Melanie McDonagh: Beyond the grave, Virginia Giuffre hits back at her tormentors in memoir

"Beyond the grave, ­Virginia Giuffre can still turn the tables on her tormentors. Of course, the villain of her story is dead, Jeffrey Epstein, having died while in prison facing charges of sex trafficking, but the familiar charges have a dreadful resonance."

"The Guardian yesterday published extracts from her memoir, Nobody's Girl, A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice (out on Monday) and, even edited and presumably redacted, they are hard to read without flinching."

Virginia Giuffre can still turn the tables on her tormentors despite the death of Jeffrey Epstein. Jeffrey Epstein died in prison while facing charges of sex trafficking. Those familiar charges carry a dreadful resonance that persists beyond the perpetrator's death. Excerpts from Giuffre's account, even when edited and presumably redacted, convey harrowing detail and are hard to read without flinching. The narrative emphasizes personal trauma alongside broader legal and moral consequences of trafficking allegations. The persistence of these accounts challenges perceptions of finality when a central perpetrator dies and underscores ongoing struggles for justice.

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