Virginia Giuffre’s family expressed profound shock and outrage after President Donald Trump claimed Jeffrey Epstein “stole” her and other young women from Mar-a-Lago’s spa. In a statement released July 31, 2025, they rejected the characterization, emphasizing: “She wasn’t stolen—she was preyed upon.”
Trump’s remarks, made during July 28–29, 2025, interviews and aboard Air Force One, described Epstein recruiting Giuffre (then 16, working as a spa attendant in 2000) as “poaching” staff, implying no wrongdoing on his part. “He stole them from Mar-a-Lago,” Trump said, reiterating Epstein was banned for inappropriate behavior.
Giuffre’s brother, Sky Roberts, and sister-in-law Amanda Roberts issued the statement via The Atlantic, calling Trump’s words “evasive” and “impersonal.” “Virginia was groomed and trafficked on his property,” they wrote. “Stolen makes her an object. She was a child preyed upon by predators Maxwell and Epstein enabled.” They questioned Trump’s awareness, citing his 2002 praise of Epstein liking women “on the younger side.”
The family’s fury echoed Giuffre’s memoir Nobody’s Girl (October 21, 2025), detailing Maxwell’s recruitment at Mar-a-Lago without implicating Trump in abuse. Roberts told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins (July 31): “She wasn’t property to steal—she was a girl they hunted.”
Public reaction split: supporters defended Trump’s ban, critics decried minimization. With 3.5 million X posts under #PreyedUpon (70% backing the family), the statement amplified demands for Epstein Files Transparency Act disclosures (December 19 deadline). Giuffre’s truth—preyed upon, not stolen—resonates louder amid elite scrutiny.
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