Virginia Giuffre
Virginia Giuffre Courtesy of Virginia Roberts Giuffre

Nobody's Girl lifts the lid on a trafficking network that used wealth and access to shield abuse.

Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir, Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, published on 21 October 2025, delivers new, harrowing first-person details about her recruitment into Jeffrey Epstein's circle, the men she says were lent to her, and her decades-long fight to be heard.

The book, completed with journalist Amy Wallace and issued by Alfred A. Knopf, was accompanied by an extensive CBS Sunday Morning feature and a serialised excerpt that together surface allegations implicating Prince Andrew, recount a 'friendly' encounter with Donald Trump, and renew scrutiny of the files Giuffre believed could reveal further names.

The memoir's release has already prompted fresh public and political pressure, law-enforcement interest, and a cascade of coverage drawing on both the book's text and interviews with Giuffre's co-writer.

New Revelations From 'Nobody's Girl'

Giuffre writes bluntly about her earliest encounter with the Epstein network, recruited at age 16 while working at Mar-a-Lago and thereafter trafficked across the United States and abroad.

In an excerpt published by CBS News, she insists, 'I am here to stand up to those who have hurt me. I am here to reclaim my life,' lines that set the tone for a memoir that alternates between daily survivor detail and legal-document corroboration.

Virginia Giuffre's Posthumous Memoir
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The publisher states the book was finalised before Giuffre's death and underwent legal review; Knopf's catalogue entry frames the memoir as a wide-ranging account that places the Epstein network in the context of institutional failures and personal resilience. The memoir is 400 pages and was released in multiple formats on 21 October 2025.

Claims About Prince Andrew and the Epstein Network

One of the memoir's most consequential threads revisits Giuffre's long-public allegations against Prince Andrew, whom she previously sued and later reached an out-of-court settlement in 2022.

Giuffre re-describes three encounters in the early 2000s and describes episodes she says demonstrate a pattern of abuse and exploitation; Prince Andrew has consistently denied the allegations. The book also details, with administrative and legal context, her belief that efforts were made to intimidate and smear her during litigation.

A photograph of Andrew with his arm around Giuffre's waist and Maxwell standing next to them is seen as crucial to the claim against the prince
A photograph of Andrew with his arm around Giuffre's waist and Maxwell standing next to them is seen as crucial to the claim against the prince. AFP News

Giuffre and her collaborators also emphasise the network's reach. The memoir and accompanying interviews with co-writer Amy Wallace indicate Giuffre feared naming every abuser publicly because of the threat of crippling litigation, while stressing that she had disclosed names in sworn depositions and to investigators.

That caveat has shaped both legal and journalistic follow-up: sources interviewed on CBS and other outlets emphasise that the book is an account built on memory, legal filings, and documentary material reviewed with legal counsel.

The memoir touches on interactions in elite settings, including an episode Giuffre describes as a 'friendly meeting' with Donald Trump; Knopf and news outlets note the book does not lodge fresh criminal allegations against Trump but records Giuffre's experiences and recollections connected to Mar-a-Lago.

Calls For Accountability and the Search for the Files

Giuffre's final public wishes, reiterated in the book and in interviews with her co-writer, included a plea for release of what she called the 'Epstein Files', documents, tapes, and records she believed contained names and corroboration that might change the story's scope.

Her co-writer has said Giuffre was certain the files contained additional evidence; CBS's reporting and Sunday Morning coverage foregrounded that campaign to unseal materials then held under governmental control. Those calls have immediate political resonance, including demands for transparency from lawmakers and renewed media interest in any logs or recordings related to Epstein's activities.

Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre
Prince Andrew and his accuser, Virginia Guiffre, settled a civil lawsuit out of court in February, and have now asked the court to formally dismiss the case. Photo: POOL via AFP / Steve Parsons

Police and institutions must now decide whether new lines of inquiry can be opened; Reuters and the Associated Press report that the memoir's publication has already prompted fresh scrutiny of Prince Andrew's contacts and of potential investigative leads.

At the same time, legal constraints and the ethics of posthumous publication complicate how reporters and investigators treat unproven recollection versus documentary proof.

Giuffre's account will not be the last word; criminal liability, civil settlements, and the slow grind of investigation will determine which allegations can be proven. For now, the memoir has succeeded in refocusing public attention on Epstein's circle, on the institutions that enabled it, and on the victims who have long sought to be believed.