Giuffre's posthumous memoir details abuse by Epstein and Maxwell

Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir, published Tuesday, offers a detailed and harrowing account of years she says she spent abused and trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell and names additional powerful figures she says were involved. Giuffre, who died by suicide in April at her home in Western Australia at age 41, wrote that she had been groomed as a teenager, forced to travel with Epstein and Maxwell, and repeatedly abused by men in their circle, including allegations of encounters with Prince Andrew and an unnamed senior politician.

In the book, Nobodys Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, Giuffre describes being recruited as a teenager and compelled to service Epstein and others on repeated trips to New York, London and Epstein's private island in the US Virgin Islands. She wrote that she was "habitually used and humiliated" and that the abuse at times was so severe she feared she might die as a sex slave. She also alleges she was forced into roles that furthered the traffickers' control, including recruiting other girls and being urged to appear childlike.

Giuffre recounts three occasions on which she says she had sexual encounters with...