In the summer of 2000, a vulnerable 16-year-old runaway named Virginia Roberts, fleeing a troubled home marked by abuse, found fleeting stability working as a spa attendant at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Reading a book on massage therapy outside the locker room, she was spotted by Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s confidante and recruiter.
Maxwell approached the teenage Roberts, praising her appearance and offering a lucrative job as a traveling masseuse for Epstein—no experience needed. Eager for opportunity, Roberts accepted, crossing paths with unimaginable wealth and, soon, unimaginable evil.
Introduced to Epstein at his Palm Beach mansion, Roberts was quickly groomed into his sex trafficking network. What began as “massages” escalated into sexual abuse by Epstein himself, followed by instructions to recruit other girls and service his powerful associates. Over two years, she traveled on his private jet to his properties in New York, New Mexico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, enduring exploitation amid luxury.
Roberts alleged being trafficked to figures like Prince Andrew—claims he denied and settled out of court in 2022. Flight logs and testimonies later corroborated her extensive involvement in Epstein’s orbit.
Escaping in 2002 after meeting her future husband in Thailand, Roberts rebuilt her life in Australia, marrying and raising three children. Renamed Virginia Giuffre, she became a fierce advocate, founding a nonprofit and providing key evidence leading to Maxwell’s 2021 conviction.
Tragically, Giuffre died by suicide in April 2025 at age 41, amid ongoing pain from trauma and health issues. Her posthumous memoir, Nobody’s Girl, released in October 2025, detailed her ordeal in unflinching terms.
As December 2025’s Epstein file releases—mandated by the Transparency Act signed by Trump—continue amid delays and redactions, Giuffre’s story underscores the human toll. Her courage empowered survivors, piercing the veil on power’s darkest shadows, even as full a
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