In a revelation that has left Virginia Giuffre’s grieving family reeling with disbelief, President Trump casually describes how Jeffrey Epstein “stole” their teenage sister from Mar-a-Lago, prompting urgent questions about what he truly knew of the predator’s intentions.
During a July 2025 press gaggle aboard Air Force One, Trump elaborated on his long-stated fallout with Epstein, claiming the financier poached young female spa employees from his Palm Beach club—including Giuffre, then a 16-year-old locker-room attendant. “I think she worked at the spa,” Trump said. “He stole her.” He portrayed the incident as routine staff theft that led him to ban Epstein, emphasizing Giuffre “had no complaints about us.”
Giuffre, who died by suicide in April 2025 at age 41, had long alleged that Ghislaine Maxwell recruited her from Mar-a-Lago in 2000, luring her into Epstein’s sex-trafficking network. Her family swiftly rejected Trump’s framing, stating it was “shocking” to hear him invoke their sister this way. “She wasn’t ‘stolen’—she was preyed upon at his property by convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell,” they declared, highlighting that the recruitment occurred years before Trump’s supposed ban.
The remarks complicate the timeline: Giuffre was recruited in 2000, yet Trump praised Epstein as a “terrific guy” who liked women “on the younger side” in a 2002 interview. Family members and victim advocates now demand clarity on whether Trump suspected Epstein’s motives when young staff vanished to his nearby mansion.
Trump has denied any wrongdoing or prior knowledge of Epstein’s crimes, insisting he cut ties early. Yet his offhand comment—reducing a minor’s grooming to employee poaching—has reignited scrutiny, underscoring how power shielded predators while survivors like Giuffre fought for justice. Her legacy endures as a call for full accountability.
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