When Survivors Silence Survivors: My Experience with Virginia Giuffre

For years, Virginia Giuffre has been upheld as a symbol of strength in the fight against sex trafficking — a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse who stood up to power. I believed in her. I reached out to her for support, hoping that someone who had walked through the fire might extend a hand to another survivor.

She NEVER replied and instead BLOCKED me. Some advocate!

Instead, she tried to burn me down.

I was encouraged by bystanders to reach out to her attorney, Brad Edwards

Then a fellow survivor and advocate forwarded me this private message she received about me. This particular person Andrew has since seen the truth about Maria and Virginia and apologize to me profusely.

On December 30, 2020, Virginia Giuffre tweeted about me, saying I had “serious mental health issues,” accused me of fabricating my story “from thin air,” and labeled me a liar — all because I had the courage to share my truth. She ended her statement by claiming, “I would never go against ANY other victims or survivors.”

But she did. She went against me.

I was encouraged to reach out to Virginia for help putting pieces together since I was brought to a “party” in 2001 and also targeted when I was 14/15.

I was not trying to steal attention. I was trying to heal. I didn’t need fame — I needed someone to say, “I believe you.” Instead, she blocked me, publicly humiliated me, and tried to discredit me using the exact tactics abusers use to silence their victims.

What makes it worse? Court documents now show that Virginia Giuffre, who was 18 at the time, recruited a 14-year-old girl named Carolyn Andriano into Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking network. This isn’t a rumor — this is on the record. Despite this, Virginia has faced little to no public accountability, while the people she harmed — people like me — are left with the fallout.

She claims to be a champion for victims. But real champions don’t throw other survivors under the bus to protect their brand.

I know what I lived. I know what I survived. And I won’t be erased or discredited by someone who still hasn’t told the whole truth. This isn’t about revenge — it’s about reality. It’s about naming the harm so we can stop pretending that fame equals integrity, or that victimhood excuses all actions.

I’m speaking out because too many survivors are told to stay quiet — especially when the one who harmed them wears the same “survivor” label. But survival isn’t a competition. And healing doesn’t come at the expense of someone else’s voice.

To those reading this who have ever been silenced, shamed, or shut out — I believe you. Keep going. Keep telling your truth.

I won’t stop telling mine.