Virginia Giuffre claims in book she was sexually abused by her father

I know, it's horrible, isn't it? Calling her a "fantasist" and other things. As I say, a lot of the time, people expect "real victims" to be perfect, their idea of "innocent" or they're not to be believed ever. And abused women and girls often aren't perfect. Hence the likes of Epstein et al, along with all those other powerful men, know they won't ever be believed. And rich and powerful men will take advantage of that and get away with it (I think Andrew is a disgusting scumbag, btw, but he's only the convenient tip of a very large iceberg and so thick & entitled he walked into it, unlike all the other very powerful men who have protected themselves and strangely seem to have had little heat on them.)

Possibly them both, but she'd accused him of it previously and there seem to have been a number of incidents.

I didn’t know anything about of this. Well done Virginia Roberts Giuffre for being the tip of that iceberg, for courageously sharing your story and lifting the lid on how people in high places abuse their wealth and positions to casually wreck the lives of those they use and abuse. I bet none of them gave her a backward glance once they had finished with her. I truly hope that in time everything becomes known and that the perpetrators are made to know their parts in the lives they have ruined.

This poor woman had such a horrendous life.

Not surprising that it all started with abuse in the home.

I do hope all the powerful men who abused her finally face the music and end up in jail.

I thought the DV was her against her husband.
she seems to have had a very traumatic life- sadly there are far too many women like her.

Oh no, I didn't know that. Bloody hell, how awful! What a sad sad life at the hands of so many people.

Is this new information? I thought it had been established ages ago that Virginia had be abused and neglected as a child and young teen, and this is in part what led her to be targeted as vulnerable by Epstein as she had nobody looking out for her.

It’s very sad reading the comments section. Majority saying they don’t believe her. Mostly men.

She didn't have wonderful experiences with her partner by the sounds of it, since DV appears to be a feature, and her children were also eventually taken away from her. It seems by the end she'd just had enough.

But no, it didn't surprise me that she'd been abused in early life. As others have said, it would have made her a vulnerable and easy target for the likes of Maxwell and Epstein (as well as the ongoing attitudes from people who think victims must be "perfect" to count or matter or ever be believed.)

Very sad, but not at all surprising.

Girls with loving parents who take proper care of them do not just fall in with sex trafficking rings at the age of 17.

I can't be the only one who thought, "But what were her parents doing when she was in Palm Beach with Jeffrey Epstein? I was at home doing my homework when I was that age."

Well that answers something I've never understood, why she went back to Epstien after the first time.
Her father was dropping her off at her 'job' at Epstiens.

She lived a life of hell the poor poor woman. I hope she at least had some wonderful experiences with her children and partner before she died. I wonder in a way if it was her children growing up that added to the fire, as well as raking through everything to write the book and fighting so hard. You often see your own life, and compare what your parents were like to how you are with your own kids, when they're growing up, and that must have been really hard.
I saw an interview with another victim, where she said Maxwell and Epstein had asked Virginia to be a surrogate, which I'd never heard before. That was apparently the last straw for her. They said she'd be a "great mom". The utter horror of them saying that to her and knowing how little they valued - not at all - children's lives. And then knowing what future would befall the baby they expected her to give them, must have been overwhelming.

I won’t read the full article, thank you. But sadly this doesn’t surprise me. We know that victims can be repeatedly victimised and that at first sight they seemed less credible as a result. We know better now, I hope.