Virginia Giuffre’s brother and sister-in-law responded to the newly unveiled whistleblower allegations that Jeffrey Epstein’s main accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, is receiving preferential treatment in a low-security prison, calling her reported accommodations a “slap in the face” to every Epstein survivor.
The response follows a letter from House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who cited whistleblower information in his case to President Donald Trump that Maxwell should not receive a commutation or “any form of clemency” that would shorten her 20-year sentence. The congressman also asked why Maxwell was transferred from a federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas.
In an interview with CNN on Tuesday, Giuffre’s sister-in-law, Amanda Roberts, said Maxwell’s special treatment makes her and her husband “angry” because taxpayer money is being wasted to support the convicted Epstein coconspirator’s cushy lifestyle.
“I think we have to remember, as constituents, this is what our tax dollars is funding. We are funding a child sex trafficker to be in a prison that she does not belong in. She belongs in a maximum security prison. Our tax dollars are waiting on her hand and foot. And it’s quite shameful. It makes us angry. It’s a slap in the face to every single survivor who came forward,” she said.
“And why is this happening? Why is this happening? We still don’t understand why she’s there,” Roberts added. “We were never given any answers as to why she was moved, what happened during those conversations with her. It just all still seems like an extreme cover-up. And it’s scary to think that she may be on the doorsteps to freedom.”
Maxwell is moving to file a “commutation application” with the Trump administration, according to Raskin. The reported development comes after Maxwell provided testimony to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche about her involvement in Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring.
The two-day interview in July between Maxwell and Blanche preceded the convict’s prison transfer.
Blanche “should be summoned” to shed light on the transfer, Giuffre’s brother, Sky Roberts, told CNN. “He should be held to account to answer for those questions. It’s simple. I think that we’ve prioritized putting power and money over survivors. And, you know, when is the government going to start helping them out?”
The husband-and-wife duo praised Raskin for asking the right questions and criticized Trump for not ruling out a pardon for Maxwell last month.
Some of the amenities Maxwell gets while in prison include time to pet a puppy being trained as a service dog and hand-delivered, custom meals to her cell.
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“She doesn’t deserve to be playing with puppies in prison and getting chef meals basically prepared for her and sent to her dorm,” Sky Roberts said. “That’s not what we should be doing to a convicted sex trafficking offender, I can tell you that. She was an active participant and physically abused many of these survivors, including my sister.”
Giuffre died by suicide in April. Her memoir, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, was released posthumously last month.