WASHINGTON – A posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre, who accused disgraced American financier Jeffrey Epstein and the Duke of York of sexual abuse, is to be published in October, according to her publisher.

Giuffre came to public prominence after alleging that Epstein had used her as a sex slave, and that Prince Andrew had assaulted her when she was 17 years old. She took her own life in Australia in April at the age of 41.

Her autobiography, “Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice,” will be published by Knopf on 21st October, the website of parent company Penguin Random House announced on Monday.

American media outlets first reported on Sunday that the book was scheduled for publication this autumn.

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Unsparing account

Penguin Random House described the work as an “unsparing and definitive account” of Giuffre’s time with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, the British former socialite currently serving a prison sentence for recruiting underage girls for the billionaire sex offender.

Giuffre also details the sexual molestation she suffered as a child, her escape from Epstein and Maxwell at 19, and her subsequent efforts to “not only hold her abusers to account but also advocate for other victims,” according to the publisher.

The publishing house called the book “an astonishing affirmation of Giuffre’s unshakeable will — first, to claw her way out of victimhood, and then to shine light on wrongdoing and fight for a safer, fairer world.”

Penguin Random House said Giuffre had written the memoir in the years before her death and “stated unequivocally that she wanted it published.”

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Settlement reached

Giuffre, who held both American and Australian citizenship, died at her farm in Western Australia on 25 April.

Epstein took his own life in a New York gaol in 2019 whilst awaiting trial for trafficking underage girls for sex.

Prince Andrew repeatedly denied Giuffre’s allegations and avoided trial by paying a multimillion-pound settlement.

Political implications

In recent months, American President Donald Trump has also faced renewed scrutiny over the nature of his relationship with Epstein.

The Republican’s supporters have long viewed the Epstein case as evidence that “Deep State” elites were protecting the late sex offender’s associates in the rival Democratic Party and Hollywood — but not Trump himself.

Many of those supporters have given short shrift to an FBI and Justice Department assertion in July that Epstein killed himself, did not blackmail any prominent figures, and did not keep a much-touted “client list.”

Last week, the Justice Department released a transcript of an interview with Maxwell in which she said Trump was friendly with Epstein but was “never inappropriate with anybody.”