(New York) The posthumous and “ruthless” memories of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most eminent accuser, will be published this fall, the Alfred A. Knopf publishing house announced on Sunday.
Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice should appear on October 21, confirmed the publisher to the Associated Press. Virginia Giuffre, who committed suicide in April at the age of 41, worked on “Nobody’s Girl” with the author-Journalist Amy Wallace and had finished the manuscript of this 400-page book, according to Alfred A. Knopf.
The publisher’s statement includes an email from Virginia Giuffre to Wallace a few weeks before her death, in which she claimed to wish with all the heart that the memories are published, “whatever” circumstances.
“The content of this book is crucial, because it aims to highlight the systemic flaws which allow the cross-border traffic of vulnerable people, can be read in the email. It is imperative that the truth is known and that the issues linked to this subject are discussed, both for the sake of justice and awareness. »»
Ms. Giuffre had been hospitalized after a serious accident on March 24, said the publishing house, and had sent the email on 1er april. She died on April 25.
“If I came to die, I would like to make sure that Nobody’s Girl be published. I am convinced that this book has the potential to have an impact on many lives and to arouse the necessary debates on these serious injustices, ”she wrote to Wallace.
In 2023, the New York Post reported that Virginia Giuffre had concluded an agreement “estimated at several million” with an editor whose identity was not revealed. Todd Doughty, spokesperson for Alfred A. Knopf, said that she initially accepted a seven-digit contract with Penguin Press, but finally chose chief editor Emily Cunningham after hiring by Alfred A. Knopf as editor-in-chief last year.
Ms. Giuffre had said on several occasions that in the early 2000s, when she was a teenager, she had been involved in the Epstein sex trafficking network and exploited by Prince Andrew and other influential men. Epstein was found dead in a New York prison cell in 2019, in what investigators qualified suicide. His former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, was sentenced at the end of 2021 for sex trafficking and other charges.
Prince Andrew had denied the allegations of the complainant. In 2022, Virginia Giuffre and entered into her an amicable agreement after she continued him for sexual assault.
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An undated photo taken in an unknown place and published on August 9, 2021 by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York shows (from left to right) Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell posing for a photo.
His name continued to make the headlines, even after his death. In July, President Donald Trump told journalists that Epstein had “stolen” Virginia Giuffre in Mar-A-Lago, her private club in Florida where she used to work. She said she was approached by Maxwell and hired as a masseuse for Epstein. Maxwell denied the allegations of Roberts Giuffre.
Mr. Doughty refused to provide details on Epstein partners presented in Nobody’s Girlbut confirmed that Ms. Giuffre had formulated “no allegation of abuse against Trump”, which continues to answer questions about Epstein, the fallen financier and his former friend.
New “intimate and disturbing” details
Alfred A. Knopf explained that the book contains “new intimate, disturbing and heartbreaking details on its relationship with Epstein, Maxwell and their many famous friends, including Prince Andrew, of which she publicly speaks for the first time since their amicable agreement in 2022”.
Jordan Pavlin, publisher and editor -in -chief of Alfred A. Knopf, qualified Nobody’s Girl “Brutal and shocking” and “story of a fierce spirit fighting to free oneself”.
Ms. Giuffre’s relationship with Epstein is well documented, although her stories have been disputed. She had admitted to being mistaken in the details, errors which she attributed to her attempt to remember events that occurred years ago. In 2022, she abandoned the accusations against Alan Dershowitz, declaring in a statement of the time that she may have “made a mistake by identifying” the famous lawyer as an aggressor.
“” Nobody’s Girl has been the subject of a rigorous verification of the facts and an in-depth legal verification, ”read a press release from Alfred A. Knopf.
Wallace, co -author of his Memoirs, is an award -winning journalist for magazines and newspapers, whose articles were published in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Timesamong others. She also collaborated on two previous books, Creativity, Inc. of the co -founder of Pixar, Ed Catmull, and HOT SEAT From the former CEO of General Electric, Jeff Immelt.
