Jeffrey Epstein was probably the most monstrous sexual abuser of modern times. This rich American trafficked and abused young girls from age 14 over a period of decades. He was charged and sentenced in 2008 and received an 18-month jail sentence, but was free to work from home during the day.
For the next decade he kept on trafficking young girls to satisfy his sexual appetite and that of countless rich white males in his circle. He even had his own private island where young girls & women were sexually used & abused. In this he was ably assisted by his long-time companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, the daughter of disgraced media tycoon, Robert Maxwell, who died from suspected suicide when he fell overboard his yacht just as his decades-long theft from his employees’ funds to prop up his empire was being exposed. She is in jail for luring young girls to participate in the sex slave ring that they have constructed over decades. Donald Trump, a friend of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell wished her well when a journalist asked him about her criminal trial. She is in jail – more or less for ever.
In 2019 Epstein was arrested again and faced a catalogue of sexual abuse charges. He hang himself in his prison cell while awaiting trial.
Virginia Giuffre was lured into his world and numerous men, including Prince Andrew, had sex with her over a period of years. She eventually spoke up and was awarded damages, but the damage was done and this week she took her life.
She was clearly broken and not able to recover from the trauma. Her marriage ended in divorce and custody of her 3 children was given to her husband. Most recently she was charged with breaching a family violence restraining order. So her life was truly messed as they say in the classics.
"In the end, the toll of abuse was so heavy that it became unbearable for Virginia to handle its weight. We know that she is with the angels." – a family member said after her death.
Jeffrey Epstein was a predator cloaked in luxury — a man who used money, charm, and connections to build a hidden empire of abuse. Behind closed doors, he stole the childhoods of countless girls, trafficking them for himself and the powerful men around him. The world saw his wealth but his victims lived his cruelty.
Virginia Giuffre was just a girl, full of dreams, when she was pulled into his trap — lied to, exploited, violated, and passed from man to man like a possession. Yet she refused to stay silent. Speaking out cost her peace, privacy, and safety. Even after Epstein’s death, the system he corrupted kept trying to break her. But Virginia stood tall: carrying not just her own pain, but the voices of the forgotten, the silenced, and the betrayed. Her fight is a reminder that the truth can be buried, but it cannot be destroyed. Yet in the end the awful truth destroyed her.
I asked an AI THERAPIST to peek into her soul and give us some glimpse of what sexual abuse, committed in broad daylight, in the New York townhouses of rich white men and on Epstein’s private plane and private island did to this victim of sexual abuse.
Inside the spirit of the dead Virginia Giuffre, you’d see a 16-year-old girl frozen in time — trust shattered, body stolen, soul splintered. Each violation left a mark, and the silence that followed carved deeper wounds. The world doubted, blamed, and exhausted her. Over years, the damage compounded — shame, rage, loneliness — until it drowned her will to keep going. In the end, she didn’t just die by her own hand; she was worn down by what was done to her and what was impossible to make right. Hers is the quiet tragedy too many survivors carry: not just what happened, but how the world let it happen again and again.