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Sun 24 August 2025
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This cover image released by Knopf shows "Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice" by Virginia Roberts Giuffre. (Knopf via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — A posthumous and “unsparing” memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, will be published this fall, publishing house Alfred A. Knopf said Sunday.
“Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice” is scheduled for release Oct. 21, the publisher confirmed to The Associated Press. Giuffre, who died by suicide in April at age 41, had been working on “Nobody's Girl” with author-journalist Amy Wallace and had completed the manuscript for the 400-page book, according to Knopf. 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 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 hospitalized following a serious accident March 24, Knopf said, and sent the email April 1. She died 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. Knopf spokesperson Todd Doughty said that she initially agreed to a seven-figure contract with Penguin Press, but moved with acquiring editor Emily Cunningham after Knopf hired Cunningham as executive editor last year.
Giuffre had stated often that, in the early 2000s, when she was a teenager, she was caught up in Epstein's sex-trafficking ring 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.
Andrew had denied Giuffre's allegations. In 2022, Giuffre and Andrew reached an out-of-court settlement after she had sued him for sexual assault. A representative for Andrew did not immediately return the AP's request for comment.
“Nobody’s Girl” is distinct from Giuffre’s unpublished memoir, “The Billionaire’s Playboy Club,” referenced in previous court filings and initially unsealed in 2019. Through Doughty, Wallace says she began working with Giuffre on a new memoir in spring 2021.
Giuffre's name has continued to appear in headlines, even after her death. In July, President Donald Trump told reporters that Epstein had “stolen” Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Florida where she once worked. She had alleged being approached by Maxwell and hired as a masseuse for Epstein. Maxwell has denied Giuffre's allegations.
Doughty declined to provide details about the Epstein associates featured in “Nobody's Girl,” but confirmed that Giuffre made “no allegations of abuse against Donald Trump,” who continues to face questions about Epstein, the disgraced financier and his former friend.
Knopf's statement says the book contains “intimate, disturbing, and heartbreaking new details about her time with Epstein, Maxwell and their many well-known friends, including Prince Andrew, about whom she speaks publicly for the first time since their out-of-court settlement in 2022.” Knopf Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Jordan Pavlin, in a statement, called “Nobody's Girl” 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. In 2022, she dropped allegations against Alan Dershowitz, saying in a statement at the time that she may “have made a mistake in identifying” the famed attorney as an abuser.
“'Nobody's Girl' was both vigorously fact-checked and legally vetted,” a 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.”
Duke of York faces fresh Epstein revelations in book by accuser
This cover image released by Knopf shows "Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice" by Virginia Roberts Giuffre. (Knopf via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — A posthumous and “unsparing” memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, will be published this fall, publishing house Alfred A. Knopf said Sunday.
“Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice” is scheduled for release Oct. 21, the publisher confirmed to The Associated Press. Giuffre, who died by suicide in April at age 41, had been working on “Nobody's Girl” with author-journalist Amy Wallace and had completed the manuscript for the 400-page book, according to Knopf. 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 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 hospitalized following a serious accident March 24, Knopf said, and sent the email April 1. She died 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. Knopf spokesperson Todd Doughty said that she initially agreed to a seven-figure contract with Penguin Press, but moved with acquiring editor Emily Cunningham after Knopf hired Cunningham as executive editor last year.
Giuffre had stated often that, in the early 2000s, when she was a teenager, she was caught up in Epstein's sex-trafficking ring 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.
Andrew had denied Giuffre's allegations. In 2022, Giuffre and Andrew reached an out-of-court settlement after she had sued him for sexual assault. A representative for Andrew did not immediately return the AP's request for comment.
“Nobody’s Girl” is distinct from Giuffre’s unpublished memoir, “The Billionaire’s Playboy Club,” referenced in previous court filings and initially unsealed in 2019. Through Doughty, Wallace says she began working with Giuffre on a new memoir in spring 2021.
Giuffre's name has continued to appear in headlines, even after her death. In July, President Donald Trump told reporters that Epstein had “stolen” Giuffre from Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Florida where she once worked. She had alleged being approached by Maxwell and hired as a masseuse for Epstein. Maxwell has denied Giuffre's allegations.
Doughty declined to provide details about the Epstein associates featured in “Nobody's Girl,” but confirmed that Giuffre made “no allegations of abuse against Donald Trump,” who continues to face questions about Epstein, the disgraced financier and his former friend.
Knopf's statement says the book contains “intimate, disturbing, and heartbreaking new details about her time with Epstein, Maxwell and their many well-known friends, including Prince Andrew, about whom she speaks publicly for the first time since their out-of-court settlement in 2022.” Knopf Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Jordan Pavlin, in a statement, called “Nobody's Girl” 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. In 2022, she dropped allegations against Alan Dershowitz, saying in a statement at the time that she may “have made a mistake in identifying” the famed attorney as an abuser.
“'Nobody's Girl' was both vigorously fact-checked and legally vetted,” a 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.”
Duke of York faces fresh Epstein revelations in book by accuser
Gwyn Wright
Sun 24 August 2025
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Virginia Giuffre pictured in 2020, when she was suing the Duke of York
Virginia Giuffre pictured in 2020, when she was suing the Duke of York
in a New York court - PA Media
Virginia Giuffre, the sex trafficking victim who accused the Duke of York of sex crimes, has reportedly written an autobiography which will be published posthumously later this year.
Ms Giuffre, who claimed she was forced to have sex with the Duke when she was 17, is said to have finished her memoir more than a year ago.
She died by suicide at the age of 41 in April, with her family calling her a “fierce warrior” who “will always be remembered for her incredible courage”.
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Her book, called Nobody’s Girl, will now be published in the US on October 21.
Virginia Giuffre holds a photograph of herself as a teenager, when she claimed she was raped by the Duke of York - Emily Michot/via Getty Images
The memoir, which is expected to detail Ms Giuffre’s experience at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, will place further pressure on the Duke, who made a multimillion-pound out-of-court settlement with his accuser.
The claims – of sexual abuse and rape – have never been tested in a court of law, and the Duke has vehemently and repeatedly denied them.
The Duke has already stepped back from public duty as a result of the fallout of his friendship with Epstein, and a television interview in which he denied meeting Ms Giuffre.
On the night she said she had met him, he said he had been at Pizza Express in Woking with one of his daughters. His allies have claimed that a photograph of the Duke and Ms Giuffre together in London was falsified.
Ms Giuffre was one of the most high-profile victims of paedophile financier Epstein, who died by suicide in prison in 2019, and Maxwell, a British socialite who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in the US for recruiting under-age girls.
The mother of three’s memoir will be published by Penguin Random House, which also published the Duke of Sussex’s memoir Spare, according to The Sun.
Sources told the newspaper publication was initially held back because of her health issues.
A spokesman for Knopf, a division of Random House, confirmed they would be publishing the book despite Ms Giuffre previously having a seven-figure contract with Penguin Press.
Virginia Giuffre, the sex trafficking victim who accused the Duke of York of sex crimes, has reportedly written an autobiography which will be published posthumously later this year.
Ms Giuffre, who claimed she was forced to have sex with the Duke when she was 17, is said to have finished her memoir more than a year ago.
She died by suicide at the age of 41 in April, with her family calling her a “fierce warrior” who “will always be remembered for her incredible courage”.
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Her book, called Nobody’s Girl, will now be published in the US on October 21.
Virginia Giuffre holds a photograph of herself as a teenager, when she claimed she was raped by the Duke of York - Emily Michot/via Getty Images
The memoir, which is expected to detail Ms Giuffre’s experience at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, will place further pressure on the Duke, who made a multimillion-pound out-of-court settlement with his accuser.
The claims – of sexual abuse and rape – have never been tested in a court of law, and the Duke has vehemently and repeatedly denied them.
The Duke has already stepped back from public duty as a result of the fallout of his friendship with Epstein, and a television interview in which he denied meeting Ms Giuffre.
On the night she said she had met him, he said he had been at Pizza Express in Woking with one of his daughters. His allies have claimed that a photograph of the Duke and Ms Giuffre together in London was falsified.
Ms Giuffre was one of the most high-profile victims of paedophile financier Epstein, who died by suicide in prison in 2019, and Maxwell, a British socialite who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in the US for recruiting under-age girls.
The mother of three’s memoir will be published by Penguin Random House, which also published the Duke of Sussex’s memoir Spare, according to The Sun.
Sources told the newspaper publication was initially held back because of her health issues.
A spokesman for Knopf, a division of Random House, confirmed they would be publishing the book despite Ms Giuffre previously having a seven-figure contract with Penguin Press.
Ms Giuffre was pictured as a teenager with the Duke of York, with Ghislaine Maxwell looking on. Prince Andrew has said he has no recollection of the photo being taken - US Department of Justice
The book is reported to feature more revelations about her time with Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their friends, including the Duke of York.
Ted Doughty, from the publishing house, did not give details of which Epstein associates feature in the book, but did say Ms Giuffre made no allegations of abuse against Donald Trump.
Jordan Pavlin, the editor-in-chief of Knopf, described the memoir as a “raw and shocking journey and the story of a fierce spirit struggling to break free”.
A US source said: “Virginia’s family have seen her maligned in life and in death, and they feel very strongly that her whole story should be told.”
The Duke has already stepped back from public life, no longer retaining royal patronages or honorary military roles, and appearing only on what the palace now describes as “family occasions”.
On Sunday, he did not attend church at Balmoral with the Royal family. The King, Queen, Prince and Princess of Wales and their children, the Princess Royal and Duke of Edinburgh all attended Crathie Kirk during the family’s annual summer holiday.
The Duke of York, who has been staying with his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York, at Craigowan Lodge on the estate, was seen driving elsewhere.
The Duke and Duchess have come under significant pressure this summer, after an explosive biography by Andrew Lownie revisited details of their complicated finances and sexual exploits.
The new memoir, by Ms Giuffre, may cause further embarrassment for the Duke, despite the details of her allegations against him already being in the public domain.
A recent poll found that two thirds of Britons would like Prince Andrew stripped of his titles.
Maxwell pictured with Epstein - US District Court for the Southern District of New York
On Friday, the US Justice Department released transcripts of an interview it carried out with Maxwell in prison.
In the interview, Maxwell claimed Sarah, Duchess of York, tried to “put the moves” on Epstein.
She said: “I thought that Sarah was trying to put the moves on Jeffrey, if I’m being honest, and I thought the whole thing was annoying and I was p----d off.
“I think Sarah is the one that pushed that. And they met and hung out, I want to say two or three times that had nothing to do with me.
“I wasn’t communicating with Andrew, I wasn’t in touch with him. And I know this because I was annoyed and I felt left out, and I felt disrespected and I was like, this is weird. I couldn’t even imagine Epstein and Andrew together.”
Spokesmen for the Duke and Duchess of York have not commented.
Jack Revell
Sun 24 August 2025
Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images
The family of one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most outspoken survivors is “outraged” by the Justice Department’s decision to release the transcripts of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s interview with convicted Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
Virginia Giuffre, who repeatedly alleged that she was abused at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell, and high-profile alleged associates including Prince Andrew, died by suicide, age 41, in Australia earlier this year.
Her immediate family has said the DOJ’s decision to release hundreds of pages and hours of audio from the interview on Friday has given Maxwell a “platform to rewrite history.”
Donald Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell’s social lives overlapped for years. / Patrick McMullan/Getty Images
“The content of these transcripts is in direct contradiction with felon Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction for child sex trafficking,” the family said via a spokesperson in a statement.
“During DAG Todd Blanche’s bizarre interview, she is never challenged about her court-proven lies, providing her a platform to rewrite history.”
Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in jail for the sex trafficking of minors in 2022, was moved to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas following her cooperation with Blanche in what was widely seen as part of a sweetheart deal.
Giuffre’s family said the decision to move Maxwell “sends a disturbing message that child sex trafficking is acceptable and will be rewarded.”
In the documents released by the DOJ, Maxwell describes President Donald Trump as “a gentleman in all respects” and only “friendly in social settings” with the man accused of creating a “vast network of underage victims… to sexually exploit.”
Ghislaine Maxwell outside her E. 65th St. Manhattan townhouse in 2015. / New York Daily News via Getty
Trump and his administration have repeatedly attempted to distract from the renewed interest in the release of documents pertaining to Epstein and his associates.
“This travesty of justice entirely invalidates the experiences of the many brave survivors who put their safety, security, and lives on the line to ensure her conviction, including our sister,” the Giuffre family continued in their statement.
Maxwell’s lawyers have said they would welcome a presidential pardon for her crimes. Trump has said that, while he is “allowed” to do so, it’s not something he has thought about.
“The Department of Justice serves the people of the United States. We continue to call upon the DOJ to do its job by investigating and holding accountable the many rich and powerful people who enabled Ghislaine Maxwell’s and Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes,” Giuffre’s family said.
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