Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most well-known accusers, spoke out openly about the powerful men she says abused her — and wrote a detailed memoir revealing her story — before she died in what authorities ruled a suicide.
Her book, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, is set to be published on October 21, the publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Sunday. Giuffre, who died in April at age 41, had finished the 400-page manuscript with the help of author Amy Wallace. In the weeks before her death, Giuffre made it clear in an email that she wanted the memoir to come out no matter what happened to her.
“In the event of my passing, I would like to ensure that NOBODY’S GIRL is still released,” she wrote. “I believe it has the potential to impact many lives and foster necessary discussions about these grave injustices.”
Giuffre’s death shocked many and has been viewed with suspicion by some, especially given how close it came after she completed the book exposing Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and their powerful associates.
The memoir promises to reveal new and “heartbreaking” details about Giuffre’s abuse and trafficking at the hands of Epstein’s circle — including her accusations against Britain’s Prince Andrew, whom she says exploited her as a teenager. Andrew has denied all allegations but reached a secret settlement with Giuffre in 2022 after she sued him for sexual assault.
In her email to Wallace, Giuffre wrote that her memoir was “crucial” to shedding light on “the systemic failures that allow the trafficking of vulnerable individuals.” She said it was “imperative that the truth is understood” and that awareness be raised, “both for the sake of justice and awareness.”
Giuffre’s story has long made headlines. She had said she was recruited as a teenager by Maxwell while working at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, claims Maxwell denies. President Trump told reporters in July that Epstein “stole” Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago.
Giuffre’s accounts have sometimes been challenged, and she admitted to mistakes in recalling some events. In 2022, she dropped allegations against attorney Alan Dershowitz, saying she might have been wrong in identifying him.
Despite the controversy, Knopf said the book was “vigorously fact-checked and legally vetted” and called it a “raw and shocking” account of Giuffre’s fight for justice.
Virginia Giuffre didn’t live to see her story fully told. But with Nobody’s Girl coming out this fall, her voice will reach the world — a lasting record of her fight against one of the most notorious abuse rings in recent history.
