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BumRushDaShow

(162,006 posts)
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 03:52 PM 17 hrs ago

Virginia Giuffre raped by 'well-known Prime Minister,' US version of posthumous memoir claims

Source: CNN World

Updated Oct 21, 2025, 12:39 PM ET
PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2025, 10:10 AM ET


London - Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, wrote in her posthumous memoir that she was brutally beaten and raped by an unidentified prime minister and that she feared she might “die a sex slave.” “In my years with them, they lent me out to scores of wealthy, powerful people. I was habitually used and humiliated – and in some instances, choked, beaten, and bloodied,” Giuffre wrote of Epstein and his circle. “I believed that I might die a sex slave.”

Six months after her death by suicide in Australia, Giuffre’s memoir “Nobody’s Girl” was published Tuesday and contains harrowing details of the abuse she allegedly suffered as a teenager, and her years attempting to get justice for herself and her fellow victims.

In the US version, Giuffre claims she was raped by a man whom she had “taken pains to describe in my legal filings only as a ‘well-known Prime Minister.’” In the UK version, the passages are almost identical but refer to the man as a “former minister.” It was not clear what accounted for the discrepancy.

While on the sex offender’s Caribbean island, Giuffre described how Epstein “trafficked me to a man who raped me more savagely than anyone had before.” She wrote she was 18 at the time.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/uk/virginia-giuffre-memoir-epstein-prince-andrew-intl

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Virginia Giuffre raped by 'well-known Prime Minister,' US version of posthumous memoir claims (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago OP
May all involved receive everything they deserve. niyad 17 hrs ago #1
May it return to them three times over Hekate 15 hrs ago #12
So mote it be niyad 8 hrs ago #36
Thats not gonna happen unless we MAKE IT happen. Volaris 52 min ago #47
Thank you for doing that. Not that they would actually. . .you know. . .READ niyad 45 min ago #48
Lol no theyre not gonna read it, but thats not quite the point. Volaris 34 min ago #51
Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister Kid Berwyn 17 hrs ago #2
Yeah. He was my first thought... Especially after it was revealed he's in cahoots with Trump hlthe2b 16 hrs ago #7
Mine too. AloeVera 15 hrs ago #11
I gave up on BlueMTexpat 5 hrs ago #40
I can barely contain my anger. 1WorldHope 17 hrs ago #3
In some cases, because they are doing the same, or at least would like to. niyad 43 min ago #49
With Trump and Bondi in charge here... Escape 17 hrs ago #4
What does Trump & Bondi have to with women coming forward with their stories? ReRe 6 hrs ago #39
Hmmm. .a rapist pedophile and a rapist enabler. I wonder. niyad 41 min ago #50
Sounds like a possible typo given the potential suspects SSJVegeta 17 hrs ago #5
Ehud Barak, former PM of Israel, was proven to have visited Epstein at least 30 times. Wiz Imp 17 hrs ago #6
Giuffre named him in court documents too. iemanja 16 hrs ago #9
Right. See post #8 with article on it. Wiz Imp 16 hrs ago #10
thousands of emails between Ehud Barak and Epstein were just leaked garybeck 8 hrs ago #35
This article from 5 years ago, says she accused former Israeli PM Ehud Barak Wiz Imp 16 hrs ago #8
"Giuffre has offered no proof other than her uncorroborated word" Hekate 15 hrs ago #13
As if... 2naSalit 15 hrs ago #16
She also alleged that he beat her. iemanja 15 hrs ago #15
Bastard! calimary 6 hrs ago #38
But Jeffrey Epstein had ALL the proof she needed, in the form of photos and videos FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #20
FALSE. Wiz Imp 13 hrs ago #23
She couldn't identify him in photos of people who attended JE's parties FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #25
You said she never met him which is proven 100% false from her own book Wiz Imp 12 hrs ago #31
How about believing women over rapists? iemanja 11 hrs ago #32
I don't believe Virginia committed suicide. Clouds Passing 15 hrs ago #14
I wonder. yellow dahlia 14 hrs ago #19
She was in an auto accident 3 1/2 weeks before her death Wiz Imp 13 hrs ago #29
I tend to agree, but the story was that Virginia had serious medical issues FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #21
Are you calling her brother a liar? Wiz Imp 13 hrs ago #24
That Snopes article was from a full 6 years before she died. Wiz Imp 13 hrs ago #26
flight logs to identify ":prime minister' ??? Evolve Dammit 15 hrs ago #17
Not necessary. Wiz Imp 13 hrs ago #28
Right? Why do we never believe the women? AllyCat 9 hrs ago #34
Just so glad Maxwell's having an easier time in prison. Buddyzbuddy 14 hrs ago #18
Post removed Post removed 13 hrs ago #22
This account makes me deeply troubled by the state of the world, and by humanity. bucolic_frolic 13 hrs ago #27
Until i know for certain the Berlusconi JustAnotherGen 13 hrs ago #30
I wish Lisbeth Salander was real. AllyCat 9 hrs ago #33
Just saying we've never had an explanation for why David Cameron resigned early meadowlander 7 hrs ago #37
The timeline does not work for him muriel_volestrangler 4 hrs ago #41
I agree with your last sentence, but, as per Ms. volestrangler, it probably doesn't apply to Cameron. TheRickles 2 hrs ago #42
Republicans digging to protect all their pedophies and their besties Champp 1 hr ago #43
Danny Cevallos Bluetus 1 hr ago #44
My heart hurts for that poor child. Scrivener7 1 hr ago #45
Open Secrets... CapnSteve 1 hr ago #46

Volaris

(11,170 posts)
47. Thats not gonna happen unless we MAKE IT happen.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 08:44 AM
52 min ago

I'm going to order 3 copies next week..one for me, and I'm going to order 2 extra and have them delivered to my GOP House and Senate reps, since they seem hell-bent on not caring about this.

niyad

(127,999 posts)
48. Thank you for doing that. Not that they would actually. . .you know. . .READ
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 08:51 AM
45 min ago

it, but it might prick that one iota of conscience they might still have.

Volaris

(11,170 posts)
51. Lol no theyre not gonna read it, but thats not quite the point.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 09:02 AM
34 min ago

The pressure will build. THATS the point.
They need to fear INaction, MORE than they fear that child rapist squatting in what's left of the White House.

(On Edit)--if you want, I'll kick 10 bucks into a DU fund so you (or anyone else here that can't afford to) can also send their rep a copy.

hlthe2b

(111,758 posts)
7. Yeah. He was my first thought... Especially after it was revealed he's in cahoots with Trump
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 04:39 PM
16 hrs ago

on Gaza (and apparently wants to build that seaside property after those poor Gazan civilians are "dispatched with"--whatever that might mean).

AloeVera

(3,884 posts)
11. Mine too.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 05:42 PM
15 hrs ago

It's not just Gaza, that's just the icing on the cake. He has made gazillions in the Middle East for well over a decade, "consulting" for Israel-friendly petro-states.. Very questionable.

BlueMTexpat

(15,621 posts)
40. I gave up on
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 03:49 AM
5 hrs ago

Tony Blair when he colluded with Bush II and Cheney the Elder for the Invasion of Iraq in 2003.

When I heard about his being involved with You-Know-Who in the so-called "ceasefire" in Gaza, I knew that the Palestinians would be thoroughly screwed.

1WorldHope

(1,725 posts)
3. I can barely contain my anger.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 04:09 PM
17 hrs ago

People just don't seem to care what women and little girls and little boys suffer at the hands of these evil rich and powerful men. How can you have children and not care? 😭

Escape

(307 posts)
4. With Trump and Bondi in charge here...
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 04:17 PM
17 hrs ago

no other Virginia Giuffre's can come forward.

Maybe others living in foreign countries, and protected by legitimate legal systems, will tell their stories.

SSJVegeta

(1,799 posts)
5. Sounds like a possible typo given the potential suspects
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 04:22 PM
17 hrs ago

Blair met Epstein only once.

If it is a typo and she meant "Minister" instead, Peter Mandelson -who knew Epstein well and secured the meeting with Blair and Epstein, would be more likely.

Wiz Imp

(7,742 posts)
6. Ehud Barak, former PM of Israel, was proven to have visited Epstein at least 30 times.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 04:26 PM
17 hrs ago
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ehud-barak-met-with-jeffrey-epstein-dozens-of-times-flew-on-private-plane-report/
Ehud Barak met with Jeffrey Epstein dozens of times, flew on private plane — report
Former prime minister Ehud Barak met with the late disgraced financier and child sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein dozens of times beginning in 2013, according to a new report on Wednesday by the Wall Street Journal.

Barak was among the list of Jewish names — including pioneering linguist and left-wing activist Noam Chomsky, longtime Bard College president Leon Botstein, and filmmaker Woody Allen — listed in a newly uncovered private calendar for Epstein, the WSJ reported in the first part of its investigative series on the hugely influential Jewish donor who used his largesse to obscure what investigators uncovered years ago as an elaborate underage sex trafficking ring.

Epstein met with thousands of people over his career and the presence of their names does not itself indicate any evidence of misdeeds.

According to the WSJ’s Wednesday report on the calendar’s contents, Barak visited Epstein about 30 times between 2013 and 2017 at his estates in Florida and New York, including a time in 2014 when the former Israeli premier flew with Epstein on his private aircraft from Palm Beach to Tampa, after which Epstein went on to New York. Barak said his wife and an Israeli security guard were also on that flight. He said he flew with Epstein on his private plans on one other occasion, also with his wife and guards.


Wiz Imp

(7,742 posts)
8. This article from 5 years ago, says she accused former Israeli PM Ehud Barak
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 04:40 PM
16 hrs ago
https://www.timesofisrael.com/woman-says-epstein-forced-her-to-have-sex-with-former-pm-barak/
Woman says Epstein forced her to have sex with former PM Barak
Court filings by US lawyer Alan Dershowitz revealed Tuesday that a woman had named former prime minister Ehud Barak as one of a number of important men she was forced to have sex with by Jeffrey Epstein.

Lawyers for Virginia Roberts Giuffre had asked a court in Florida not to allow Dershowitz’s team access to sealed records as part of Dershowitz’s defamation case against her for saying she was forced to have sex with him while she was a teen, the Miami Herald reported, as they said they were concerned he would distort the information or use it out of context.

However, during the course of the hearing, Dershowitz’s attorney Howard Cooper said in court that the team had in fact already obtained some of the depositions and that Dershowitz identified Barak as well as L Brands and Victoria’s Secret owner Leslie Wexner as two of the men Giuffre says she was trafficked to by Epstein, a wealthy financier convicted of sex crimes and suspected of many more, the Herald reported.

“Giuffre has also alleged that she was forced to have sex with former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barack [sic],” the filing read in response to the claims against Dershowitz. “Giuffre has offered no proof other than her uncorroborated word.”

2naSalit

(98,285 posts)
16. As if...
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 06:32 PM
15 hrs ago

She didn't know who beat and raped her. Sure.

I hope this blows up the whole network and there are enough decent people left afterward to do something about them.

FakeNoose

(39,082 posts)
20. But Jeffrey Epstein had ALL the proof she needed, in the form of photos and videos
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 07:06 PM
14 hrs ago

... made from the secret cameras all over his properties. Jeffrey never told Virginia though, and I don't think Ghislaine did either. If Ghislaine did tell Virginia, she never made any effort to obtain the proof from JE.

That poor girl didn't have a friend in the world. This isn't about Chump either, because I don't think they knew each other. Virginia was shown photos to see whom she could identify, and she couldn't recognize Chump. She wasn't sure if she'd ever seen him at JE's house. (Even though Virginia worked at Chump's resort, she'd never met him. She'd only been at Mar-A-Lago for a short time when Ghislaine poached her for Jeffrey.)

Wiz Imp

(7,742 posts)
23. FALSE.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 07:55 PM
13 hrs ago

From her book released today:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/prince-andrew-virginia-giuffre-abuse-epstein-maxwell

I can still remember walking on to the manicured grounds of Mar-a-Lago for the first time. It was early morning – my dad’s shift began at 7am, and I’d caught a ride to work with him. Already the air was heavy and moist, and the club’s 20 acres of carefully landscaped greens and lawns seemed to shimmer.

My dad was responsible for maintaining the resort’s in-room air-conditioning units, not to mention its five championship tennis courts, so he knew his way around. I remember he gave me a brief tour before presenting me to the hiring manager, who agreed to take me on. That first day, I was given a uniform – a white polo shirt, emblazoned with the Mar-a-Lago crest, and a short white skirt – and a name tag that said JENNA in all capital letters. (Although I was called Virginia, everyone at home called me Jenna.)

After a few days, my dad said he wanted to introduce me to Mr Trump himself. They weren’t friends, exactly. But Dad worked hard, and Trump liked that – I’d seen photos of them posing together, shaking hands. So one day my father took me to Trump’s office. “This is my daughter,” Dad said, and his voice sounded proud. Trump couldn’t have been friendlier, telling me it was fantastic that I was there. “Do you like kids?” he asked. “Do you babysit at all?” He explained that he owned several houses next to the resort that he lent to friends. Soon I was making extra money a few nights a week, minding the children of the elite.

FakeNoose

(39,082 posts)
25. She couldn't identify him in photos of people who attended JE's parties
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 08:05 PM
13 hrs ago

I mean ... she was a 17 year-old-girl when this happened. Do you have any idea how flaky 17-year-old girls can be? She says she never saw him at JE's Palm Beach mansion. That's what matters. She says he wasn't there, and she never saw him on JE's plane.

Until photos turn up with both of them together, I think we have to believe her.

Wiz Imp

(7,742 posts)
31. You said she never met him which is proven 100% false from her own book
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 08:41 PM
12 hrs ago

From another article:
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/virginia-giuffre-memoir-epstein-trump-b2849521.html

Giuffre also recalled seeing Trump and wife Melania at a 2000 Halloween party, hosted by Heidi Klum, at the Hudson Hotel, New York, also attended by Prince Andrew and Maxwell.


Also from an excerpt from her book:
Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. Epstein not only didn’t hide what was happening, he took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care.


I'm not sure what your point is. I believe completely that Virginia Giuffre never witnessed any wrongdoing by Trump. However, we know from other accounts that Trump was present at Epstein's home on other occasions, and based on Giuffre's statements, even if Trump didn't participate in any of Epstein's activities, he clearly had to know what Epstein was doing, yet Trump did nothing about it. If Trump had spoken up about Epstein, it could conceivably have prevented hundreds of girls from being victimized.

iemanja

(56,977 posts)
32. How about believing women over rapists?
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 10:16 PM
11 hrs ago

Epstein went to jail. She was a victim of his. Those are facts. Your post is smearing a victim for what purpose?

Wiz Imp

(7,742 posts)
29. She was in an auto accident 3 1/2 weeks before her death
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 08:17 PM
13 hrs ago

While authorities claim that no injuries were reported, she was held in the hospital for a week after the accident. No way that happens if she wasn't seriously injured. She also posted a picture of osme of her injuries online. see Post # 26

FakeNoose

(39,082 posts)
21. I tend to agree, but the story was that Virginia had serious medical issues
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 07:40 PM
13 hrs ago

? Who knows the real truth ?

I don't know whether Virginia's Aussie husband has said anything about her state of mind at the time of her passing. Virginia's brother has recently posted his statement on the internet. It's such a sad story, but I do hope she will be vindicated.

It's only going to happen when Ghislaine Maxwell decides to finally tell the truth.

Wiz Imp

(7,742 posts)
26. That Snopes article was from a full 6 years before she died.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 08:11 PM
13 hrs ago

Just because she wasn't suicidal in 2019 does not mean she could not have committed suicide 6 years later. Her brother, who found her unresponsive body and tried to revive her says she committed suicide? Is he lying?

Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre says she’s in hospital after car crash with a school bus
Virginia Giuffre, a prominent Jeffrey Epstein accuser who alleged Prince Andrew abused her, is in “serious condition” in hospital after a school bus hit a car she was driving in rural Australia, her spokesperson told CNN on Tuesday after police appeared to contradict her initial account.

In an Instagram post Sunday, Giuffre shared a photo of herself lying in a hospital bed with her face covered in bruises. “I’ve gone into kidney renal failure, they’ve given me four days to live,” she wrote.

But authorities later indicated to CNN that no injuries had been reported following the crash, and Giuffre’s family said in a statement through their representation on Tuesday: “Virginia thought that she had posted (the message) on her private Facebook page.”

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/uk/virginia-giuffre-bus-accident-prince-andrew-epstein-latam-intl

She died April 25. About 3 1/2 weeks after her accident. It's quite possible that the accident triggered her suicide.
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Wiz Imp

(7,742 posts)
28. Not necessary.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 08:13 PM
13 hrs ago

She named former Israeli Prime minister Ehud Barak in court documents in 2020 as someone she was forced to have sex with. See post #8 for full article.

AllyCat

(18,288 posts)
34. Right? Why do we never believe the women?
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:45 PM
9 hrs ago

We shouldn't need flight logs and Epstein files. We need to believe the women! They are telling us what happened and there are already court cases as you mention.

Thanks for pointing this out.

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

bucolic_frolic

(52,869 posts)
27. This account makes me deeply troubled by the state of the world, and by humanity.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 08:11 PM
13 hrs ago

These beasts run roughshod over everything to please their distorted egos.

JustAnotherGen

(37,276 posts)
30. Until i know for certain the Berlusconi
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 08:27 PM
13 hrs ago

Was never at that island - his name needs to be on the short list.

AllyCat

(18,288 posts)
33. I wish Lisbeth Salander was real.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:44 PM
9 hrs ago

These women need a hero and our patriarchal society is never, ever going to change.

meadowlander

(5,011 posts)
37. Just saying we've never had an explanation for why David Cameron resigned early
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 02:32 AM
7 hrs ago

after engineering Brexit (which we now know was Russia's test run for sowing division before going all in on getting Donald Trump elected.) He never gave a real reason and has been keeping a low profile ever since.

And never forget this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggate

I honestly think a lot of what seems inexplicable in the behaviour of public people for the last decade or two is the result of blackmail.

muriel_volestrangler

(105,032 posts)
41. The timeline does not work for him
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 04:39 AM
4 hrs ago

She left Epstein's control in 2002 (when she met Robert Giuffre and married him). Cameron only became an MP in 2001, and wasn't well known for the first few years.

And we don't need another reason for his resignation. He stupidly called the Brexit referendum, lost it, and so resigned. That's a very clear reason. And being Foreign Secretary under Sunak is not "a low profile".

TheRickles

(2,998 posts)
42. I agree with your last sentence, but, as per Ms. volestrangler, it probably doesn't apply to Cameron.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 07:32 AM
2 hrs ago

Champp

(2,355 posts)
43. Republicans digging to protect all their pedophies and their besties
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 08:02 AM
1 hr ago

is unmitigated un-Christian EVIL

Bluetus

(1,697 posts)
44. Danny Cevallos
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 08:12 AM
1 hr ago

Last night, I heard a segment on the Dean Obeidallah program where Cevallos talked about Epstein. Cevallos is this guy who tries to portray himself as a great lawyer and friend of progressives. But curiously, every tume I hear him speak, he ends up 100% on Trump's side. Basically just an asshole who insults the intelligence of his listeners.

Cevallos was going on and on about how he hasn't seen any evidence that Trump was involved in any wrong-doing with Epstein. None at all.

Well, yes, as a lawyer taking a case to court, the evidence is thin. That's because there is a massive cover=up as big as anything we have ever seen. And the person conducting this cover-up personally, orchestrating every step of it, and personally threatening anybody who might cave, is Donald Trump himself.

When we hear assholes like Crevallos try to carry water for Trump, we have to ask ourselves the simple question, "If Trump is so innocent, then why would he care if the bad guys are exposed and prosecuted?"

CapnSteve

(371 posts)
46. Open Secrets...
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 08:35 AM
1 hr ago

1) Trump is a sex trafficker of girls.
2) Trump associated, 'played' (I just threw up in my mouth a bit) will other rich, untouchable pedophiles.
3) Trump raped girls, with a preference for girls who looked like Ivanka. He has confessed this many times, if you listen...
4) Trump raped Ivanka.

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