Volume 7, Issue No. 22
OPINION/COMMENTARY
/ News That Fears None, Views That Favor Nobody /
. . . . . A community service of The Filipino Web Channel (TheFilipinoWebChannel@gmail. com) and the Philippine Village Voice (PhilVoiceNews@gmail.com) for the information and understanding of Filipinos and the diverse communities in North America . . . .
Our latest as of Thursday, October 23, 2025
~ Plain and simple: it's a horrifying ordeal. Reading Virginia Roberts Giuffre's posthumous memoir sparks anguish and outrage for the beastly acts men in high places had done on her, starting with Jeffrey Epstein and his pimp and partner in crime Ghislaine Maxwell, including Prince Andrew and former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak.
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NOBODY'S GIRL BY VIRGINIA ROBERTS GIUFFRE
Surviving the Beastly Acts
of Men in High Places
By ROMEO P. MARQUEZ
Editor, The Filipino Web Channel
“Temper us in fire, and we grow stronger. When we suffer, we survive.” ― C
TORONTO - Reading is both a pleasurable pastime and a valuable source of information, particularly for one like me who reports the news and writes political and social commentaries.
The kind of enjoyment I get from leafing through pages upon pages of non-fiction books, memoirs, history, and poetry - all of which I have a generous collection in my small library - has been replaced by sadness and anger.
I am moved, indignant and seething with fury, after perusing some chapters in Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the teenaged girl trafficked for sex by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his cohort Ghislaine Maxwell. Virginia died by suicide on April 25, 2025.
Yesterday (Wednesday, Oct. 22), I rushed to Indigo on Bay and Bloor in downtown and bought a copy of the book before it runs out of stock. I wasn't content on reading and watching her account of the abuses on her on social media, I had to have my own copy and read for myself.
Tears welled in my eyes as I went through one of the passages in her posthumous memoir. Not only did I feel flustered, I was outraged at the thought men in high places would engage in such beastly acts on a hapless girl.
When she was 18 years old, Virginia recalled the day in 2002 in a cabana in the U.S. Virgin Islands where Epstein had brought her. She wrote:
"He repeatedly choked me until I lost consciousness and took pleasure in seeing me in fear for my life. Horrifically, the Prime Minister laughed when he hurt me and got more aroused when I begged him to stop. I emerged from the cabana bleeding from my mouth, vagina, and anus. For days it hurt to breathe and to swallow."
Quoting court filings, journalist Kim Iversen and several news outlets had identified the "Prime Minister" Virginia referred to as former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak. It wasn't the first time with him, Virginia wrote, even as he pleaded with Epstein not to send her back to him.
Aboard Epstein's private plane called the Lolita Express, the second encounter took place in a cabin. That second interaction, Virginia wrote, "was the beginning of the end for me." Barak has repeatedly denied Virginia's claims, according to published reports.
Virginia also detailed her ordeal with Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, who was 41 years old at that time, at Epstein's house in the central London district of Belgravia in March 2001. She wrote:
"He was particularly attentive to my feet, caressing my toes and licking my arches. That was a first for me, and it tickled x x x He seemed in a rush to have intercourse. Afterward, he said thank you in his clipped British accent. In my memory, the whole thing lasted less than half an hour."
A month later, she had her second encounter with Prince Andrew in Epstein's townhouse in New York. From there, they flew to the French Riviera in southeast France. There, Epstein introduced her to his 50-year-old friend - she called him Billionaire Number Two, "old enough to be my grandpa".
She wrote: "After we had intercourse, the man offered to pay me triple what Epstein paid if I'd come 'work' for him. I politely said no and said my goodbyes . . . "
Later, Virginia wrote: "I don't know exactly when I had sex with Prince Andrew for the third time, but I know the location: Little Saint Jeff's. I also know that it was not just the two of us this time; it was an orgy.
"I was around eighteen . . . Epstein, Andy and approximately eight other young girls, and I had sex together. The other girls all seemed and appeared to be under the age of eighteen and didn't really speak English . . . "
Based on Virginia's accounts, it seems only proper for the British monarchy to strip Prince Andrew of his royal titles. Not only is he an embarrassment, he is weakening the moral fabric of the whole nation and the Commonwealth of which Canada is a member. (Copyright 2025. All Rights Reserved).
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