Virginia Giuffre

Virginia Giuffre
Born
Virginia Louise Roberts

(1983-08-09) August 9, 1983 (age 41)
Sacramento, California, U.S.
Citizenship
  • United States
  • Australia
Organization(s)Speak Out, Act, Reclaim (SOAR), formerly known as Victims Refuse Silence
Known forAdvocate of justice for sex trafficking survivors
Spouse
Robert Giuffre
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(m. 2002)​
Children3
Websitewww.speakoutactreclaim.org

Virginia Louise Giuffre (née Roberts; born August 9, 1983) is an American-Australian[1] campaigner who offers support to victims of sex trafficking. She is an alleged victim of the sex trafficking ring of Jeffrey Epstein.[2] Giuffre created Victims Refuse Silence, a non-profit based in the United States, in 2015,[3][4] which was relaunched under the name Speak Out, Act, Reclaim (SOAR) in November 2021. She has given a detailed account to many American and British reporters about her experiences of being trafficked by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.[5][6]

Giuffre has pursued criminal and civil actions against Epstein and Maxwell, and has appealed directly to the public for justice and awareness.[7] She sued Maxwell for defamation in 2015, and the case was settled in Giuffre's favor for an undisclosed sum in 2017.[8] On July 2, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ordered the unsealing of documents from the earlier civil suit by Giuffre against Maxwell.[9] The first batch of documents from Giuffre's suit were released to the public on August 9, 2019,[10] further implicating Epstein, Maxwell, and a number of their associates. The following day, August 10, 2019, Epstein was found dead in his Manhattan prison cell.[11]

In an October 2019 interview for BBC's Panorama, aired on December 2, Giuffre described her alleged experiences of being sex trafficked by Epstein for Britain's Prince Andrew, which helped shift public opinion against the prince.[12][13] She subsequently sued the Prince in civil court in New York. The suit was settled in February 2022 with Prince Andrew paying an undisclosed amount to Giuffre and making a substantial donation to her charity.[14][15]

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  3. ^ Crawley, Peter (December 2, 2019). "Virginia Giuffre's heartbreaking, vivid account of being told to have sex with Prince Andrew". The Irish Times. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Tigas, Mike; Wei, Sisi; Schwencke, Ken; Roberts, Brandon; Glassford, Alec (May 9, 2013). "Victims Refuse Silence Inc - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  5. ^ Chappell, Bill; Neuman, Scott (July 31, 2020). "Judge Releases Trove Of Sealed Records Related To Lawsuit Against Ghislaine Maxwell". NPR. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  6. ^ Wieder, Ben; Hall, Kevin G. (July 31, 2020). "Judge rips into Ghislaine Maxwell as sealed Jeffrey Epstein documents begin to emerge". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  7. ^ "Prince Andrew accuser asks public to 'stand beside her'". BBC News. December 2, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  8. ^ Brown, Julie K. (March 6, 2019). "Court weighs unsealing records that could reveal new details of Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse". Miami Herald. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  9. ^ Naham, Matt (July 3, 2019). "In Major Development, Court Orders Unsealing of Docs Related to Alleged Epstein Sex Trafficking Ring". Law and Crime. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  10. ^ Sherman, Gabriel (August 9, 2019). "Powerful Men, Disturbing New Details in Unsealed Epstein Documents". Vanity Fair. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  11. ^ Zapotosky, Matt; Barrett, Devlin; Merle, Renae; Leonnig, Carol D. (August 10, 2019). "Jeffrey Epstein dead after apparent suicide in New York jail". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
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  13. ^ Martin, Guy (December 3, 2019). "Prince Andrew's Public Relations War With Virginia Roberts Giuffre: Her Direct Appeal To Britain Harries His Retreat". Forbes. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
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