Virginia Giuffre claims continue to haunt Andrew in newly released unseen interview clips
Topics: Virginia Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, BBC, News
Niamh Shackleton
Featured Image Credit: BBC
Topics: Virginia Giuffre, Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, BBC, News
Warning: This article contains discussion of sexual assault which some readers may find distressing
Previously unseen parts of a 2019 interview with Virginia Giuffre have been aired by the BBC.
In a new program titled The Fall of Prince Andrew, a 30 minute episode released today (November 4), never-before-seen parts of a BBC Panorama interview with Giuffre have been shared.
Parts of the years-old interview were released by the BBC at the time, and in one clip shared to YouTube, Giuffre addressed the speculation that the photo of her with the former prince was fake.
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"The people on the inside are going to keep coming up with these ridiculous excuses like his arm was elongated, or the photo was doctored, or he came to New York to break up with Jeffrey Epstein," she said.
"I mean, come on. I'm calling BS on this because that's what it is. [Andrew] knows what happened. I know what happened, and there's only one of us telling the truth. And I know that's me."
Additional clips of the interview have now aired, where Giuffre shared more claims about the sex trafficking she was allegedly subjected to at the hands of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Recalling one of the purported encounters with Andrew, Giuffre said: "There was a bath and it started there, and then it led to the bedroom. It didn't last very long the whole entire procedure. It was disgusting."
Becoming emotional, Giuffre, who took her own life earlier this year, said it was a 'wicked time in [her] life'.
"I had just been abused by a member of the Royal Family," she went on. "So when you talk about these chains... yeah I wasn't chained to a sink but these powerful people were my chains."
"I couldn't comprehend how powerful people were allowing this to happen, but not only allowing it to happen but participating in it," Giuffre added.
Another unseen clip showed her discussing Maxwell and how 'she didn't seem scary at all', but this soon changed.
"Ghislaine was more physically abusive in some aspects that Epstein was in some ways," said Giuffre.
"She almost took pleasure in the fact, knowing that you were highly uncomfortable and that you were feeling sick to your stomach and that you were going through pain."
Elsewhere she said that she was 'passed around' like a toy.
Speaking of Andrew once more, Giuffre told the BBC: "To know this man had daughters but he was still capable of abusing me — it just doesn't make sense."
If you've been affected by any of the issues in this article, you can contact The National Sexual Assault Hotline on 800.656.HOPE (4673), available 24/7. Or you can chat online via online.rainn.org.