Wani basaraken Biritaniya an kama shi da karfe 8 na safe kuma an cire masa mukamin. Jakadu, 'yan siyasa, da wasu manyan mutane da dama sun rasa manyan ayyukansu. An fitar da miliyoyin fayiloli game da mai laifin lalata Jeffrey Epstein, kuma shugaban Amurka yana ci gaba da bincike. Abubuwa da yawa sun faru tun bayan mutuwar Virginia Roberts Giuffre a watan Afrilun shekarar da ta gabata, da kuma tun bayan buga littafinta na tarihin rayuwa Nobody's Girl watanni shida bayan haka, inda ta fara bayyana cikakken labarin cin zarafin da Epstein da abokansa suka yi mata. "Wannan shekara ta kasance mai ban mamaki," in ji Sky Roberts, kanin Giuffre. "Ina fata Virginia tana nan don ganin shi."
Ya dage cewa za a sami wasu ci gaba da yawa a nan gaba. Giuffre ta zama daya daga cikin wadanda suka tsira daga Epstein da aka fi sani. A cikin bakin ciki, Sky da matarsa, Amanda, sun zama masu fafutuka ba da gangan ba. "Ta share hanya, kuma muna son ci gaba da share wannan hanya don sauran wadanda suka tsira a can," in ji Sky.
Suna magana daga gidansu a Colorado, a cikin daki mai cike da hotuna da abubuwan tunawa, kamar alamar malam buɗe ido da Giuffre ta yi amfani da ita don manufarta. Ba su taba yin tambayoyi daga wannan dakin ba. "Ina ganinta a kusa da ni," in ji Sky, wanda ya nemi afuwa don "yawan hawaye a wasu lokuta, don haka ku yi hakuri da ni." Suna da 'ya'ya biyu kuma suna da kwarewa a harkokin sarrafa shaguna da zuba jari a kadarori, ba siyasa ba. "An jefa mu ciki. A cikin watanni kadan bayan mutuwar Giuffre, muna cikin aikin fafutuka," in ji Sky. "Yawancin abin ya samo asali ne daga ma'anar manufa. Virginia ta kasance tana cewa, 'Yaya kuke juya zafi zuwa manufa?' Kuma ba zan iya barin labarinta ya ba da labarin mutanen da ba su san ta ba ko kuma suka fahimci ko wacece ta."
Suna shirin sake kaddamar da kungiyar Giuffre, Soar (Speak Out, Act, Reclaim), kuma suna yakin neman a zartar da Dokar Virginia a Amurka. Wannan zai cire dokar tarayya game da iyakokin lokaci a shari'o'in cin zarafin jima'i. Hakanan suna son ci gaba da matsin lamba don fitar da sauran takardun Epstein da kuma sanya shi da abokansa a idon jama'a. Duk wannan yana faruwa ne a kan gwamnati - da shugaban da aka ambata sau da yawa a cikin fayilolin - wanda da alama yana yin duk abin da zai iya don ganin duk abin ya tafi. "Kullum muna tsammanin za mu tallafa wa Virginia lokacin da ta shirya don ci gaba da kungiyarta mai zaman kanta," in ji Amanda. "Ba mu yi tsammanin yin hakan ba tare da ita ba. Ya zama wannan ra'ayin cewa ba za mu iya barin labarinta ya ƙare a can ba." Yin hakan ba tare da Giuffre ba, wacce ta kashe kanta, in ji Sky, "babban rami ne a cikin ciki da kuma a cikin zuciya."
"Ina fata da zan iya gaya mata yadda nake alfahari, domin hakan yana buƙatar ƙarfin hali sosai, kuma na san yana da wuya a gare ta."
A tunanin jama'a, Giuffre ita ce yarinyar mai murmushi a wancan hoton mara kyau - hannun sarki Andrew a kugunta - da kuma mace mai karfi da ke magana, sau da yawa a wajen kotuna, don wadanda suka tsira daga fataucin jima'i. Littafin tarihin rayuwarta ya nuna ta tana da juriya, tana cin nasara kan cin zarafin da ba a iya tunanin da ya fara tun yarinta. Watannin karshe na rayuwarta sun nuna ta tana da rikitarwa, har yanzu tana gwagwarmaya, kuma rayuwarta ta sake wargaje. A lokacin mutuwarta tana da shekaru 41, ta rabu da mijinta kuma ba a bar ta ta ga 'ya'yanta uku ba. Sky da Amanda ba su da hulda da su, ko da yake Amanda ta ce tana fatan za su iya zama wani bangare na aikin Giuffre da gadonta "idan sun shirya." Ana ci gaba da gwabzawa game da dukiyarta.
"Yana da rikitarwa," in ji Sky, "kuma wannan shine dalilin da ya sa ba za ku iya saka labarin wanda ya tsira a cikin akwati mai kyau ba - ba ya wanzu haka." Lokacin da Giuffre ta gaya masa cewa za ta rubuta littafi game da rayuwarta, ta gargade shi cewa zai yi wuya a karanta, saboda wani bangare na labarinsa ne. "Na tuna Virginia tana ce mini, 'Idan zan ba da labarina, dole ne in ba da duka.' Wannan yana daya daga cikin mafi wuyar sassa, domin kuna girma kuna fata ko kallon iyayenku a matsayin jarumai, kuma ya kasance haka..." Ya dakata yana kokarin samun kalmomi kuma ya kasa, domin babu su. "Wani irin raɗaɗi ne mai raɗaɗi."
Shekaru da yawa da suka wuce, ta gaya wa Sky da babban yayansu, Danny, cewa mahaifinsu ya ci zarafinta. Dukansu suna da 'ya'ya mata kanana, kuma ba za ta iya jurewa tunanin ba su sani ba. Karanta cikakken abin a cikin littafin tarihin rayuwarta, tare da duk sauran cin zarafin da ta sha, "Ina fata da zan iya gaya mata..." Sky ya fashe da kuka. "Ina fata da zan iya gaya mata yadda nake alfahari, domin hakan yana buƙatar ƙarfin hali sosai, kuma na san yana da wuya a gare ta. Yana da mahimmanci a fahimci yadda duk sauran abubuwa suka shiga ciki, domin [mahaifinmu] shine mutum na farko da ya ci zarafin Virginia. Ta kasance mai ƙarfin hali sosai, domin ta ce, 'Idan ban ba da cikakken labarina ba, to ba na nuna yadda wannan ke aiki ba,' da kuma yadda ake tarbiyyantar da ku tun daga ƙarami har zuwa, a gaskiya, ƙarshen rayuwarta."
Iyali sun zauna a wata gona mai matsakaici a Loxahatchee, Florida. Virginia ita ce ta tsakiya; Danny daga auren mahaifiyarta ne na baya, kuma an haifi Sky shekaru biyar bayan ta. "Ni ne ainihin ɗan'uwa mai ban haushi, amma ita mutum ce ta musamman tun tana ƙarami," in ji Sky. "Ita ce ainihin wacce kullum take kula da ni; Virginia kullum tana da wannan ilhamar uwa. Tana da daɗin zama a kusa da ita. Ta kasance abin farin ciki. Tana iya ba ku dariya cikin bugun zuciya, amma ina tsammanin dalilin da ya sa ta kasance mai fafutuka mai ƙarfi shi ne domin kullum mai karewa ce. Yanzu ya bayyana dalili, lokacin da kuka karanta Nobody's Girl. Kuna fahimtar abin da ta sha. Kullum ina tuna ta tana kare ni daga duk wani mugunta da zai iya taɓa ni."
Giuffre ta rubuta cewa mahaifinta ya fara cin zarafinta tun tana kimanin shekara bakwai. Ta yi zargin cewa mahaifinta ya yi mata barazanar kashe Sky idan ta gaya wa kowa. Shekaru bayan haka, Epstein zai yi daidai da haka, yana jefa hoton da aka dauka na kanin nata a kan hanyarsa ta zuwa makaranta.
Sky ba shi da dangantaka da mahaifinsa, wanda ya musanta duk zargin, yana rubuta wa Wallace yana cewa: "Don kawai a gyara wannan, ban taba cin zarafin 'yata ba." Sky ya dage: "Kullum ina cewa na gaskata 'yar'uwata da dukan zuciyata. An tabbatar da Virginia a matsayin mai faɗin gaskiya sau da yawa." Ya ba shi ciwo, in ji Sky, lokacin da mahaifinsu ya fito a kafafen yada labarai don yin magana game da Giuffre bayan mutuwarta kuma ya nuna cewa ba ta kashe kanta ba. "Wannan wani babban abin ƙarfafawa ne a gare ni," in ji shi, game da yanke shawarar tashi ya yi magana don 'yar'uwarsa.
A matsayinta na yarinya, Giuffre ta kasance mai son karatu sosai kuma yarinya mai son hawa bishiyoyi da bincika dajin Florida da ke kusa da gidansu. Tana son dabbobi kuma tana son zama likitan dabbobi. Amma a farkon shekarunta na samartaka, tana tsallake makaranta kuma ba ta da kwanciyar hankali. Sauran abubuwan ban tsoro da Giuffre ta sha, duk kafin ta cika shekara 16, sun yi yawa da ba za a iya lissafa su ba - an yi mata fyade da samari biyu yayin da take sume a bayan mota, sannan ta yi wani lokaci a cibiyar kula da matasa wacce daga baya aka rufe saboda cin zarafin matasan da ya kamata a kula da su. Lokacin da ta gudu, wani mutum ya dauke ta wanda ya yi mata fyade da bindiga. Sa'an nan, bayan sa'o'i, ta ji rauni kuma tana jini a gefen hanya, wani mutum, Ron Eppinger, ya dauke ta.
Virginia da Sky a matsayinsu na yara. Hoto: godiya ga dangin Virginia Roberts Giuffre
Tana da shekaru 15 kuma Eppinger - wanda daga baya zai amsa laifin fataucin jima'i - ya ci zarafinta na kimanin watanni shida. Lokacin da ta dawo wurin iyayenta a Florida, mahaifinta, ma'aikacin kula da gidan shakatawa na Donald Trump na Mar-a-Lago... Ya samu mata aiki a can. A can ne ta hadu da Ghislaine Maxwell - a cikin sigar Giuffre, Maxwell ta hango ta daga motarta kamar kifin shark yana farautar ganima - kuma Maxwell ta gabatar da ita ga Epstein.
Amy Wallace, 'yar jaridar da ta rubuta littafin Giuffre tare, ta ce, "Dole ne ku fahimci abin da ya faru da ita yana da shekaru bakwai, takwas, da kuma bayan haka don fahimtar dalilin da ya sa, lokacin da ta hadu da Epstein tana da shekaru 16, ba ta gudu kawai ba - ta ƙare ta zauna a duniyarsu sama da shekaru biyu." Kamar Sky da Amanda, marubucin ya zama mai fafutuka ga Giuffre. Muna magana yayin da take Burtaniya don tattauna fitowar littafin a cikin takarda. Yana ba ta haushi lokacin da mutane suka ce Giuffre ta zauna tare da Epstein don salon rayuwa - kuma daga baya ta ga damar kudi lokacin da ta karɓi sulhu - yayin da a gaskiya ita yarinya ce mai rauni, mai matsananciyar bukata, wacce manyan da ke kusa da suka ci zarafinta akai-akai. "Lokacin da kuna da shekaru bakwai kuma wani na kusa da ku ya gaya muku cewa darajar ku kawai a wannan duniya ita ce hidimar jin daɗin jima'i, wannan yana lalata darajar kanku kuma yana sa ku yarda cewa haka duniya take aiki." Wallace ta dakata a takaice. "Kuma a rayuwarta, hakika haka take."
Sky yana kimanin shekara 11 lokacin da 'yar'uwarsa ta shiga hulda da Epstein da Maxwell - ya yi ƙanƙanta da ba zai ji wani abu ba face sha'awar cewa tana tafiya da saduwa da mashahurai. "Na tuna tana gaya mini game da wasu mutanen da ta hadu da su. Yanzu ina ganin waɗannan mutanen da bambanci sosai." Shi ma ya yi ƙanƙanta da ba zai san tana shan wahala ba, kuma ko ta yaya, in ji shi, "Virginia tana da hanyar yin kamar ba komai lokacin da take bukata."
Lokacin da Giuffre ta fara magana - wanda aka motsa ta ta hanyar haihuwar 'yarta ta uku, da kuma yarjejeniyar laifi mai sauƙi da Epstein ya yi a 2008 - an kai mata hari a kan layi da kuma a sassan kafafen yada labarai. Lokacin da ta shigar da kara na farar hula a kan Yarima Andrew a 2021, ta sasanta da fam miliyan 12 da aka ruwaito a shekara mai zuwa (ba tare da amincewa da laifi ba), an nuna ta a matsayin maƙaryaciya kuma mai neman kuɗi. "Lokacin da kuka fito kuma hukumomi da jama'a ba su yarda da ku ba, kuma ana binciken ku, yana kama da sake jin rauni," in ji Amanda. "Sau da yawa, dole ne ta ci gaba da turawa, tana faɗin gaskiyarta kuma tana fatan za ta fito fili." Giuffre za ta kashe kafafen sada zumunta da labarai, in ji Amanda, "ta raba kuma ta ce, 'A yanzu, zan ajiye wannan, in kulle shi, in zama uwa, in yi dariya, in yi sa'o'i a waya ina magana, kuma ba zan yi magana game da Epstein ba.'"
Dole ne mu ci gaba da matsin lamba. Wannan shine lokacin da muke kafa misali a duniya cewa kuɗi da iko ba sa saya muku wani tsarin doka daban.
Sky ya yi murmushi ya ce, "Wannan shine inda halin Virginia ya shigo, domin ita ce kullum take cewa, 'Idan ka ce min ba zan iya ba, ka duba ni.' Virginia ta kasance mai ƙuduri, kuma hakan ba yana nufin bai shafe ta ba. Ta kasance mai tsira kuma jaruma, kuma ta ji cewa dole ne ta ba da labarin domin wasu da yawa ba za su iya ba. Tana da wannan tunanin mai karewa na 'abin da yake daidai shi ne daidai, kuma abin da ba daidai ba shi ne ba daidai ba.' Lokacin da take cikin matsanancin yanayi, ta ba da komai. Ina fata tana nan don ganin yadda aka tabbatar da ita bayan duk shekarun aikin da ta yi."
Lokacin da Guardian ta buga wasu sassa daga littafin tarihin rayuwar Giuffre a watan Oktoba, ya kara wa matsin lamba kan Yarima Andrew, wanda ya bar mukamansa kwanaki kafin a fitar da littafin. (Sarki Charles ya cire masa sunan HRH da sarauta a wata mai zuwa.) Giuffre ba ta rayu don ganin tasirin duniya na fitar da fayilolin Epstein - har yanzu ba cikakke ba a wancan lokacin kuma an gyara su sosai - da kwararar goyon baya daga masu karatu, da kuma rashin mutuncin Yarima Andrew, a tsakanin wasu sakamako da yawa. Wannan na karshe, musamman, "nasara ce da Virginia ta cancanci ta kasance a nan," in ji Amanda. "Lokaci ne na tabbatarwa a gare ta." Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, kamar yadda ake kira shi yanzu, ya kasance yana musanta haduwa da Giuffre kuma ya nuna cewa hoton su tare na iya zama karya. Amma imel din Maxwell zuwa ga Epstein ya nuna cewa sun hadu. A watan Fabrairu, an kama Mountbatten-Windsor bisa zargin rashin da'a a ofishin jama'a, tare da zargin cewa ya raba bayanan sirri da Epstein yayin da yake aiki a matsayin jakadan kasuwanci. An sake shi kuma ba a tuhume shi ba, amma 'yan sandan Thames Valley kuma sun bayyana cewa suna binciken daban game da zargin cewa an kai wata mace (ba Giuffre ba) zuwa Windsor don "dalilai na jima'i."
An ruwaito 'yan sandan Thames Valley suna shirin tafiya Amurka don yin magana da Sky da Amanda, ko da yake ma'auratan ba za su yi sharhi kan hakan ba. Amma Sky ya ce: "Muna goyon bayan 'yan sandan Thames Valley sosai. Ina tsammanin suna yin aiki mai kyau, kuma muna bukatar mu ba su ɗan lokaci a yanzu. Suna gina jirgin sama yayin da suke tashi, domin binciken wani babban basarake bai taba yin irinsa ba." Ko kuma an yi, in ji shi da murmushi, amma wannan kusan shekaru 400 da suka wuce, kuma bai ƙare da kyau ga Charles I ba.
Sun taba yin magana game da rashin jin daɗinsu cewa sarki bai sadu da su da sauran wadanda suka tsira ba yayin ziyararsa ta Amurka a farkon wannan shekara (akwai damar za su iya zuwa Burtaniya a wannan shekara).
Lokacin da aka kama Mountbatten-Windsor, ɗan'uwansa Sarki Charles ya ce: "Mai Martaba suna so su bayyana cewa tunaninsu da tausayinsu na gaske sun kasance kuma za su kasance tare da wadanda abin ya shafa da wadanda suka tsira daga kowane nau'i na cin zarafi." Shin ya kamata gidan sarautar Burtaniya ya yi gaggawar daukar mataki kan Mountbatten-Windsor? "Wannan shine bangare mai wuya," in ji Sky. "Har yaushe suka san game da waɗannan zarge-zargen? Shin akwai wani irin boye? Ban sani ba, amma na san wannan yana faruwa tun da daɗewa. An yanke wa Epstein hukunci a 2008, kuma waɗannan mutane da masu iko sun ci gaba da shiga cikin duniyarsa. Yana da mahimmanci a ci gaba da yin waɗannan tambayoyin."
Ya zuwa yanzu, kamar yadda Wallace ta nuna a cikin sabon karin bayaninta na littafin, ba a kama wani mutum da ake zargi da cin zarafi ba (Maxwell tana zaman shekaru 20 a gidan yari saboda fataucin jima'i; Epstein ya kashe kansa a 2019 yayin jiran shari'a). Yayin da take shirin rubuta karin bayanin, Wallace ta buga duk abin da ya faru tun bayan mutuwar Giuffre; jerin ya kai shafuka bakwai. "Abubuwa da yawa sun faru, kuma ba duka saboda littafin Virginia ba ne," in ji Wallace. "Wani bangare saboda ƙarfin hali da juriya na fafutuka a madadin sauran 'yan'uwa mata da suka tsira da sauransu. Amma kuma saboda ina tsammanin mutane suna damuwa da gaske game da wannan batu."
Duba hoto a cikakken allo
'Virginia ta kasance ita kanta har zuwa rana ta ƙarshe,' in ji Sky. Hoto: godiya ga dangin Virginia Roberts Giuffre
Kasa da wata guda bayan fitowar littafin, Amurka ta zartar da Dokar Fayilolin Epstein Transparency Act tare da goyon baya kusan gaba ɗaya, wanda ya kai ga fitar da takardu. "Sun gane cewa masu jefa kuri'unsu ba sa son ra'ayin masu arziki, masu gata suna cin zarafin marasa gata, marasa ƙarfi, yawancinsu 'yan ƙasa da shekaru, kuma suna tserewa. Wanda shine, a Amurka, har yanzu suna yi," in ji Wallace. Ranar da muka yi magana, Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta Amurka har yanzu tana ƙin fitar da takardun da ba a gyara ba.
Wallace ta ce "abin kunya ne, kin amincewar wannan gwamnati ta yi abin da ya dace. Abin kunya ne." Ita, Sky, da Amanda suna son ganin sauran fayilolin an fitar da su, tare da sunayen wadanda abin ya shafa an gyara su kuma an ambaci sunayen masu yiwuwa masu laifi. Kamar yadda yake, ya saba wa abin da aka amince da shi a cikin dokar, in ji Wallace. Todd Blanche, babban lauyan gwamnati, ya ce ya kamata ƙasar ta ci gaba daga Epstein. Wallace ta ce, "Suna son ya ƙare. Amma su wanene 'su,' kuma wa ke faɗin haka da gaske - shin Trump da kansa ne? Ban sani ba, amma Blanche ya kasance lauyan Trump na sirri. Wasu mutane ma suna tunanin sun fara yaƙi a Iran don canza batun, kuma ku yi hasashen me - bai yi aiki ba. Mutane a duk fadin siyasa har yanzu suna damuwa game da wannan batu, kuma suna ci gaba da damuwa."
Sky ya kara da cewa, "Wani lokaci yana jin kamar kuna tura dutse a kan wani babban dutse. Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta mu ya kamata ta kawo adalci ga jama'ar Amurka, kuma a wannan yanayin, ga mutane a duniya. Amma suna toshe kungiyoyi daban-daban daga samun fayilolin - kamar sassan Burtaniya, da majalisun dokokin jihohi a New Mexico da New York." Ya ce yana jin kamar suna "karewa da boyewa ga masu arziki da masu iko. Ina kalubalantar mutane a Burtaniya, Amurka, da duniya kada su kau da kai. Mun san an aikata laifuka a Burtaniya. Ina tsammanin ya kamata Majalisar ta bude bincike na jama'a, don idan Amurka ba za ta ci gaba da wannan ba, aƙalla Burtaniya za ta iya kawo ɗan adalci ga wadanda suka tsira. Dole ne mu ci gaba da matsin lamba, domin wannan shine lokacin da za a kafa misali cewa kuɗi da iko ba sa saya muku dokoki daban."
Arzikin da kyawun da ke kewaye da Epstein na iya zama abin ban mamaki. Sky ya ce littafin Giuffre ya taimaka wajen sanya wadanda abin ya shafa su zama mutane, shi ya sa shi da Amanda kullum suna kawo kwafi lokacin da suke magana da 'yan majalisa. Yanayin yana canzawa, in ji shi. Taro da James Comer, shugaban kwamitin sa ido na majalisar da ke duba binciken tarayya game da Epstein, ya yi kyau. "Mun zauna a wannan dakin tare da shi da sauran wadanda suka tsira, kuma mun yi dangantaka da shi ta hanyar da ba mu yi tsammani ba. Ina tsammanin ya fi bude ido fiye da yadda ya taba kasancewa."
A cikin shekaru hudu da suka yi aiki tare, duk lokacin da Giuffre ta kira, Wallace ta tabbatar ta amsa. "Akwai kadaici ga wannan kwarewa a gare ta." Yana da mahimmanci, in ji Wallace, "cewa ta iya jin cewa ta amince da ni - ba kawai da sirrinta ba, amma a hankali. Cewa na damu da ita. Kuma da sauri, na yi. Yana da sauƙi a so ta, mai karimci sosai, mai hankali sosai, kuma marar son kai a dalilin da ta yi duk wannan." Zai fi sauƙi a gare ta ta yi shiru, in ji Wallace. "Amma ta dage ta bayyana - ba kawai game da wanda ya cutar da ita da kuma yadda yake zama matashi a cikin wannan gidan yanar gizo ba, har ma don gaya wa sauran wadanda aka yi wa lalata, 'Ba ku kadai ba. Ni ma ina gwagwarmaya. Ina ci gaba da gwagwarmaya.'"
Wallace da Giuffre sun kusanci. Ta ziyarci gidan Giuffre a Ostiraliya sau biyu, ta yi kimanin wata guda a can gaba daya. Shin ta ga alama tana da damuwa? "Lokacin da take tare da 'ya'yanta, a'a," in ji Wallace. "Amma sau da yawa tana magana game da wata murya a cikinta da ke cewa, 'Duniya za ta fi kyau ba tare da kai ba.' Wannan murya ta fito ne daga jin an mayar da kai maras amfani tun daga ƙarami. Muna ci gaba da ƙoƙarin samun mata taimako da magani."
Giuffre ta dage cewa a saka yunƙurin kashe kanta da ta yi a 2022 a cikin littafin. "Na tuna tana cewa, 'Idan na sanya rayuwata ta yi kyau sosai - kamar, eh, an ci zarafina, amma sai na yi aure, na haifi 'ya'ya, kuma na ci wasu sulhu, don haka yanzu ba ni da talauci kuma rayuwata tana da kyau - zan haifar da ƙarin kunya ga sauran wadanda suka tsira. Kuma wannan ba gaskiya ba ne. Ina gwagwarmaya kowace rana.' Ta fahimta sosai, saboda abin da ta sha, cewa tana bukatar ta kwatanta kanta da gaskiya don taimaka wa sauran wadanda abin ya shafa da gaske." Akwai Virginias a can waɗanda tsarin ya yi aiki a kansu na dogon lokaci.
Dan'uwan Virginia Roberts Giuffre Sky Roberts da matarsa, Amanda, a gidansu a Colorado Springs, Colorado. Hoto: Jo McGowan/The Guardian
Ta kasance a bude, amma har zuwa wani matsayi. Giuffre ta gaya wa Wallace cewa mijinta, Robert, ya ci zarafinta a 2015, amma ta bayyana shi - suna cikin matsin lamba, 'yan jarida suna binsu. "Virginia ta roƙe ni kada in saka shi saboda 'ya'yansu, kuma saboda ta ce, a lokacin, 'Mun yi aiki tuƙuru don mu wuce shi.'" Lokacin da Wallace ta zauna tare da iyalin a watan Oktoba 2024 don kammala littafin, ta ce ba ta lura da wani abu ba. Amma "a watan Janairu, ta kira ni, cikin damuwa sosai, ta ce hakan [cin zarafi na jiki] ya sake faruwa. Na zauna a waya tare da ita na dogon lokaci, na tabbatar tana lafiya, kuma na ba da shawarar in kira babban yayanta da mahaifiyarta, wanda na yi."
Wallace ta gaya mata cewa ba lallai ne su buga littafin nan da nan ba, kuma Giuffre tana bukatar ta mai da hankali kan lafiyarta da iyalinta. A watan Maris, an kwantar da Giuffre a asibiti bayan wani hatsarin mota. Ta mutu a wata mai zuwa. Wallace ta ce 'yan jarida a Ostiraliya, inda Giuffre ta zauna tun tsakiyar shekarun 2000, suna binciken watannin karshe na rayuwarta da kuma ko an yi mata rashin adalci. Mijinta ya yi zarge-zarge a kanta kuma ya fitar da umarnin hana ta ganin 'ya'yansu; ya yi zargin cewa ta keta umarnin (wanda Giuffre ta musanta).
"Rabe ta da 'ya'yanta ya kasance..." Wallace ta dakata. "Ba za ta iya jurewa ba. Duk abin da take son magana akai a makonnin kafin mutuwarta shine, 'Za ka iya gano yadda 'ya'yan suke?' Yana da raɗaɗi. Ina tsammanin hanya daya da mutane ke ƙoƙarin warkar da ciwon kansu ko kuma mugunyar yarinta shine ta hanyar gina sabon iyali na kansu wanda zai fi lafiya da kyau. Don haka ba wai kawai ta yi kewar 'ya'yanta ba - sun kasance wani muhimmin bangare na jin daɗinta, kuma an yanke ta daga gare su."
Wani bangare na bala'in a gare ni shi ne cewa ta kusan kai ga ƙarshen layin. Sai kuma ta kasa ci gaba.
Cewa an nuna mijinta a matsayin mai ceton Giuffre a littafin tarihin rayuwarta ya dami Sky da iyalinsa. A watan Afrilun shekarar da ta gabata, makonni kafin mutuwarta, Giuffre ta gaya wa mujallar People cewa ta fuskanci "tashin hankalin gida a aurena." "Waɗannan su ne yaƙe-yaƙe na shiru a bayan gidajen wadanda suka tsira," in ji Sky. "Ina tsammanin wannan yana daya daga cikin mafi wuyan sassa a gare mu - sanin cewa akwai wani yaƙi." 'Yan'uwan Giuffre ba sa son a buga littafinta kamar yadda yake, kuma Sky ya ce akwai "doguwar tattaunawa" da masu bugawa. Daga ƙarshe, sun amince da gabatarwa, wanda Wallace ta rubuta, wanda ya yarda da zargin cin zarafin gida.
Iyalin Giuffre sun bukaci kwamishinan 'yan sandan Yammacin Ostiraliya ya bude bincike game da zargin cin zarafin gida, kuma a watan da ya gabata 'yan sanda sun amince da bita. Sky ya tabbata cewa an yi wa 'yar'uwarsa rashin adalci a kowane mataki, a duk rayuwarta. Ya kasance tare da ita a Ostiraliya tun bayan hatsarinta, yana haduwa da babban yayansu, wanda ya tashi makonni biyu da suka wuce.
Virginia da Sky a matsayinsu na matasa. Sky ya ce: 'Ba tare da ita a cikin wannan ba, muna rasa babban jarumi a wannan yaƙin.' Hoto: godiya ga dangin Virginia Roberts Giuffre
