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Sep 11 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Virginia Giuffre always said Epstein and Maxwell worked to smear her. Bloomberg’s release of 18,000 emails confirms it.
In 2015 Maxwell told Epstein she planned to circulate a dossier on Virginia. Weeks later the New York Daily News ran a hit piece citing sealed juvenile records.
Survivors weren’t just abused. They were discredited and attacked for telling the truth.
Virginia deserved to be believed.
The email shows Maxwell asking Epstein for “the file on Virginia” and saying she would distribute it. That’s exactly what Giuffre said was happening.
Sep 11 • 18 tweets • 6 min read
🚨 NEW
Nadia Marcinkova was the 15 year old girl Epstein bragged he had “bought” from her family in Yugoslavia. She later became his pilot, lived with him, and even visited him in jail. She was named as a co-conspirator, but given immunity in Epstein’s sweetheart deal.
Newly released by Bloomberg emails show the way he controlled her. In one message, Epstein called her “the most important person to me.”
In another he sent a 425 word tirade demanding she dance, work out, do “fun sex things,” and manage his stress, telling her she “should be ashamed.”
The emails reveal the coercion and degradation survivors were forced to endure inside Epstein’s network.
The emails were verified by Bloomberg, and show the coercion and provide a small glimpse into how Epstein communicated with his network.
Sep 11 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
🚨NEW:
Newly released emails show Ghislaine Maxwell’s attempts to intimidate and smear the late Virginia Giuffre, who was the most vocal of their survivors until her death this year by suicide.
Photo of the late Virginia Giuffre 🖤✊🏼 with Prince Andrew and her convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Convicted trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell emailed Epstein in January 2015, asking: “Can you send me the file on Virginia that your lawyers have or whatever info you have on her.”
This was just days after Giuffre’s name became prominent in reporting. She was seeking documents that could undermine Giuffre’s credibility.
Giuffre reportedly died by suicide this year.
Her family has continued to call for the full release of the Epstein Files and accountability for survivors.
I’ve been covering this closely follow for all they want to bury.
Sep 11 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Epstein survivor Jess Michaels told Katie Couric that PTSD from his abuse means “constant anxiety, insomnia, inability to eat, brain fog, limited mental and physical capacity.”
After years of healing, seeing the disturbing “massage cartoon” in Epstein’s birthday book was triggering.
She said it mirrored a sexual joke he used on her in 1991, and it pulled her right back to the abuse. This is what living with trauma can look like.
Survivors deserve better.
The “cartoon” drawing from Epstein’s birthday book that survivor Michaels found triggering
Sep 11 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
🚨🚨NEW:
Lord Peter Mandelson has just been sacked & recalled after newly-surfaced emails revealed his deep ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Mandelson was UK Ambassador to the US.
In the emails that surfaced, Mandelson suggested Epstein’s first conviction was wrongful.
I highlighted Mandelson’s Epstein connection days ago when the birthday book dropped. Now it’s ended his diplomatic career.
More to follow
As I posted days ago, UK Ambassador to the US Mandelson’s entry in Epstein’s birthday book was addressed to “my best pal”
Sep 9 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Graydon Carter was the editor at Vanity Fair at the time. But the magazine’s leadership team cut survivor testimony from the story after Epstein bullied them.
He reportedly sent them threats like a bullet and a severed cat’s head.
And now we know Alan Dershowitz bragged (in a letter included in Epstein’s birthday book released yesterday) that he steered Vanity Fair’s coverage away from Epstein and onto Bill Clinton, calling it a “birthday gift.”
That’s how survivor accounts were buried: through intimidation, interference, and people who caved.
Journalist Vicky Ward originally included Maria and Annie Farmer’s accounts — survivors brave enough to come forward and say Epstein and Maxwell had sexually assaulted them. Those testimonies were cut before publication.
Sep 3 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
On the eve of the Survivors Conference, one truth can’t be ignored: Ghislaine Maxwell is still sitting in a ‘Club Fed’ prison — after providing the DOJ a courtroom performance that retraumatized Epstein’s survivors.
In a Texas prison camp, she’s housed alongside white-collar offenders like Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and reality TV star Jen Shah.
I’ve called on legislators to give survivors a clear timeline for when Maxwell will be moved to a facility that reflects the severity of her crimes.
Survivors deserve more than symbolism. They deserve answers, accountability, and a justice system that doesn’t soften consequences for traffickers while silencing their victims.
More on Maxwell’s “Club Fed” transfer below 👇
An inmate who voiced disgust over Maxwell’s presence in the prison camp was transferred out—hardly a coincidence. In this system, speaking up comes with a price.
Sep 1 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Ghislaine Maxwell wasn’t just Epstein’s fixer and enabler—she was Robert Maxwell’s daughter.
He was a billionaire media tycoon with deep political and intelligence ties, who died mysteriously after looting pensions.
Ghislaine inherited her father’s contacts and networks.
That’s why powerful men kept protecting her: protecting her meant protecting themselves.
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Maxwell’s father sold arms to Eastern Europe, brokered deals for Israel, and used his publishing empire to move information. He was suspected of ties to both MI6 and Mossad.
Aug 31 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Powerful people have tried to silence journalists who cover Epstein & Maxwell.
@innercitypress was banned from the UN after Matthew Lee asked Ghislaine Maxwell a single question. His press access was pulled immediately, and has never been reinstated.
ABC buried Amy Robach’s interview with Virginia Giuffre.
The White House barred the Wall Street Journal after an Epstein story.
That’s just a few examples.
This work carries risk. That’s why I’ve been posting daily safety status check-ins — because shining a light on predators and their protectors still threatens the powerful.
Sept 3 – Epstein Survivors Conference and I will be covering live so follow
#EpsteinFiles
@MatthewLeeICP himself alleges he was banned as retaliation for probing too deeply.
He has continued public coverage from outside UN HQ, even broadcasting from a bus stop. Matthew is a force and I recommend following him if you don’t already. ✊🏼🖤
Aug 31 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Carolyn Andriano should still be here.
She was only 14 when she was first abused by Jeffrey Epstein.
At Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2021 trial, her testimony was instrumental in convicting Maxwell.
Carolyn was plagued by shame and trauma from the abuse she endured by Epstein’s network.
She died of an overdose in May 2024.
Her mother, devastated, says:
“I was literally robbed. Not only did they rape our children, but they raped their mothers. It goes up the family tree.”
Her words cut to the truth: Epstein’s crimes didn’t just shatter the lives of girls — they shattered entire families.
Sept 3 – Epstein Survivors Conference
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Carolyn Andriano died an overdose of methadone, fentanyl and alprazolam.
She testified in 2021 that she had been addicted to "pain pills and cocaine" and that she had taken them "to block out" Epstein's sexual abuse.
For four years, Epstein had abused her at his Palm Beach mansion, starting in 2001 when she was 14, she said.
Aug 30 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Virginia Giuffre, the fierce survivor who stood up to Epstein, Maxwell and Prince Andrew, reportedly died by suicide at 41 in Western Australia this April.
She left a handwritten note:
“Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, and Brothers need to show the battle lines are drawn… we’ve got to start somewhere.”
She died just 32 days after a car crash, while separated from her husband and reportedly kept from her children.
Police say her death was not suspicious. Her father insists “somebody got to her.”
Her memoir Nobody’s Girl, finished before her death, will be released this October.
Virginia deserved justice in her lifetime. Release the files. Believe survivors.
Pictured: Virginia as a teen, and a photo she uploaded of herself after the car she was riding in was allegedly hit by a school bus.
#EpsteinTrumpFiles
#epsteinfiles
Virginia Giuffre was 16, working at Mar-a-Lago when Ghislaine Maxwell recruited her.
What followed was years of trafficking under the world’s most powerful men.
Aug 25 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
🚨🚨 BREAKING: Epstein survivors will hold a press conference on Capitol Hill Sept 3rd, 10:30AM ET.
For the first time, many will speak publicly about what happened and demand the release of the Epstein Files.
I’ve been on this relentlessly and won’t stop now.
I will be live covering—follow me for updates and coverage they can’t bury.
Please share this so survivors voices are heard in the madness of the news cycle. This is important. 👏🖤