THE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, WHO WAS AMONG JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S MOST WELL-KNOWN SEX TRAFFICKING ACCUSERS, SAID THAT IT WAS SHOCKING TO HEAR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAY THE DISGRACED FINANCIER “STOLE” GIUFFRE FROM HIM.
GIUFFRE HAD ACCUSED BRITAIN'S PRINCE ANDREW AND OTHER INFLUENTIAL MEN OF SEXUALLY EXPLOITING HER AS A TEENAGER TRAFFICKED BY EPSTEIN.
SHE DIED BY SUICIDE THIS YEAR.
IN A CNN INTERVIEW HER BROTHER SAID, “SHE WASN’T STOLEN, SHE WAS PREYED UPON AT HIS PROPERTY."
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THIS WEEK THAT JEFFREY EPSTEIN “STOLE” YOUNG WOMEN WHO WORKED AT THE SPA AT MAR-A-LAGO.
(Reporter: Did one of those stolen, you know, persons, did that include Virginia Giuffre?)
SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
"I think she worked at the spa. I think so. I think that was one of the people, yeah. He stole her. And by the way, she had no complaints about us, as you know, none whatsoever."
GIUFFRE’S BROTHER ALSO SAID THAT "STOLEN SEEMS VERY IMPERSONAL. IT FEELS VERY MUCH LIKE AN OBJECT, AND THE SURVIVORS ARE NOT OBJECTS, WOMEN ARE NOT OBJECTS.”
HER FAMILY'S STATEMENT IS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING EPSTEIN AND THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, WHO WAS HIS ONE-TIME FRIEND. THEY ALSO QUESTIONED HOW MUCH DONALD TRUMP KNEW.
TRUMP HAS DENIED PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF EPSTEIN'S CRIMES.