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Case 18-2868, Document 287, 08/09/2019, 2628251, Page50 of 76 document Giuffre’s experiences as a teenager in Florida, including her interactions with Epstein and Maxwell. Giuffre communicated with literary agents, ghost writers, and potential independent publishers in an effort to get her book published. She generated marketing materials and circulated those along with book chapters to numerous individuals associated with publishing and the media. Giuffre has denied the statement in part and admitted it in part, stating that she received a Victim Notification Letter from the United States Attorney’s office for the Southern District of Florida regarding her sexual victimization by Epstein, that in 2011 she sought psychological counseling froma psychologist for the trauma she endured, and that also that year Churcher sought her out and interviewed her. Giuffre was interviewed by the FBI in 2011. Giuffre has noted that she began to draft a fictionalized account of what happened to her as an act of empowerment and a way of reframing and taking control over the narrative of her past abuse that haunts her and, while she explored trying to publish her story to empower other individuals who were subject to abuse, she ultimately decided not to publish it. 50