Warning: This article contains discussion of sexual assault which some readers may find distressing.
Recently, the BBC aired previously unseen segments of a 2019 interview with Virginia Giuffre.
The newly released material is part of a program called The Fall of Prince Andrew, which presents a 30-minute episode available from today (November 4). This episode includes parts of a BBC Panorama interview with Giuffre that had not been shown before.
While certain portions of the interview had been shared by the BBC back then, a YouTube clip that emerged at that time featured Giuffre addressing rumors about the authenticity of a photo showing her with the former prince.
“The people on the inside are going to keep coming up with these ridiculous excuses like his arm was elongated, or the photo was doctored, or he came to New York to break up with Jeffrey Epstein,” she said.
“I mean, come on. I’m calling BS on this because that’s what it is. [Andrew] knows what happened. I know what happened, and there’s only one of us telling the truth. And I know that’s me.”
Additional footage from the interview has now been broadcast, with Giuffre recounting more allegations about the sex trafficking she claims to have experienced under Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Describing an encounter with Andrew, Giuffre stated: “There was a bath and it started there, and then it led to the bedroom. It didn’t last very long the whole entire procedure. It was disgusting.”
Giuffre, who has since passed away earlier this year, expressed that it was a ‘wicked time in [her] life’ as she became emotional.
“I had just been abused by a member of the Royal Family,” she continued. “So when you talk about these chains… yeah I wasn’t chained to a sink but these powerful people were my chains.”
“I couldn’t comprehend how powerful people were allowing this to happen, but not only allowing it to happen but participating in it,” Giuffre added.
In another unseen clip, she discussed Maxwell, initially appearing non-threatening but whose demeanor soon shifted.
“Ghislaine was more physically abusive in some aspects that Epstein was in some ways,” noted Giuffre.
“She almost took pleasure in the fact, knowing that you were highly uncomfortable and that you were feeling sick to your stomach and that you were going through pain.”
Elsewhere in the interview, she mentioned being ‘passed around’ like a toy.
Referring again to Andrew, Giuffre told the BBC: “To know this man had daughters but he was still capable of abusing me — it just doesn’t make sense.”
If you are affected by any of the issues discussed in this article, please reach out to The National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800.656.HOPE (4673), available 24/7. You can also chat online at online.rainn.org.