Virginia Giuffre's family stunned after Trump said Epstein 'stole' her, question his awareness of crimes
WASHINGTON, DC: The family of Virginia Giuffre, a key survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, was shocked to know that President Donald Trump said she was "stolen" from his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, raising speculations about whether the president knew about the disgraced financier's activities.
Her family also urged the president not to consider clemency for the late financier's co-conspirator and confidant, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Virginia Giuffre's family asks if Donald Trump was aware of Jeffrey Epstein's activities
President Donald Trump on Tuesday, July 29, said Jeffrey Epstein "stole" Virginia Giuffre from his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, where she worked as a locker-room attendant during the summer of 2000 at age 16.
Following his statement, Giuffre's family said that Trump's admission was "shocking" and asked whether he was aware of Epstein's and Maxwell's actions.
Giuffre's family said, "It was shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware that Virginia had been 'stolen' from Mar-a-Lago," per The Atlantic.
"It makes us ask if he was aware of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal actions, especially given his statement two years later that his good friend Jeffrey 'likes women on the younger side . . . no doubt about it.' We and the public are asking for answers; survivors deserve this," the family added.
However, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated on Wednesday, July 30, that Trump was referring to Giuffre in response to a reporter's question about her.
"He did not bring her up. The fact remains that President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club for being a creep to his female employees," Leavitt said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the family also said in the statement that it was "convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell who targeted and preyed upon our then 16-year-old sister, Virginia, from Mar-a-Lago, where she was working in 2000, several years before Epstein and President Trump had their falling out."
Virginia Giuffre committed suicide at her home in Australia in April 2025.
In a civil litigation and information provided to law enforcement, she alleged that she had been recruited by Maxwell while working at Mar-a-Lago as a high schooler and had then been exploited from around 1999 to 2002 by Epstein, Maxwell, and others.
Moreover, Giuffre alleged that Epstein had trafficked her to other prominent men.
Ghislaine Maxwell gave DOJ info on '100 different people' linked to Epstein
Ghislaine Maxwell shared details about 100 different people with the Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection with the disgraced financier on July 25. She met Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche at a courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida.
Maxwell was convicted of child sex trafficking in connection with Jeffrey Epstein in 2021 and has reportedly been granted limited immunity by the DOJ for information on Epstein files, ABC News reported, citing sources.
The immunity allowed Maxwell to freely answer Blanche's questions without fear that her responses could later be used against her, the sources said.
Meanwhile, David Oscar Markus, Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer, said after the meeting on July 25 that his client was asked some information regarding "100 different people" in connection with Epstein.
He added that she did not hold anything back and gave the DOJ what they needed.
The attorney also said that she was asked about "every possible thing you could imagine–everything."
Interestingly, the meeting between Blanche and Maxwell was announced by the DOJ as pressure mounted for the Trump administration to release more information on the case after it said there was no Epstein "client list" and mentioned there would be no further prosecutions in a recent memo.
