detoxed from the drugs she had started using to cope and enjoyed almost six months of freedom before she was accused of stealing tips from her waitressing job, a crime actually committed by Figueroa. Just when she was feeling hopeless yet again, Epstein called, invited her to lunch and said he could get police to ignore the theft if she returned to working for him. She agreed. 

Giuffre revealed a few names of men she was forced to sleep with, like Prince Andrew, but she also shared the identities of other high-profile men who attended Epstein's events. They included Matt Groening, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Bill Gates, Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker. She also wrote about being “lent out” to multiple billionaires and politicians, including one "well known Prime Minister" who assaulted her more savagely than anyone else. She feared him more than any other Epstein client but has not named him. Other high-profile abusers also remain unnamed due to potential threats to Giuffre's family. 

During the summer of 2002, Epstein and Maxwell made an unexpected request: They asked Giuffre if she'd have their baby. She'd be paid $200,000 a month and expected to care for the child with the help of nannies, but she would have no legal rights as a parent. This was the last straw for Giuffre, who used the offer to plan her exit. She said she would have their baby but only after they got her formal training as a masseuse. They agreed to send her to Thailand as long as she did some recruiting while she was there. 

Giuffre planned to never return from Thailand, but she did not plan to find her future husband. A classmate introduced her to a friend, Robbie Giuffre, who was studying Thai boxing at a nearby gym. It was practically love at first sight for both of them, and within hours, she was telling him the whole truth about her association with Epstein. They knew each other a week before he proposed, and they were married just a few days later. Before the wedding day was over, Giuffre called Epstein to tell him she was never coming back, and she fled with Robbie to his home in Australia. 

The journey to get justice for Epstein's many victims began when he was arrested in 2008, but he ended up serving only 13 months of an 18-month sentence for the two charges he pled guilty to: procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute. Giuffre worked tirelessly for years, befriending lawyers and reporters and fighting to get her story told, only to be frequently let down by outlets refusing to touch such explosive accusations against a no-name sex offender and a literal prince. Finally, everything changed in July 2019 when the FBI raided Epstein's house and placed him under arrest. 

Epstein was found dead in his cell just a month later. He would never truly face consequences, but he didn't act alone. Prince Andrew was stripped of some royal titles, while Maxwell was convicted of five charges in 2020 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Giuffre's efforts had been worth it, but her health and personal life suffered. She suffered a neck injury and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, and being in the public eye caused panic attacks. She attempted suicide twice and was injured in a car accident in March 2025, and while she wrote about her husband as a life-saving force, she also privately separated from him and accused him of assaulting her.

Giuffre lost much of her past, present and future to Epstein's web of power and corruption, but her work continues to reverberate. As her book was about to be released in October 2025, King Charles began a "formal process to remove the style, titles and honours of Prince Andrew." Members of Congress have also requested that Andrew formally testify about Epstein's co-conspirators, and while he missed their November 20 deadline to respond, other progress was made. On November 20, President Donald Trump signed the bill to release all files related to the Epstein investigation, so while Giuffre's story is technically over, the true end is yet to come.