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- Excerpt of Virginia Giuffre book released, co-author describes abuse as 'Handmaid's Tale'</p>
<p>James Powel, USA TODAY October 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM</p>
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<p>An excerpt from the forthcoming memoir from Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's accusers, was released by CBS News Oct. 19.</p>
<p>The released portion of the memoir details a 2021 trip Giuffre took to the Louvre Museum as she prepared to testify against French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel in a Paris court.</p>
<p>"For a while, everything went as I'd imagined. I lost myself in the larger-than-life bronze and marble sculptures, texting my husband photos of 'The Four Captives,' a quartet of soldiers in shackles, and of Hercules fighting an oversized snake," the excerpt reads. "I climbed a flight of stairs, turned a corner, and froze. I know this room, screamed a voice inside my head. I'd been in this precise spot before — two decades ago, when I was just seventeen."</p>
<p>Giuffre, born Virginia Roberts, was among the most outspoken of Epstein's abuse accusers. She played a critical role in the investigations that eventually led to criminal charges against the financier and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.</p>
<p>She also filed a sex abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew in 2021, alleging that she had been trafficked to the British royal family member by Epstein three times around 2001 when she was a teenager. Andrew settled the suit in 2022 and denied the allegations.</p>
<p>Virginia Giuffre, an alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein, walks after the hearing in the criminal case against Epstein at Federal Court in New York, Aug. 27, 2019.</p>
<p>On Oct. 17, Buckingham Palace confirmed that Andrew will no longer use his royal titles after being stripped of his patronages and military associations in the midst of the lawsuit.</p>
<p>Giuffre died of suicide near her home in Neergabby, Australia in 2024. "Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice" is set to be released Oct. 21.</p>
<p>Co-author says Maxwell shouldn't be pardoned</p>
<p>In an interview with "CBS Sunday Morning" that accompanied the excerpt release, "Nobody's Girl" co-author Amy Wallace stood behind Giuffre's allegations. She added that Giuffre "knew" that names of people who participated in her abuse have not been made public.</p>
<p>"What she always said to me was, 'I may not remember days, times, dates. But when you have a man raping you, his face six inches from your own, you remember that face,'" Wallace said.</p>
<p>Wallace described the abuse Giuffre alleged Epstein and Maxwell of having gone beyond sexual assault, calling it a "a modern 'Handmaid's Tale.'" Wallace said that the pair asked Giuffre to carry a child for them and sign away her parental rights. "Interestingly, that was the straw that broke the camel's back for her," Wallace said.</p>
<p>1 / 1Virginia Giuffre memoir on alleged abuse by Prince Andrew coming months after her death.Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre speaks at a press conference following a hearing where Jeffrey Epstein victims made statements, at Manhattan Federal Court on Aug. 27, 2019, in Manhattan, New York.</p>
<p>Wallace stated that she does not believe that Maxwell should receive a pardon from President Donald Trump. "This woman participated in the sexual abuse, and she should absolutely not be pardoned."</p>
<p>She added that Giuffre did not implicate Trump as a part of Epstein's "ring" during the writing of the memoir. Trump told reporters in July that the staff Epstein "stole" from him worked in the spa and included Giuffre.</p>
<p>Family dismisses Giuffre death conspiracies</p>
<p>"CBS Sunday Morning" also interviewed Amanda and Sky Roberts, Giuffre's sister-in-law and brother, who told the program that the loss of Giuffre's custody rights in a legal battle with her husband may have led to her suicide.</p>
<p>"The worst thing that could happen to a mother: Her children, she was separated from her children. And that is something that she couldn't bear," Amanda said.</p>
<p>Amanda dismissed conspiracy theories that allege Giuffre did not take her own life. "I was with her in her final days. I mean, I was the one that found my sister when she had passed."</p>
<p>Contributing: Karissa Waddick and Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY</p>
<p>If you or someone you know needs mental health resources and support, please call, text or chat with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or visit 988lifeline.org for 24/7 access to free and confidential services.</p>
<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Excerpt of Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre's memoir released</p>
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