Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

Virginia Giuffre describes a 19-year-old woman traveling overseas alone for the first time. She arrives in Southeast Asia, tentative about her surroundings. This woman is Giuffre when she traveled to Thailand to study massage. She remarks on the experience of flying and the reflections the trip offered her.

Giuffre struggled to orient to life at ITM. She loved learning and exploring Chiang Mai but was lonely. She relied on her nightly calls with Tony Figueroa. As time passed, however, she needed him less and became increasingly attached to her freedom. She began behaving recklessly, which she guesses originated from her deep-seated belief that she didn’t deserve protection.

A week into her time at ITM, Giuffre befriended a man named Mathew “Mat” Olsen. At a local boxing match, he introduced her to his friend Robbie, who was studying boxing nearby. Robbie would later tell Giuffre that he fell in love with her at first sight but intentionally played hard to get. Robbie’s tactic worked, as Giuffre found herself flirting with him. The two quickly became inseparable. Although they were opposites, Giuffre felt safe with and understood by Robbie. She soon told him about her experiences with Jeffrey Epstein and