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Virginia Giuffre Carried the Story No One Wanted to Tell

Virginia Giuffre forced the world to confront the truth about Epstein and changed how I report on power, survivors, and silence.

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Tara Palmeri
Apr 25, 2026
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2019, on the road with Marijke Chartouni and Virginia Giuffre for Broken: Jeffrey Epstein. She carried more than most ever should and still gave so much light. Marijke speaks at her memorial on the National Mall.

Welcome back to The Red Letter.

I just returned from the memorial for my friend, Virginia Giuffre.

Covering Jeffrey Epstein changed my career, but knowing Virginia changed me.

Before I started reporting Broken: Jeffrey Epstein, I had this growing feeling that something about the way the story was being told was wrong. It had become a story about powerful …

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