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Among the explosive claims made in Virginia Roberts Giuffre's book Nobody's Girl was that she was raped by her father in the family home from the age of seven. Warning: This story details allegations of sexual abuse and suicide. It is a claim her father Sky William Roberts has strenuously denied. He had sent a letter to the book's ghostwriter, which read in part: "Just to straighten this out, I never abused my daughter." "If I had known about that, I would have been very angry and taken care of the situation." Her older brother Danny Wilson says she told the family the allegations a number of years before her posthumous memoir was released. "I've known for a long time," Mr Wilson told 7.30. "I confronted him. That's the man that raised me since I was a year old. "I asked her years ago, I said, 'You're going after all these important billionaires,' and I said, 'what about him?' In April, at the age of 41, Roberts Giuffre took her own life at her farm near Perth, Western Australia. She alleges that life was marred by abuse — first at the hands of her father — then by paedophile and wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein and allegedly a cadre of his friends and associates. Roberts Giuffre had waged a public campaign against Epstein and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. Could accused PM be revealed? At the time of her death, Roberts Giuffre had been working on her memoir for four years with author Amy Wallace. In the book, she recounts the two years she spent as a "sex slave" working for Epstein and Maxwell, who trafficked her to rich and powerful people who "habitually used and humiliated her". She also wrote that she was forced to have sex with a "well-known prime minister" who she alleged beat her so badly that she begged for her life. She does not reveal the man's nationality nor any other details about his identity. Her long-time publicist and friend Dini von Mueffling told 7.30 she believes the name of this former prime minister and the others in Epstein's network will eventually be revealed. Plea to release videos and files Virginia says Epstein told her he had set up hidden cameras in his numerous properties, from Manhattan to West Palm Beach, to film rich and powerful people and in some cases to blackmail them. "She talked to lots of people about it, including me," Ms von Mueffling said. "It's very well known that Epstein had video cameras all over all of his homes. "We know that the FBI collected tapes when they raided his home." Wallace says Virginia wanted to make it clear in her memoir that she believed videotapes were seized by authorities. "And if they exist and if they've been safeguarded by the Department of Justice, then there is information there about who some of the people were that the girls were trafficked to." Sky Roberts says it's time for the US government to release the evidence they've collected on Epstein since Roberts Giuffre came forward about him. "I think it's important to note the FBI and the DOJ [Department of Justice] and the United States holds the key to this entire investigation," he said. Proud brother For Roberts Giuffre's younger brother Sky, the release of her book was equal parts difficult and cathartic. He described the memoir to 7.30 as a "predator's playbook" because he believes it showed how people, including Epstein and Maxwell, manipulated his sister for their own gain. "The details that [are] in that book are very close and personal. I know they're important to share because I'm hoping that it affects or I'm hoping that in some ways it protects others that are out there." However he also believes it showed the lighter side of his sister. "I think people are finally getting a chance to know my sister on a more personal level. The goofiness, the quirkiness of who she was," he told 7.30. Sky said that as a teenager Virginia was fiercely protective of him and always shielded him from the abuse she endured while she was trafficked to powerful associates of Epstein. "She would come home on her breaks ... I knew that she was travelling at that time, and all I wanted to do was hug her," he said. "I think she refused to stay silent." Watch 7.30, Mondays to Thursdays 7:30pm on ABC iview and ABC TV
