Full Name: Virginia Lee Roberts Giuffre
Date of Birth: August 9, 1983
Place of Birth: Sacramento, California, USA
Parents: Sky William Roberts and Lynn Trude Cabell
Nationality: American
Known For: Survivor of child sex trafficking; whistleblower in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal

Virginia Roberts was born on August 9, 1983, in Sacramento, California. Her childhood was marked by instability; her family relocated frequently, eventually settling in Florida. Virginia experienced a turbulent home environment and early difficulties, culminating in her running away from home during her early teens.

At the age of 13, Virginia was living on the streets of Miami Beach when she was approached by Ron Eppinger, a self-described modeling agent affiliated with Perfect 10, which was, in reality, a front for a sex trafficking operation. Enticed by promises of food, shelter, and modeling work, she entered Eppinger’s world — a decision that began a harrowing chapter of sexual exploitation.

Throughout the summer and fall of 1997, Virginia was imprisoned in Eppinger’s Miami apartment along with other trafficked girls, many from Eastern Europe. She was systematically drugged, abused, and trained to work as an escort for wealthy clients. Nicknamed “Baby” by other captives, Virginia spent her 14th birthday heavily drugged and contemplating suicide. A police tip eventually forced Eppinger to relocate his operation, worsening Virginia’s isolation.

In early 1998, after managing to contact a friend, Virginia’s situation was uncovered by law enforcement. After a dramatic FBI raid at another handler’s home, Virginia was rescued. She cooperated with the FBI, providing critical testimony that helped secure Eppinger’s conviction. He died in prison two years later.

Following her rescue, Virginia cycled through juvenile detention and attempted to rebuild her life. She briefly reunited with her father, attended Forest Hill High School during the 1998–1999 school year, but eventually dropped out in 1999–2000 and took various jobs in retail and childcare.

Recruitment into Epstein’s Circle

April, 2000, Virginia’s father secured her a position at the prestigious Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, where he worked. Virginia worked as a locker room attendant, aspiring to pursue massage therapy. That fall, she encountered Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite closely connected to financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Maxwell offered Virginia a “massage opportunity” that led her to Epstein’s mansion. During her first visit, Epstein abused her under the guise of a massage. Over the following months and years (2000–2002), Virginia was groomed and repeatedly sexually exploited by Epstein and Maxwell. They also tasked her with recruiting other young girls under the pretense of offering them lucrative massage work.

Virginia was soon traveling aboard Epstein’s private jet — the infamous “Lolita Express” — and was trafficked internationally to high-profile Epstein associates. According to later legal testimony, she was forced to engage in sexual activities with powerful figures, including politicians, businessmen, and royalty.

Among her most prominent allegations was her claim that she was trafficked to Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and forced to have sex with him on multiple occasions in London, New York, and on Epstein’s private island, Little Saint James.

During this period, Virginia continued working intermittently at restaurants and businesses in Florida, including Mannino’s Restaurant (2001) and CCI of Royal Palm Inc (2002). In 2002, she also faced minor legal trouble, with a warrant issued for petit theft in Palm Beach County.

Breaking Free

By late 2002, as Virginia matured, Epstein and Maxwell began to show diminishing interest in her. Seizing an opportunity for freedom, Virginia traveled to Thailand in September 2002 for professional massage training — a plan funded through Epstein.

While in Thailand, she met Robert Giuffre, an Australian man, whom she married soon after. She left Epstein’s network permanently in 2003 and moved to Australia to begin a new life.

Later Life and Advocacy

Virginia focused on rebuilding her life in Australia, raising three children with her husband. Despite physical distance, the trauma of her past remained with her. In 2011, as news about Epstein’s crimes began to surface publicly, Virginia came forward with her story.

In 2015, Virginia filed explosive court documents in a federal lawsuit, directly accusing Epstein, Maxwell, and Prince Andrew of sex trafficking and sexual abuse. Her allegations made international headlines and brought renewed scrutiny to the extensive abuse networks operated by Epstein and his associates.

Over the following years, Virginia became a vocal advocate for trafficking survivors. She established the nonprofit organization Victims Refuse Silence, aimed at helping victims of sex trafficking reclaim their voices and seek justice.

In 2019, following Epstein’s arrest and subsequent death in federal custody, public interest in Virginia’s story intensified. Her courage in speaking out helped catalyze criminal investigations, civil lawsuits, and broader social awareness about the systemic failures that allowed Epstein’s abuse to persist for decades.

Key Facts:

• Parents: Sky William Roberts (father), Lynn Trude Cabell (mother)
• Marital Status: Married to Robert Giuffre (since 2003)
• Children: Three
• Advocacy: Founder of Victims Refuse Silence
• Known For: Key witness in lawsuits against Ghislaine Maxwell, and Prince Andrew

1983

• August 9, 1983: Virginia Louise Roberts is born in Sacramento, California, to Sky William Roberts and Lynn Trude Cabell.

1997:

• August 20, 1997 – Virginia attended Royal Palm High School High-  Transcript
• Virginia, runs away from home and ends up living on the streets of Miami Beach, Florida.
• She is approached by Ron Eppinger, a modeling agent claiming to represent “Perfect 10,” which is a front for a sex trafficking operation.
• Lured by promises of food and shelter, Virginia enters Eppinger’s limousine, marking the beginning of her exploitation.

Ron Eppinger was a notorious sex trafficker who operated a prostitution network in Miami, Florida in the late 1990s. His criminal enterprise involved recruiting young women, primarily from Eastern Europe, under the guise of offering them modeling jobs in the United States. Once the women arrived in Miami, Eppinger would confiscate their passports and travel documents, effectively trapping them in the country. He then forced these women into prostitution, threatening them and their families if they refused to comply with his demands.

August 9, 1997:

• Virginia turns 14 while under Eppinger’s control.
• On her 14th birthday, heavily drugged, she contemplates suicide from the balcony of Eppinger’s apartment but was stopped by him.

Fall 1997:

• Virginia is held at Eppinger’s Miami apartment alongside other trafficked girls, primarily from Eastern Europe.
• She is repeatedly drugged, sexually assaulted, and trained to serve as an escort for wealthy clients.
• The other girls nickname her “Baby” due to her young age and vulnerability.

Late 1997:

• An anonymous tip to the police about a young girl (Virginia) living with Eppinger prompts him to relocate his trafficking operation to a ranch in Central Florida.
• Virginia becomes increasingly isolated, suffering ongoing sexual assaults and psychological trauma.

1998

Late 1997–Early 1998:

• Virginia secretly contacts an old friend, “T.J.,” by phone, alerting her family and authorities to her situation.
• Eppinger discovers her calls and arranges to transfer her to another handler named “Charlie” in Miami to avoid detection.

Early 1998:

• Under Charlie’s control in Miami, Virginia is forced back into prostitution.
• She is frequently taken to Miami nightclubs, where she is presented as Charlie’s “girlfriend” to mask the exploitation.

After Two Weeks with Charlie (Early 1998):

• The FBI raids Charlie’s townhouse in an early-morning operation, rescuing Virginia.
• Virginia cooperates with the FBI, providing critical information about Eppinger’s sex trafficking operation.

1998:

• Virginia learns that Ron Eppinger fled to Yugoslavia but was later captured and extradited to Miami.
• Eppinger is convicted on multiple charges related to sex trafficking and dies in prison two years into his sentence.
• Virginia is placed in juvenile Growing Together drug rehabilitation facility.
• She briefly reunites with her father, Sky Roberts, but her mother, Lynn, refuses to allow her to return home. Virginia reconciles with her mother and returns to live at home.
• Early – Virginia meets James Austrich.  James meets Virginia through his sister. They had met in a rehabilitation program.
• James is eighteen years old. Virginia is about fifteen or sixteen.
• Virginia begins staying at James’s family home in Broward County.
• James and Virginia become a couple shortly after meeting. They describe the relationship as stable until its end.
• Virginia works briefly at Taco Bell with James and his roommate Mario. She may also have applied at or briefly worked near a KFC.
• February 1998 – James proposes to Virginia on Valentine’s Day at the beach. Virginia accepts. James gives her his grandmother’s ring.
• The engagement ends when James leaves the Royal Palm Beach apartment after a fight.
• Police later document the address as 192 Bent Oak Drive. James is not allowed inside when he returns for his animals.

1998–1999 School Year:

• August 8, 1999 – Virginia enrolls in Forest Hill High School in West Palm Beach, Florida, for 9th grade but faces challenges adjusting due to her trauma.
• June 9, 1999 – Virginia finished 9 Grade at Forest Hill High School 
  

1999–2000:

• Virginia drops out of Forest Hill High School for the 1999–2000 school year, unable to continue her education amidst personal struggles.
• Virginia moved in with the family of a fellow patient she met in rehab. There she met, and became engaged to, her friend’s brother, James Michael Austrich. (see his testimony)
• She and Austrich thereafter rented an apartment in the Ft. Lauderdale area with another friend and both worked at various jobs in that area
• She takes on various low-wage jobs to support herself, including:
• KFC USA Inc.
• Publix Super Markets, Inc.
• Ascension Child Care Center / Peace Child Care Center

April 11, 2000:

• Virginia begins working at the Avicultural Breeding & Research Center under the Southeast Employee Management Company.
• On the same day, her father, Sky Roberts, starts employment at the Mar-a-Lago Club, Donald Trump’s private estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

Fall 2000:

• Sky helps Virginia secure a job at Mar-a-Lago as a locker room attendant, a position that marks a turning point in her exploitation. 
• While working at Mar-a-Lago, Virginia meets Ghislaine Maxwell, who notices her studying anatomy books (related to her aspiration to become a massage therapist).
• Maxwell offers Virginia an opportunity to work as a personal masseuse for a wealthy man, Jeffrey Epstein, initiating the next phase of her trafficking.

Shortly After:

• Virginia visits Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion for the first time.
• Epstein presents himself as friendly, discussing her career ambitions in massage therapy.
• During this visit, Maxwell instructs Virginia to give Epstein a massage, which escalates into inappropriate sexual activity, marking the beginning of her abuse by Epstein.
• Following Weeks and Months (Late 2000–2001):
• Virginia becomes deeply entrenched in Epstein and Maxwell’s world.
• Regular “massage” sessions, orchestrated by Maxwell, consistently lead to sexual abuse by Epstein.
• Maxwell and Epstein groom Virginia, training her to recruit other young girls under the guise of offering massage work, further entangling her in their trafficking network.

2000–2002:

• Epstein begins flying Virginia internationally on his private jet, nicknamed “The Lolita Express,” to locations including New York, New Mexico, the U.S. Virgin Islands (Little Saint James), and London.
• She is sexually abused by Epstein and allegedly trafficked to his powerful associates, including high-profile businessmen, politicians, and royalty.
• Epstein and Maxwell tightly control her movements, organizing photo sessions, providing expensive gifts, and issuing threats to ensure compliance.

2001:

• July 16, 2001 Virginia Roberts traveling with Epstein, Maxwell and Emmy Taylor – flight #1528 from SAF (Santa Fe, NM) to TEB (Teteboro, NJ)
• July 28, 2001, Virginia Roberts traveling with Epstein – flight log (#1531) returning from TIST (U.S. Virgin Islands) to PBI (Palm Beach)
• August 9, 2001 Virginia Roberts turned 18.
• August 22, 2001 Eppinger pleaded guilty to charges related to his sex trafficking operation, including the smuggling of immigrants into the country for the purpose of prostitution and money laundering. He was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for his crimes.  Link
• Mid 2001: Virginia Reconnects With Tony Figueroa
• At the time, she is living in an apartment with her ex boyfriend Michael, JJ, and one other person. Tony moves in shortly after.
• September 11, 2001 Tony forces the other occupants to leave and begins living with Virginia.
• Their relationship becomes serious and stable.
• Virginia briefly works at Mannino’s Restaurant, indicating attempts to maintain some normalcy amidst her exploitation.
• October 12, 2001 Virginia enrolls at Survivors Charter School.
• November 11, 2001 – Eppinger extradited from Germany

2002 

Virginia continues to travel with Epstein, witnessing the trafficking and abuse of other minor girls within his network. She remains under Epstein and Maxwell’s control, facing ongoing abuse and manipulation. 

• March 7, 2002 Virginia withdrew from school.
• April 22, 2002 Virginia worked at Courtyard Animal Clinic in Royal Palm Beach, FL Source
• June 2, 2002 Virginia and and Anthony L. Figueroa evicted from the apartment and moved into small trailer behind Virginia’s parents’ home  Source
• June 21, 2002 Virginia on flight #1570 with Epstein, Maxwell, Sarah Kellen, Cindy Lopez and Jean Luc Brunel from PBI (Palm Beach, FL) to MYEF (George Town, Bahamas)
• August 2002 Virginia acquired a Dodge Dakota pickup truck from her father. Figueroa used that vehicle in a series of crimes before and after Ms. Giuffre left for Thailand.
• June 22, 2002: A warrant for Virginia’s arrest is issued in Palm Beach County for petit theft, suggesting minor legal troubles amidst her chaotic life under Epstein’s influence.
• August 17, 2002 Giuffre appears on flight #1589 with Epstein, Maxwell, Sarah Kellen, Cindy Lopez and others from SAF (Santa Fe, NM) to TEB (Teterboro, NJ)
• August 18, 2002 returns to PBI (Palm Beach, FL) with Epstein and one unidentified female.

September 2002:

• Virginia travels to Thailand to receive formal massage training, Figueroa drove her to the airport. While there, she initially contacted Figueroa frequently, incurring a phone bill of $4,000.
• While in Thailand, she meets Robert Giuffre, her future husband, marking a pivotal moment in her path to freedom.

Early 2003:

• Virginia fully leaves Epstein’s trafficking network, cutting ties with Epstein and Maxwell.
• She marries Robert Giuffre and begins to rebuild her life.
• The couple moves to Australia, where Virginia starts a family, seeking distance from her traumatic past.

2005

• March 14, 2005 – A single phone call triggered a chain reaction of FBI investigations, secret plea deals, and high-profile lawsuits stretching from Palm Beach, Florida, to Buckingham Palace. It began when the parents of a 14-year-old girl contacted police to report that financier Jeffrey Epstein had sexually assaulted their daughter at his Palm Beach mansion. Their report launched a local police investigation—one that would soon escalate into a sprawling international scandal. When police searched through Epstein’s trash, they found notes with the telephone numbers of the girls on them  Police Report

2006

• 2006, The Palm Beach Police Department had a growing body of evidence against Epstein, and signed a probable cause affidavit charging him with multiple counts of unlawful SA with a minors.
• May 2006 – Palm Beach police recommend felony charges:
• Unlawful sex acts with minors.
• Multiple counts of lewd and lascivious conduct.
• State Attorney Barry Krischer surprisingly refers the case to a grand jury rather than filing charges directly.
• June 2006 – A Palm Beach County grand jury indicts Epstein only for one count of solicitation of prostitution — and notably, the identified victim was not underage in the charge.
• Fall 2006 – Outraged by the light state handling, Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter contacts the FBI and requests a federal investigation.
• FBI opens a federal investigation “Operation Leap Year” into Epstein, reviewing evidence and interviewing victims.
  ➔ They interviewed multiple victims, obtained witness statements, and gathered evidence that Epstein sexually abused dozens of minor girls.
  ➔ The FBI prepared a 53-page draft indictment recommending serious federal charges, including sex trafficking of minors.
• During the FBI’s investigation, Virginia Giuffre’s name emerges as a potential minor victim.

2007

• Early 2007 – After the story broke Virginia received a series of phone calls, The first call came from Ghislaine Maxwell, followed a day later by a call from Jeffrey Epstein himself. Both asked whether Virginia Giuffre had spoken to authorities. Shortly afterward, she received a third call—this time from an FBI agent—informing her that she had been identified as a victim in the initial criminal investigation against Epstein. Giuffre initially resisted speaking at length to the FBI.
• Six Month later, Australian Federal Police approach Virginia Giuffre in person. She then provides more information about her abuse by Epstein and Maxwell. 
  
• September 24, 2007, Jeffrey Epstein signed a non-prosecution agreement (NPA). 
  
• October 2007 – Epstein formally pleads guilty in Florida state court. He is sentenced to 18 months in jail (with work release privileges) but He served only 13 months in a work-release program.

2008

• September 3, 2008 – Virginia received a Letter from US Department of Justice stating “On June 30, 2008 Jeffrey Epstein entered a guilty plea solicitation.  Letter

2009

• September 21, 2009 – Lawsuit Case Name: Jane Doe No. 102 v. United States of America (originally filed anonymously as part of the Crime Victims’ Rights Act challenge) Context: Roberts was among the victims challenging the legality of Epstein’s 2007 secret non-prosecution agreement (NPA) negotiated by U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta without informing the victims — a violation of the federal Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA).
• November 17, 2009 – Virginia Settled with Jeffrey Epstein for $500,000  Agreement

2011:

• Virginia’s story begins to surface publicly as the Jeffrey Epstein scandal gains attention.She starts cooperating with attorneys and law enforcement investigating Epstein’s sex trafficking operations, providing critical testimony about her experiences.
• Virginia wrote 144 page book she was trying publish. Source
• March 17, 2011 Interview with the FBI Source

2014

• December 17, 2014 – Virginia Registers Nonprofit  Victims Refuse Silence Inc

2015:

Virginia files court documents, publicly accusing Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Prince Andrew of sex trafficking and abuse.

• Virginia Roberts (now Virginia Giuffre) made allegations that differed significantly from many of the other Florida teenage girls who accused Jeffrey Epstein of abuse. Unlike most victims, who were recruited locally in Palm Beach and remained within Florida, Roberts alleged that Epstein and his associates brought her deeply into his inner circle. According to her lawsuit:
• She was flown by private jet to multiple Epstein-owned properties, including:
• His ranch in Stanley, New Mexico (Zorro Ranch),
• His private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands (Little Saint James),
• His 51,000-square-foot mansion at 9 East 71st Street in New York City — the largest private residence in Manhattan.
• Roberts’ case stood out because she alleged not just local abuse, but interstate and international trafficking facilitated through Epstein’s network of powerful associates and properties.
• Her allegations generate significant media coverage worldwide, bringing attention to Epstein’s crimes and the complicity of his associates.

2019

• Files separate lawsuit directly against Prince Andrew (settled confidentially in 2022).
• Prince Andrew and others named in her allegations deny the accusations, but her testimony contributes to mounting legal and public scrutiny of Epstein’s network.

2009

• March 2009:
• Virginia Giuffre is identified as one of the Jane Does and Jane Doe 3 in the original civil lawsuit filed against Jeffrey Epstein by other victims in Palm Beach, Florida.
• Epstein agrees to a controversial non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with federal prosecutors in Florida. This shields him and any unnamed “co-conspirators” (including Maxwell) from federal prosecution.

2011

• Early 2011:
• Virginia begins cooperating more openly with attorneys investigating Epstein’s network of abuse.
• March 2011:
• Virginia speaks to The Daily Mail, revealing that she was trafficked by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to powerful men, without yet naming names publicly.
• March 17, 2011 Interview with the FBI Source

2014

• December 30, 2014: Virginia files a motion to join a lawsuit filed by two other Epstein victims (known as Jane Doe #1 and Jane Doe #2) against the U.S. government.
• The motion claims that federal prosecutors violated victims’ rights under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA) when they signed Epstein’s secret plea deal without consulting his victims.

2015

• January 2, 2015: Virginia’s allegations first publicly name Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell. In court filings, Virginia claims she was trafficked by Epstein and forced to have sex with Prince Andrew three times, beginning when she was 17. Prince Andrew and Buckingham Palace issue strong denials.
• January 5, 2015: Ghislaine Maxwell issues a statement calling Virginia’s claims “obvious lies.” Virginia later files a defamation lawsuit against Maxwell.
• April 7, 2015: Virginia files a formal defamation suit against Ghislaine Maxwell in New York federal court, asserting Maxwell lied about her and publicly defamed her reputation.

2017

• May 2017: The defamation case against Maxwell is settled confidentially. Terms of the settlement are sealed, but later reports suggest Maxwell paid Virginia millions of dollars.

2019

• August 9, 2019: After Epstein’s arrest in July 2019 and death in August 2019, Virginia files new public claims against Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, seeking damages as a trafficking survivor.
• August 27, 2019: Court releases nearly 2,000 pages of documents in Giuffre’s earlier defamation suit against Maxwell. These documents reveal Virginia’s extensive allegations against Epstein, Maxwell, Prince Andrew, Alan Dershowitz, and other prominent figures. (Note: Dershowitz sues Giuffre for defamation, and Giuffre countersues leading to separate legal battles.)

2020

• July 2, 2020: Ghislaine Maxwell is arrested in New Hampshire by the FBI on charges related to her alleged recruitment and grooming of minor girls for Epstein.
• December 2020: Virginia formally requests that authorities in the U.K. and U.S. investigate Prince Andrew.

2021

• August 9, 2021: Virginia files a new civil lawsuit against Prince Andrew in the Southern District of New York under the New York Child Victims Act, which temporarily lifted statutes of limitations for historic child sex abuse cases.
• Key Allegations:
• Prince Andrew sexually abused her at Maxwell’s London townhouse.
• Abused her at Epstein’s Manhattan mansion and on Little Saint James island.
• Prince Andrew denies the allegations, calls the lawsuit “baseless.”

2022

• January 12, 2022:
• U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan denies Prince Andrew’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
• The case is allowed to move forward toward trial.
• February 15, 2022:
• Settlement announced: Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre settle the civil lawsuit out of court.
• Prince Andrew agrees to pay Virginia Giuffre an undisclosed sum (reported to be around $12 million).
• As part of the settlement:
• No admission of guilt by Prince Andrew.
• Andrew states he regrets his association with Jeffrey Epstein.
• Virginia Giuffre’s attorneys file to dismiss the case with prejudice shortly after.
• March 8, 2022:
• Virginia formally files for dismissal of her lawsuit against Prince Andrew in federal court, officially ending the civil case.

Other Ongoing Actions

• 2022–2023:
• Virginia continues to advocate publicly for victims’ rights.
• Participates in various interviews, documentaries, and continues operating her nonprofit, Victims Refuse Silence.
• Involved in separate legal action against Alan Dershowitz, which also concluded with settlements in 2022.

Summary of Key Lawsuits:

2014–2015 

• Crime Victims’ Rights Act filing against U.S. government (re Epstein deal) – Unsuccessful (ultimately dismissed after Epstein’s death)

2015–2017

• Defamation suit against Ghislaine Maxwell – Settled confidentially (Maxwell paid damages)

2019–2020

• Claims against Epstein’s estate – Ongoing as part of victim compensation fund

2021–2022 – Civil lawsuit against Prince Andrew (SDNY) Settled February 2022 (reported ~$12 million)

• February 15, 2022, the parties reached an out-of-court settlement, which included the Prince making a substantial donation to Giuffre’s charity.
• November 8, 2022 Defamation countersuit vs Alan Dershowitz – Settled. Virginia Giuffre drops Alan Dershowitz defamation lawsuit. The parties agreed to dismiss the case, and it did not involve any monetary payments. Giuffre also issued a statement acknowledging she “may have made a mistake” in identifying Dershowitz as one of the men she was trafficked to by Jeffrey Epstein
  

1997–2015

Summer 1997 – Miami Beach, Florida

• Virginia Roberts runs away from an abusive home environment and lives on the streets.
• Approached by Ron Eppinger, posing as a modeling agency owner (“Perfect 10”), who lures her into his sex trafficking operation.
• Virginia is held captive in Eppinger’s Miami apartment, trafficked alongside other girls, mostly underage immigrants.
• Endures daily sexual abuse, drugging, and forced participation in “escort” training and exploitation.

August 9, 1997

• Virginia cycles through juvenile detention facilities. Eventually reunites with her estranged father but faces rejection from her mother. Escapes detention again and briefly lives independently before being allowed to return home.
• Enrolled in Forest Hill High School – Grade 9

1999-2000

• Virginia Dropped out of School for the 1999 -2000 School Year
• Sky Roberts gets a job at Mar-a-Lago
• Takes a summer job at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s Palm Beach estate, working as a spa locker room attendant.
• Focuses on dreams of becoming a massage therapist.

2001 

• Enrolled in Charter School to get her GED for 2001-2002 School Year

Life with Epstein and Maxwell (2000–2003)

Summer 2000 – Palm Beach, Florida

• While working at Mar-a-Lago, Virginia meets Ghislaine Maxwell.
• Maxwell offers her an opportunity to work for Jeffrey Epstein as a masseuse, citing her interest in massage therapy.
• Virginia visits Epstein’s mansion.
• Initially treated warmly but soon sexually abused during a “massage session.”
• Groomed by Maxwell and Epstein, pressured into recruiting other girls under the pretense of offering massages.

2000–2001

• Virginia becomes deeply entangled in Epstein’s trafficking operation:
• Flown internationally on Epstein’s private jet (“Lolita Express”).
• Sexually abused by Epstein and allegedly trafficked to powerful men.
• Coerced into sexual activities with clients Epstein wanted to please or control.

2001 – London, England

• Virginia is allegedly trafficked to Prince Andrew by Maxwell.
• She claims to have been forced to have sex with Prince Andrew in London (Ghislaine’s townhouse), New York, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

2001–2002

• Repeated abuse, travel, and exploitation.
• Virginia witnesses widespread trafficking and abuse of other underage girls across Epstein’s various properties.

Late 2002 / Early 2003

• As she approaches adulthood, Epstein’s interest wanes.
• Virginia starts making plans to escape.

III. Escape, Marriage, and Speaking Out (2003–2015)

2003

• Virginia successfully leaves Epstein’s network.
• Moves abroad and eventually marries Robert Giuffre.
• Settles in Australia and starts a family.

2011

• Virginia’s story begins surfacing publicly as the Epstein investigation gains traction.
• She starts cooperating with attorneys and law enforcement. March 17, 2011 Interview with the FBI Source

2015

• Virginia files court documents in a federal defamation case.
• Publicly accuses Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Prince Andrew of sex trafficking and sexual abuse.
• The allegations become major international headlines, despite denials from Prince Andrew and others.

Summary

• Age 13–15: Victim of Ron Eppinger’s trafficking ring.
• Age 16–19: Trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
• After 2003: Escapes, rebuilds her life, and becomes one of the most prominent survivors to publicly expose Epstein’s network.

Virginia L. Giuffre
FBI Interview Date: March 17, 2011 Source

Early Childhood and Family Background

• Age 4 : Moves with her parents to Palm Beach County, Florida.
  
• Age 11: Returns to California.
  
• Age 13: Returns to Florida and is placed in a rehabilitation or foster care facility in West Palm Beach.
  

Runaway Period and Escorting

Age 14

• Runs away from the rehabilitation facility.
• While homeless in Miami she meets an adult male who trains her to be an escort.
• She feels trapped in this relationship and is given pharmaceutical drugs.
  

Ocala Ranch Incident

Mid teens

• While staying at a private ranch near Ocala she calls a childhood friend because she is lonely.
• After the call the man at the ranch packs her belongings and tells her she is going to live with another man.
• She is sent to a second man and stays for one to two weeks.
• She engages in sexual activity with him.
• Police locate her and return her to her parents.
• She believes the FBI may have investigated this incident.
  

Employment at Mar A Lago

June 1998 or 1999

• Begins working at Donald Trump’s Mar A Lago Club as a babysitter and later a locker room attendant.
• Her father helps her get the job.
  

Initial Encounter With Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein

August of that year

• While reading an anatomy book for GED study she is approached by a woman who offers help with massage training.
• Her father drives her to Epstein’s Palm Beach home at about 5 pm that day.
• Epstein speaks to her father and says this is a good opportunity.
• She is led upstairs where Maxwell instructs her to wash her hands.
• Maxwell demonstrates massage techniques.
• Sexual activity occurs during the massage.
• She is told to return the next day.
  

Early Period Working for Epstein

One to two weeks after the first encounter

• A routine of massages and sexual activity continues daily.
• Epstein offers her the option to quit Mar A Lago, travel, and continue training.
• Proposed compensation is two hundred dollars a day for travel and two hundred dollars per hour for massages.
  

Early introduction to associates

• Maxwell introduces another young female assistant.
  

Travel in the United States and Caribbean

First six months

• Travels with Epstein and Maxwell within the United States and the Caribbean.
• Destinations include California, New York, New Mexico, and business stops.
• Sexual activity and massages occur during these trips.
  

Trip to Little Saint James (Second Client)

Six to nine months after recruitment

• Travels to the Virgin Islands for a second client who is described as an older American academic.
• Travels by commercial airline and is transported to the island by boat.
• Stays two days with the client.
  

International Travel Arranged by Maxwell

Late teens period

• Maxwell assists her in obtaining a passport.
• She travels internationally to Paris, the South of France, London, Africa, and Spain.
• She stays in a hotel overlooking the Champs Elysees in Paris.
• She travels on Epstein’s private black jet.
• She continues sexual activity and massages during these trips.
  

New York Visits

• Stays at Epstein’s New York apartment on 66th Street.
• Identifies interior features and says she has a photograph of the apartment.
• Shops with another woman who buys clothing and sex toys using an associate’s credit card.
  

United Kingdom Trip

• Travels to the United Kingdom with Epstein’s associate.
• Is told she will be dancing with a high profile individual.
• Goes shopping for makeup, clothes, and a Burberry bag.
• Goes to Club Tramp and has cocktails.
• A photograph is taken of her afterward which she still has.
  

Later Period With Epstein

• Meets various high profile individuals including academics, politicians, and celebrities.
• Receives gifts such as jewelry, watches, bags, shoes, and home furnishings.
• Begins using Xanax heavily.
  

Departure From Epstein’s Control

August 2002

• Travels to Thailand for massage school training.
• Receives certification from the International Training Massage School.
• Stays at the Princess Hotel.
• She is expected to bring back another girl for Epstein but does not.
• Meets her future husband in Thailand.
• Telephones Epstein’s associate and says she has fallen in love and will not return.
  

Contacts After Leaving Epstein

• Receives a call from someone claiming to be an FBI agent asking what she knows.
• Receives another similar call and does not disclose information.
• Receives a call from an attorney asking whether she has spoken to anyone.
  

Evidence Provided to the FBI

March 18, 2011

• A writer and another individual visit her home.
• She provides twenty photographs and her massage school certification.
• FD 597 property receipts are completed.
  

Timeline Based Exclusively on Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s Unpublished Memoir The Billionaire’s Playboy Club (Exhibit KK, 2019 unsealing, 72 pages) Source

1983

• August 9, 1983 Virginia Louise Virginia Roberts is born in Sacramento, California.

1989 – 1994 (ages 6 – 11)

• Family moves to Loxahatchee, Palm Beach County, Florida. Happy early childhood on a small rural property with horses, dogs, and a swimming pool.

1994 – 1996 (ages 11 – 13)

• Repeated sexual abuse by a close family friend and others. Sent to multiple foster homes and treatment centers. Begins running away.

Summer 1997

• Virginia states she is 13, actually late 1996 – early 1997, age 13
• Third night sleeping rough on Miami Beach. Crying on the shoreline at sunset, hungry, no money, no plan.

Day 1 with Ron Eppinger

Summer 1997

• Black stretch limousine pulls up. Ron Eppinger (heavy, balding, late 50s – early 60s) and Yana (Czech girl, looks early 20s but actually late teens) invite 13-year-old Virginia into the car.
• Eppinger introduces himself as owner of “Perfect 10” modeling agency. Offers food and a place to stay. Virginia lies and says she is 16; he sees through it, makes her admit she is 13, says “As long as you never lie to me again I will take you in.” They eat take-out by the water, then shop at GAP Kids and lingerie stores. Eppinger buys her tiny cutoff shorts, G-strings, revealing tops.
• Taken to his luxury high-rise apartment overlooking Key Biscayne. Shown to the master bedroom with round bed and ceiling mirrors – told she will sleep with him. Introduced to five nude or almost-nude Czech girls (late teens – early 20s) living in the apartment on fake passports. They nickname her “Baby” – the youngest girl Ron has ever brought in.

First night – Summer 1997

• Ron gives her two small blue oval pills “to relax.” He shaves her entire body (including pubic hair) while she stands in the bathroom. Sexually assaults her; she blacks out from the drugs and does not remember the rest of the night.
• Next morning Wakes up naked under satin sheets, head pounding. Overhears Ron proudly telling his business partner what he did to her, calling her “my own little angel.”

Next days / weeks – Summer 1997

• Hair dyed much lighter blonde, shopping sprees, tanning beds, laser hair removal, starvation dieting.
• Turned into a “teenage Barbie.” Forced to ride topless in Ron’s convertible “for an even tan.”
• Trained by the Czech girls in orgies, oral sex, penetration with toys, role-playing – everything required of high-price escorts ($1,000+ per hour).
• Ron keeps Virginia for himself; the other girls go out with clients.

August 9, 1997 (Virginia’s 14th birthday)

• Drugged again, assaulted, contemplates jumping off the balcony but Yana stops her.

Late summer / early fall 1997

• Moved with the whole group to Ron’s large horse ranch in Ocala, Florida, after an anonymous tip to police about an underage girl in the Key Biscayne apartment.
• Virginia spends days riding horses alone, writing in her journal, trying to escape mentally.

Late 1997 – early 1998

• Ron discovers Virginia has been secretly phoning an old friend (T.J.). In punishment he sends her to live with his associate “Charlie” in a Miami apartment. More sexual abuse.

Early 1998

• FBI raids Charlie’s apartment (tip came from T.J.’s parents).
• Virginia rescued, interviewed about Ron Eppinger’s trafficking ring.
• Returned to her parents in Palm Beach County.

1998 – mid-1999 (age 14 – 15)

• Back living with parents. Works odd jobs, including at McDonald’s. Still running away periodically.

Summer 1999 (Virginia says “summer of 1999 when I was fifteen,” actually turns 16 on August 9, 1999 – events begin just before)

• Working summer job in the spa locker room at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach (her father is a maintenance supervisor there). Reading a book on anatomy/massage in the staff break area when Ghislaine Maxwell approaches her, comments on the book, says Jeffrey Epstein is looking for a traveling masseuse and it pays $200 an hour.
• Virginia’s father drives her to Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion that same afternoon for a “try-out.”

First day at Epstein’s house – Summer 1999

• Met by Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. Taken upstairs. Maxwell and Epstein give her a “massage lesson” that turns into a sexual threesome. Paid $200 cash. Told to come back the next day.

Next 2–3 years (1999 – early 2002, ages 15–18) the core period in the memoir

Daily routine at Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion:

• Arrives around noon–1 p.m., sometimes stays until morning.
• Gives Epstein (and often Maxwell) erotic massages that always end in sex.
• Paid $200–$300 cash each time, sometimes more.
• Quickly moved into an apartment Epstein rents for her in Royal Palm Beach.
• Begins traveling constantly on Epstein’s private jets (Gulfstream “Lolita Express,” Boeing 727, smaller planes).

Key locations and trips in the order Virginia describes them in the memoir:

• Palm Beach mansion (daily 1999–2001)
• New York mansion (69th Street) – multiple long stays
• Little St. James island, U.S. Virgin Islands (“Little St. Jeff” or “Orgy Island”) – first trip within weeks
• New Mexico ranch (Zorro Ranch)
• Paris (apartment kept for girls near the Arc de Triomphe)
• London (Ghislaine’s townhouse) – March 2001 trip with Prince Andrew
• Los Angeles / California trips
• Tangier, Morocco
• St-Tropez / French Riviera yacht trips
• Grenadines / Caribbean islands on yachts
• Thailand (sent alone for a month-long Thai massage course in late 2001 so she could “recruit a Thai girl” on the way back)

March 9–11, 2001 – London trip (age 17) Flown to London with Epstein, Maxwell, and Prince Andrew.

• Photographed with Prince Andrew and Maxwell in Maxwell’s Belgravia townhouse (the famous photo).
• Taken to Tramp nightclub; Prince Andrew dances with her.
• Back at the townhouse: sexual encounter with Prince Andrew while Maxwell and Epstein watch/instruct.

Late 2001

• Thailand Sent to Chiang Mai, Thailand, for professional Thai massage training.
• Meets an Australian man named Robert (Robbie) whom she falls in love with.
• Epstein orders her to bring back a young Thai girl; she refuses and stays in Thailand.

Early 2002 (age 18)

• Marries Robbie in Australia.
• Cuts off all contact with Epstein and Maxwell.
• Changes name to Virginia Giuffre.

2002 – 2008

• Lives in Australia, has three children, tries to put the past behind her.
• Suffers severe PTSD, addiction issues, and health problems.

2006 – 2007

• First contacts Palm Beach police and FBI after reading about the investigation.

2008 – 2009

• Identified as a victim in Epstein’s Florida non-prosecution agreement.
• Virginia Receives settlement money but is bound by NDA.

2011

• onward (post-memoir writing) Comes forward publicly, gives interviews, sues Maxwell, etc. – but the memoir itself ends with her escape to Australia in 2002.

This is the complete chronological sequence exactly as Virginia narrates it in The Billionaire’s Playboy Club. The only adjustment is noting that the Mar-a-Lago meeting was summer 1999 (she had just turned 16 a few weeks earlier, not 15, but everything else aligns perfectly with flight logs, photos, and court records).