Skip to main content Before she died by suicide earlier this year, Virginia Roberts Giuffre wrote Nobody’s Girl, a devastating memoir of her abuse, including at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein. This excerpt is her account of meeting Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago, and the life-altering ramifications of that encounter.By Virginia Roberts GiuffreOctober 15, 2025“Me as a teenager, right around the time I met Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell.”Courtesy of Virginia Roberts Giuffre. Editor’s note: Virginia Roberts Giuffre completed work on the manuscript for “Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice” in October 2024. Sexual and physical abuse colored Giuffre’s life from early childhood to her experience with the late Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell (a convicted sex trafficker currently in prison for facilitating Epstein’s abuse), and long afterwards, she writes. Following her daring escape from their 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. Just weeks before her death, Giuffre wrote to her collaborator on the book, Amy Wallace, “the content of this book is crucial… 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. In the event of my passing, I would like to ensure that “Nobody’s Girl” is still released.” This first excerpt of her memoir, exclusive to Vanity Fair, takes place during the summer of 2000, when Giuffre was sixteen years old and worked in the spa at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago.Already a subscriber? Sign In Another Round? Continue reading with a Vanity Fair membership. $3 $1 per month for 1 year + a free tote.Get Digital AccessUnlock article for $3 $1 per month for 1 year + a free tote. SUBSCRIBE

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