Virginia | Ep 1: Escaping Epstein
7/10/202639 min
Virginia falls in love with Robbie Giuffre, who whisks her away to Australia. The birth of their daughter a few years later, sparks Virginia into action. No longer will she be silent about her abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and his circle of high-powered friends.
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First 90 secondsJulia Karkatzel0:00
Just a warning, this episode contains content that may be distressing to some listeners.
Melissa Fyfe· Host0:04
So imagine a young couple in a temple in Thailand. He's Australian, she's American, and they're kneeling in front of a Buddhist monk. It's their wedding day.
Virginia Giuffre· Soundbite0:23
I met this amazing person. And long story short, we got married in a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai.
Robbie Giuffre· Soundbite0:31
Looked over at my shoulder. Butterflies and she's it. That's the one. Straight off the bat. I just knew.
Melissa Fyfe· Host0:41
But this is no ordinary wedding. Robbie and Virginia had met 10 days before. He popped the question just one week in. He didn't muck around.
Robbie Giuffre· Soundbite0:54
Yeah, I still remember when I went down the one night, old-fashioned style, and I'm proposed.
Melissa Fyfe· Host1:02
This was October 2002. To their families, the rushed marriage was kind of shocking.
Sky Roberts· Soundbite1:09
I honestly remember my parents freaking out. They were like, oh my God, she met this guy and she's like just going to marry him and go back to Australia.
Carla Hildebrandt· Host1:19
That's Sky Roberts, Virginia's little brother, who was 13 at the time.
Sky Roberts· Soundbite1:24
Just this, like, really extravagant thing. But, I mean, to be honest with you, it was very