"The family of Virginia Giuffre released a statement on Thursday expressing their shock over President Donald Trump's comments that Jeffrey Epstein “stole her” away from her job at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club.

Giuffre accused Epstein of sexually trafficking her to influential men when she was a teenager. She died by suicide earlier this year.

"It was shocking to hear President Trump invoke our sister and say that he was aware that Virginia had been 'stolen' from Mar-a-Lago," said the family. "We and the public are asking for answers; survivors deserve this," they added.

Trump told reporters Tuesday that Epstein was "taking" workers from his Mar-a-Lago spa and was asked by a reporter if one of the workers was Giuffre, who worked as a spa attendant in 2000 when she was 16 years old.

"I think she worked at the spa. I think so. I think that was one of the people," Trump said. "He stole her. And, by the way, she had no complaints about us, as you know. None whatsoever."