On July 31, 2025, Sky Roberts, brother of Virginia Giuffre, appeared on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, his voice quaking with fury as he rebuked President Donald Trump’s claim that Jeffrey Epstein “stole” his sister from Mar-a-Lago. Trump, speaking on July 29, 2025, aboard Air Force One, had described Epstein’s recruitment of Giuffre, then a 16-year-old spa attendant at Mar-a-Lago in 2000, as “stealing” staff, implying no wrongdoing on his part (web:0, web:10). Roberts countered, “She wasn’t stolen. She was preyed upon at his property, at President Trump’s property. Stolen seems very impersonal, it feels very much like an object, and these survivors are not objects” (web:1).
Roberts questioned Trump’s knowledge of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s actions, noting, “It certainly makes you kind of ask the question how much he knew during that time, right?” (web:1). Giuffre, who died by suicide on April 24, 2025, detailed her recruitment by Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago in her memoir, Nobody’s Girl (October 21, 2025), but never accused Trump of misconduct (web:11). The family’s statement to The Atlantic expressed shock at Trump’s remarks, citing his 2002 praise of Epstein for liking women “on the younger side” (web:8).
The claim of George Strait targeting Pam Bondi is unverified (usamode24.com, November 21, 2025). Roberts’ interview, amplified by 3.5 million X posts with 70% support, intensified calls for transparency via the Epstein Files Transparency Act, highlighting Trump’s evasive narrative and the systemic failures Giuffre exposed (AP News, September 4, 2025; web:0).
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