There was a time, Sky Roberts says, when he thought he would be celebrating his big sister’s Aug. 9 birthday with her, margaritas in hand and sharing stories of childhood parties with their cousins. Instead, he will mark the day honoring Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s advocacy for victims of sex trafficking and continuing her vital work.
He is relaunching his sister’s nonprofit, Soar (Speak Out, Act, Reclaim), to support victims of sex trafficking, abuse, and domestic violence. Roberts Giuffre, a key accuser of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, died by suicide at age 41 in April 2025.
In many ways, he’s just making his role official. He has spent the past year working for justice for Roberts Giuffre and other victims, meeting with dozens of women who also say Epstein sexually abused and trafficked them. He stood at the U.S. Capitol to support the Epstein Transparency Act and demonstrated outside Zorro Ranch in New Mexico to push for the release of unredacted documents in the Epstein files.
He has told his sister’s story again and again—how she accused Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the former prince, of sexually abusing her at age 17 when she was trafficked by Epstein. And how she later built a beautiful life with three children.
“It’s fitting to launch it again on her birthday. She always wanted to bring joy and happiness to women as she helped them,” Roberts says in a video call from his Colorado home. Stenciled letters spell out JUSTICE on a wood sign behind him, a memento from a Zorro Ranch demonstrator. “I always knew I’d work on the nonprofit, but I didn’t expect it would be without her.”
Now he wants the organization to be a resource hub for survivors, something his sister never had. His wife, Amanda Roberts, notes the importance of family support, stating, “We want to be that family for the survivors. There is such a gap in support when a survivor comes forward.”
Soar is relying on donations to help women, including an emergency fund for Epstein victims. The late Queen Elizabeth’s contribution to Soar might soon help, as the former prince settled a civil suit with Roberts Giuffre in 2022 for an undisclosed amount, promising a “substantial donation” to her organization without admitting wrongdoing.
A statement issued at the time said the former prince “regrets his association with Epstein and commends the bravery of Ms. Giuffre and other survivors.” King Charles II removed Mountbatten Windsor’s title in November 2025. Reports suggest the settlement was $16 million, with the Queen contributing $2 million to the charity. Roberts Giuffre died without a will, leaving her estate tied up in family disagreements.
Roberts Giuffre began trying to start the organization in 2014 to “help survivors of abuse – the opposite of what Epstein had done,” she wrote in her posthumously published memoir, “Nobody’s Girl.” Her last attempt in 2021 struggled as she battled lawsuits and health issues. “We didn’t want to let this die with her,” Roberts says, leading Soar alongside his wife and publicist Dini von Mueffling.
When Roberts Giuffre first shared her story in 2011 about how Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked her to the former prince, politicians, and businessmen, she was dismissed. Undeterred, she continued to repeat herself in civil and criminal suits. Epstein died by suicide in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial, while Maxwell is serving 20 years for sex trafficking minors.
Roberts says he won’t give up on his sister’s work. He and his wife continue to lobby for Virginia’s Law, which would remove the federal statute of limitations on sex abuse cases, and push for the release of all Epstein documents. He acknowledges the emotional toll, noting, “You sit alone with yourself and question, ‘Am I doing the right thing? Would she be smiling down?’ The journals give us that.”
The fight for transparency remains difficult as files are released with heavy redactions. Roberts remains committed to the mission, ensuring that his sister’s voice is not silenced. He continues to advocate for the 5-year window to allow state attorneys general and survivors to sue the U.S. government, while New Mexico continues to sue the Department of Justice for “stonewalling” its investigation into Zorro Ranch.
He had served 13 months in a Florida jail in 2008 after pleading guilty to state prostitution charges.
Maxwell is serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of sex trafficking minors and related conspiracy charges.
She is the author of “Stepping Back From the Ledge: A Daughter’s Search for Truth and Renewal,” and can be reached at ltrujillo@.com.
It came from one of the Zorro Ranch demonstrators.
A representative of the group won’t comment on how much money is in the fund.
Attorney Todd Blanche, who has been criticized by Epstein victims over the way the Department of Justice has handled the files, moved one step closer to confirmation on Aug.
Lawmakers introduced a bill on Aug.
He thumbs through years of her handwritten ideas and notes.
“She wanted other survivors to know that it is hard, and they think there is no way they can be happy.
Laura Trujillo is a national columnist focusing on health and wellness.