A posthumous and “unsparing” memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, will be published in coming months.
Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice is scheduled for release on October 21, publisher Alfred A Knopf confirmed to The Associated Press.
Giuffre, who died by suicide at her farm in Western Australia in April at age 41, had been working on Nobody’s Girl with author-journalist Amy Wallace.
Knof said they had already completed the manuscript for the 400-page book.
His statement on Sunday (US time) includes an email from Giuffre to Wallace a few weeks before her death, saying that it was her heartfelt wish that the memoir be released regardless of her circumstances.
“The content of this book is crucial, as it aims to shed light on the systemic failures that allow the trafficking of vulnerable individuals across borders,” the email reads.
“It is imperative that the truth is understood and that the issues surrounding this topic are addressed, both for the sake of justice and awareness.”
Giuffre had been recovering in hospital, following a serious accident on March 24, Knopf said. She sent the email on April 1 and died on April 25.
“In the event of my passing, I would like to ensure that NOBODY’S GIRL is still released. I believe it has the potential to impact many lives and foster necessary discussions about these grave injustices,” she wrote to Wallace.
In 2023, The New York Post had reported that Giuffre had reached a deal “believed to be worth millions” with an undisclosed publisher.
Giuffre had repeatedly claimed to have been caught up in Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring as a teenager in the early 2000s and exploited by Britain’s Prince Andrew and other influential men.
Epstein was found dead in a New York City jail cell in 2019 in what investigators described as a suicide.
His former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted in late 2021 on sex trafficking and other charges.
The Duke of York denies Giuffre’s allegations. In 2022, he and Giuffre reached an out-of-court settlement after she had sued him for sexual assault.
Giuffre’s name has continued to appear in headlines, even after her death.
In July, President Donald Trump said that Epstein had “stolen” Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Florida, where she once worked.
She was allegedly approached by Maxwell and hired as a masseuse for Epstein. Maxwell has denied Giuffre’s allegations.
It emerged at the weekend that Maxwell told US Deputy Attorney-General Todd Blanche in July that she was not aware of any “client list” belonging to the late financier and sex offender.
She also said she never saw US President Donald Trump behave inappropriately, according to a transcript of her interview with Blanche.
“I never witnessed the President in any inappropriate setting in any way,” Maxwell said.
“The President was never inappropriate with anybody.”
Trump has faced criticism from his conservative base of supporters and congressional Democrats over the US Justice Department’s decision not to release the files from its Epstein investigation, in what has become one of the biggest political liabilities of his second White House term.
Blanche’s interview of Maxwell on July 24 and 25 came as Trump sought to tame the political fallout from the Justice Department’s decision not to release the files.
Trump knew Epstein socially in the 1990s and early 2000s. During Maxwell’s trial, the financier’s long-time pilot, Lawrence Visoski, testified that Trump flew on Epstein’s private plane multiple times. Trump has denied flying on the plane.
“As far as I’m concerned, President Trump was always very cordial and very kind to me,” Maxwell said, according to the transcript.
“I just want to say that I admire his extraordinary achievement in becoming the President now.”
Knopf Publisher and editor-in-chief Jordan Pavlin said Nobody’s Girl was a “raw and shocking” journey and “the story of a fierce spirit struggling to break free”.
Giuffre’s time with Epstein is well documented, although her accounts have been challenged.
She had acknowledged getting details wrong, errors she attributed to trying to recall events from years ago.
“Nobody’s Girl was both vigorously fact-checked and legally vetted,” the Knopf statement reads.
Giuffre’s co-author on her memoir, Wallace, is an award-winning magazine and newspaper reporter whose work has appeared in The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times, among other publications.
She has also collaborated on two previous books, Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull’s Creativity, Inc. and former General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt’s Hot Seat.
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