vIn a chilling moment that stripped away any pretense of choice, Virginia Giuffre—then just 18 and trapped in Jeffrey Epstein’s world of exploitation—sat stunned as Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell casually proposed she carry their baby, promising mansions, endless luxury, and lifelong care in exchange for signing away all rights to the child.
Virginia Roberts Giuffre reveals how Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein casually proposed she carry their baby as a surrogate, a demand that shattered any illusion of consent and propelled her toward freedom.
In her posthumous memoir Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice (published October 2025), Virginia Giuffre recounts the chilling moment that became her tipping point in escaping Jeffrey Epstein’s clutches. By summer 2002, after more than two years of grooming, trafficking, and abuse starting at age 16, Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell made an outrageous proposal: they wanted Giuffre, then 19, to serve as a surrogate mother for their child.
Giuffre describes the conversation occurring casually after an afternoon of snorkeling on Epstein’s private island, Little St. James. Epstein lavished compliments on her “devotion,” then bluntly stated: “I want you to have our baby.” Maxwell echoed the sentiment, promising lavish rewards—round-the-clock nannies, a mansion in Palm Beach or New York, and a monthly allowance of $200,000. In exchange, Giuffre would sign a contract relinquishing all legal rights to the child, affirming it belonged solely to Epstein and Maxwell.
The demand horrified Giuffre. She feared the baby—especially if female—would enter the same cycle of exploitation she endured. “There was no way I wanted to bring a child into the world for them to raise,” she wrote. “What if the baby was female? This proposal would endanger another person: a helpless child.” Comparing it to a “modern-day Handmaid’s Tale,” Giuffre saw it as the ultimate objectification, reducing her to a vessel for their desires.
Prior illusions of agency or care crumbled. Though groomed to comply, this crossed an unbreakable line, exposing the total lack of consent in her entrapment. Pretending to agree—to secure massage training as a pretext—Giuffre secretly planned her escape. Sent to Thailand for “training,” she met Australian Robert Giuffre, married him swiftly, and fled to a new life Down Under.
This revelation, first alleged in earlier interviews but detailed vividly in her memoir, underscores Epstein and Maxwell’s predatory entitlement. It fueled Giuffre’s later advocacy, founding SOAR to support survivors and contributing to Maxwell’s 2021 conviction.
Though Giuffre tragically died by suicide in April 2025 at 41, her words endure as a testament to resilience. The surrogacy demand not only shattered her remaining illusions but ignited her path to freedom—and a lifelong fight for justice.
