Article 70T4A Virginia Giuffre’s story reveals system in which men abuse women with impunity, UK campaigners say

Virginia Giuffre’s story reveals system in which men abuse women with impunity, UK campaigners say

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Rachel Hall
from World news | The Guardian on (#70T4A)

In excerpts from posthumously published text, Giuffre warns more women will suffer if people continue to believe Jeffrey Epstein was an anomaly'

Virginia Giuffre's latest revelations are a mirror held up to a system" that still enables powerful men to groom, abuse and exploit women with impunity, women's rights campaigners have said.

Excerpts from Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, which were released ahead of the book's publication next week, lay bare how Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell took advantage of their position of power to manipulate and groom Giuffre.

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