Virginia Giuffre says she feared she might “die a sex slave” at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and his circle, her posthumous memoir reveals.
The BBC has obtained a full copy of Nobody’s Girl, written by the prominent accuser of convicted sex offender Epstein, ahead of its publication on Tuesday – almost six months after she took her own life.
In the memoir, Ms Giuffre also says she had sex with Prince Andrew on three separate occasions, including once with Epstein and approximately eight other young women.
Prince Andrew, who reached a financial settlement with Ms Giuffre in 2022, has always denied any wrongdoing.
The memoir, which the BBC bought from a book store in central London days before its official release, paints a picture of a web of rich and powerful people abusing young women.
At the centre of the abuse was Epstein and his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence on sex-trafficking charges.
Ms Giuffre says that even decades later, she remembers how much she feared them both.
Much of the book makes for extremely harrowing reading, as Ms Giuffre details the sadistic abuse that Epstein put her through.
She says Epstein subjected her to sadomasochistic sex which caused her “so much pain that I prayed I would black out”.
A Buckingham Palace source told BBC News they accept there could be “more days of pain ahead” as a result of the publication of the book, which puts Prince Andrew under further scrutiny.
The King’s engagements this week include a visit to the Vatican, where he will pray alongside the Pope.
