Virginia Giuffre publishers to rewrite her memoir after family pressure
Relatives of Jeffrey Epstein victim claim she regretted book did not accurately portray her marriage to Robert Giuffre
The publishers of Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir have bowed to pressure from her family and agreed to rewrite it.
Her family had claimed the book did not accurately portray her marriage to her ex-husband, Robert Giuffre, whom they allege was abusive.
Ms Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims who claimed she was 𝑠e𝑥ually assaulted by the Duke of York, died by suicide in April aged 41.
Prince Andrew has always denied the allegations against him.
Weeks before she died, Ms Giuffre reportedly voiced her regret to her family about how she had written about her marriage.
In the original version of the book, Mr Giuffre is credited with rescuing her from Epstein’s abuse.
Mr Giuffre had sought a restraining order against his wife and had been granted custody of their three children. It was “placed” upon Ms Giuffre, according to The Sun.
“She did not want the book published in its current state,” Sky Roberts, her brother, previously told The New York Times.
“It’s not that we’re not in support of the book; we’re not in support of certain parts of the book. The full story needs to be told,” Mr Roberts claimed.
The final version of the book, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, will include her allegations against Mr Giuffre when it is published in the US on Oct 21.
According to The Times, the book will include a foreword detailing the alleged abuse Ms Giuffre claimed to face.
Shortly before her death, Ms Giuffre went public with her claims.
Earlier in 2025, she told People magazine that she was “unable to escape the domestic violence in my marriage until recently”, adding, “After my husband’s latest physical assault, I can no longer stay silent.”
Mr Giuffre could not be reached for comment by The Telegraph.
When approached by The New York Times about Ms Giuffre’s claims previously, he declined to comment.
Ms Giuffre had spent four years working with co-author Amy Wallace on the book and approved the version sent to her by the publishers, Knopf, in October 2024.
In March, she was hospitalised following a car crash in which she shared a picture from a hospital bed, showing her body covered in bruises.
After the accident, she reportedly emailed Amy Wallace, a journalist and collaborator on the book, and her publicist, urging for it to be published “regardless” of the circumstances.
“[it is my] heartfelt wish that this work be published, regardless of my circumstances at the time. The content of this book is crucial, as it aims to shed light on the systemic failures that allow the trafficking of vulnerable individuals across borders.”
However, Dini von Mueffling, her publicist, said that separately, in the weeks before she died, Ms Giuffre claimed she had been pressured into portraying her husband, whom she was in the process of divorcing, in a positive light, making him appear “flawless”.
This, her brothers Mr Roberts and Danny Wilson said, made her feel suicidal.
Texts seen by The Times alleged Mr Giuffre was violent, abusive and “emotionally and physically controlling”.
The book is understood to include references to the Duke of York as well as the abuse Ms Giuffre suffered during childhood and while she was lured into Epstein’s 𝑠e𝑥-trafficking operation.
In the wake of the abuse, Ms Guffre was awarded millions of dollars in compensation, including a substantial payment from the Epstein estate.
She also received more than £12 million from Prince Andrew, despite his denying the allegations.
Jordan Pavlin, Knopf’s publisher and editor-in-chief, said: “We worked with Virginia’s brothers and their wives to contextualise the narrative Virginia’s memoir presents, and we appreciate their support of this publication.
“We all believe that Virginia’s voice must be heard, and that her courage in telling her story has the power to offer strength and hope to victims of 𝑠e𝑥ual abuse. Nobody’s Girl is a testament to Virginia’s dignity and fortitude in the face of Jeffrey Epstein’s and Ghislaine Maxwell’s monstrous cruelty. Its impact will be profound.”
