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Topics: Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew, US News, Virginia Giuffre, Sex Trafficking, Royal Family
Callum Jones
Topics: Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew, US News, Virginia Giuffre, Sex Trafficking, Royal Family
Virginia Giuffre has explained in her new memoir why she didn't regret speaking about the alleged abuse she suffered at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein.
Giuffre died by suicide at her home in Australia in April this year at the age of 41. She wrote Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice before her death.
Giuffre alleged that she was trafficked by Epstein at the age of 17, while also claiming she was made to have sex with Prince Andrew - something the royal has continually denied.
In her book, Giuffre said that she made the allegations public in the hope of it preventing other victims from enduring something similar.
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Penning in the final chapter of the memoir, Giuffre said: "I don’t regret it, but the constant telling and retelling has been extremely painful and exhausting. With this book, I seek to free myself from my past."
Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to state charges of solicitation of prostitution and of solicitation of prostitution with a minor under the age of 18, landing him with an 18-month jail sentence.
Come 2019, Epstein was charged with one count of sex trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors.
Epstein was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, New York City in August 2019.
Allegations regarding Andrew surfaced in 2015 in court documents relating to Epstein, with the former Duke of York paying Giuffre a settlement in 2022 after she filed a civil suit against him.
Giuffre said in her memoir that the $12 million+ she received from her out-of-court settlement with Andrew went towards the Reclaim (Soar) foundation, which helps combat human and sex trafficking, the Independent reports.
"I look forward to disseminating some of the Crown’s money to do some good," Giuffre wrote.
She went on to dedicate the book to 'my Survivor Sisters and to anyone who has suffered sexual abuse'.
Prior to the memoir being released on Tuesday (October 21), Andrew announced he would be giving up his royal titles.
"I have decided, as I always have, to put my duty to my family and country first. I stand by my decision five years ago to stand back from public life," Andrew penned in a statement released on Friday (October 17).
"With His Majesty's agreement, we feel I must now go a step further. I will therefore no longer use my title or the honors which have been conferred upon me.
"As I have said previously, I vigorously deny the accusations against me."