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Six women who experienced trauma from Epstein’s network speak together for the first time in an exclusive NBC News interview, sharing familiar patterns of grooming, promises, and then sexual assault. The group notes that the nature of this abuse conditions silence, isolation, secrecy, and shame. One survivor, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, says Epstein associate Ghislain Maxwell recruited her when she was working as a locker room attendant at Mar-a-Lago, and that Epstein directed her to have sex with a number of powerful men, including Britain's Prince Andrew.
Virginia recounts being 17 when a photo was taken with Prince Andrew in Maxwell's London townhouse, next to the bathroom where she says he sexually abused her. She describes waking to be told she would meet a prince, being trafficked to the encounter, and later being with Prince Andrew in London, then in New York at Epstein’s mansion and at Andrew’s Virgin Islands estate. She says Prince Andrew abused her two more times, while he denies the allegations, and Buckingham Palace reiterates that the duke had no sexual contact or relationship with Virginia, calling the contrary claim false and without foundation.
Virginia says the abuse moved from the bathroom to a bedroom, and recounts a night in Club Tramp where Prince Andrew bought her alcohol, and she was told to do for him what she did for Epstein. She acknowledges the difficulty and says that the law of statute of limitations affects pursuing accountability, noting that defamation suits are a route to hold Ghislain Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein accountable in the absence of criminal charges. Maxwell has denied the accusations, and Epstein died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial on child sex trafficking and conspiracy charges.
The six women share a common desire for justice: to hold perpetrators accountable who helped or participated with Epstein, and to encourage more survivors to come forward to piece together how Epstein operated for so long and how he evaded accountability. The interview conveys the survivors’ sense of betrayal and questions about why they were not taken seriously, with a emphasis on the impact of Epstein’s death on their sense of justice.
The participants emphasize that they matter, and they send a message to other potential victims who may still be waiting in the shadows. The group’s solidarity is highlighted as a powerful and compelling element of the interview, illustrating the enduring strength of survivors who have stood together to tell their stories.