Isolated, Scared, Forlorn: The Heartbreaking Final Months of Virginia Giuffre’s Life

Virginia Giuffre made global headlines for her fight against her sexual abusers among the wealthy elite, all detailed in a bestselling memoir. Now new questions have emerged about the private anguish the most famous accuser of Jeffrey Epstein faced at home. Her husband, whom she once credited with helping her escape Epstein, had assaulted and tormented her for years:

On March 4, 2015, police attended the Giuffre home after receiving several 911 hang-up calls. According to the police report, Virginia said she tried to stop Robbie punching and kicking their dog, Bear, which Robbie said had bitten him. She said Robbie then punched her several times in her face and head, grabbed her by the throat, and strangled her. Virginia had a bruise forming on her left cheek, blood on her sleeve, and a whitish-clear fluid mixed with blood leaking from her ear, which police noted could be cerebral spinal fluid, a symptom of severe head trauma. Robbie was arrested on domestic violence charges and taken to jail, where he told an officer he’d hit Virginia by accident.

Dale King, the then-detective sergeant who went to check on Virginia the next morning… [says] he remembers Robbie flagged him down in the street. He knew the couple because he’d been to the house to keep the paparazzi in line and investigate the strange break-ins. King said Robbie seemed to be soothing himself with a story he’d heard him narrate before, about being the savior. “He’s trying to convince me that I have to let him get back home so he can protect her,” he says. “Hell,” he remembers thinking. “You’re her biggest threat right now.”