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Kid Berwyn

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10. Virginia Giuffre met Jeffrey Epstein at Mar-a-Lago
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 01:21 PM
Jul 21

America should be ashamed at how Virginia Giuffre suffered -- and was treated -- the facts are horrendous.



Reminder: Jeffrey Epstein hired a 16-year old who worked for Donald J Trump.



Unsealed documents detail alleged Epstein victim’s recruitment at Mar-a-Lago

by JOSH GERSTEIN
08/10/2019

Excerpt…

The roughly 2,000 pages of records released by the Manhattan-based 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals also show the same woman, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, appears to have claimed she had sex with a series of prominent men — including former politicians — at Epstein’s direction while working as a staff masseuse for the investment adviser, who eventually came under investigation in 2006 for sex trafficking over his involvement with teenage girls.

The deal drew objections and a lawsuit from some of Epstein’s victims, who alleged they were illegally kept in the dark about the agreement. Earlier this year, a federal judge agreed the victims’ rights were violated. That ruling, and a fresh indictment of Epstein in federal court in New York City last month, set in motion the resignation of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, who was the chief federal prosecutor in south Florida and signed off on the Epstein deal.

Snip…

In deposition excerpts made public Friday, Giuffre said she was working as a spa attendant at Mar-a-Lago in 2000 when she was approached by Epstein’s longtime friend Ghislaine Maxwell about giving massages to the wealthy investor, who owned a mansion in Palm Beach not far from the Trump resort.

“Where in the spa were you when you were approached by Ghislaine Maxwell?” Maxwell’s attorney Laura Menninger asked at a May 2016 deposition.

“Just outside the locker room, sitting where the other girl who works there usually sits,” Giuffre replied. “I was reading a book on massage therapy. … She noticed I was reading the massage book. And I started to have chitchat with her just about, you know, the body and the anatomy and how I was interested in it. And she told me that she knew somebody that was looking for a traveling masseuse. ... If the guy likes you then, you know, it will work out for you. You’ll travel. You’ll make good money.”



What people do to other people is sickening. What some do to children is unforgivable. Both scenarios include Donald John Trump.

Recommendations

12 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

k and r BoRaGard Jul 21 #1
After Trump, Bill Barr might have been the happiest to see Epstein carted to the morgue. Kid Berwyn Jul 21 #7
***Julie K. Brown*** Leghorn21 Jul 21 #2
Outstanding Journalist -- and she worked as a singleton, alone on a story fraught with danger from ALL sides. Kid Berwyn Jul 21 #8
Final paragraph from The Mary Sue erronis Jul 21 #24
"He did not do this alone." Kid Berwyn Jul 22 #38
K & R malaise Jul 21 #3
Virginia Giuffre met Jeffrey Epstein at Mar-a-Lago Kid Berwyn Jul 21 #10
The rot is deep malaise Jul 21 #11
Very deep. Joinfortmill Jul 21 #20
Downright ICKY people. calimary Jul 21 #18
To be clear, Giuffre never accused Trump of any inappropriate conduct toward her. Wiz Imp Jul 21 #30
Note: Not current; this is from July 2019. Grins Jul 21 #4
Yes. It says so in the OP. Kid Berwyn Jul 21 #9
This is GD not Breaking News malaise Jul 21 #12
breaking news every fucking day Nimble_Idea Jul 22 #34
Agree 100% malaise Jul 22 #35
Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe Jul 21 #5
Epstein victim urged FBI to look at Trump twice Kid Berwyn Jul 21 #13
Completely unsurprising not fooled Jul 21 #6
Small Circles Don't Want Big Waves Kid Berwyn Jul 21 #15
I seem to remember Figarosmom Jul 21 #14
The Razor-Thin Line Between Conspiracy Theory and Actual Conspiracy Kid Berwyn Jul 22 #39
DoJ is saying there are more like 1,000 victims FakeNoose Jul 21 #16
Brad Edwards is a lawyer representing over 200 of Epstein's victims. Wiz Imp Jul 21 #29
I'd recommend this thread FormerOstrich Jul 21 #17
This may become the story of the century. Joinfortmill Jul 21 #19
This one is not going away malaise Jul 21 #21
Only a few new details, we knew most of this in 2016, right? Why does nothing ever bring him down? OverBurn Jul 21 #22
when you have photos and videos of them child fucking (hypothetically, amirite?) Nimble_Idea Jul 22 #36
KnR Alice Kramden Jul 21 #23
Adding this from the Palm Beach Post malaise Jul 21 #25
Good question! SheltieLover Jul 21 #27
Hi there malaise Jul 21 #28
Hiya SheltieLover Jul 21 #31
Kick SheltieLover Jul 21 #26
Wow actual reporters? Hornedfrog2000 Jul 21 #32
It reminds me of how the Sacramento Bee Mblaze Jul 21 #33
k&r Simeon Salus Jul 22 #37
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