‘You’re a legend… the brother I always wanted’: Key revelations about Fergie from Epstein files
Sarah Ferguson told Jeffrey Epstein he was “the brother I always wished for” and later said she needed £20,000 for rent following the collapse of her business venture, newly released documents show.
Emails released by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) reveal the depth of Ms Ferguson’s friendship with Epstein and suggest she sought his help to clear the disgraced financier’s name.
In a 2009 email exchange, the then-Duchess of York briefed Epstein on potential opportunities for her trademarks and books.
“After lunch appears to increase energy in just one week,” he wrote.
“I’ve never been this impressed by any of my friends [sic] More kindness than the compliment you gave me in front of my daughters.
“Thank you, Jeffrey, for being the brother I always wished for.”
The following year, in another email between “Sarah” and Epstein, Sarah calls him a “legend” and describes her “gratitude” for him.
She added: “Xx, I’m at your service. Just marry me.”
Another email, believed to have been sent from Epstein to three people, including the journalist, in March 2011, said: “I guess Fergie can say I’m not a pedo now.”
He adds: “He was deceived into believing [sic] fake stories.”
At the time, Epstein was accused of abusing dozens of young girls between 1999 and 2007. He avoided federal sex trafficking charges and spent 13 months in prison in 2008 on a lesser state charge of soliciting a person under 18 for prostitution.
The emails show that Epstein’s then-publisher, Mike Sitrick, had a strategy to “get the papers to stop calling you a pedophile,” and one of them was to get “Fergie to back off.”
“Sarah” emailed Epstein a month later, saying she “didn’t” and “won’t” call him “P” and that she was acting “to protect my own brand.”
In 2009, Ferguson wrote to Epstein: “I urgently need 20,000 pounds ($27,521) in rent today.
“The landlord threatened to go to the papers if I didn’t pay. Any brainwaves?”
An email exchange began between Epstein and David Stern, a lawyer and former commissioner of the US National Basketball Association (NBA), who shared a copy of the ABC article questioning whether Ferguson’s finances were “compromised”.
Epstein suggests the leak could have come from “disgruntled investors,” and Ferguson confirms that an investor “violated a confidentiality agreement.”
Although the email chain appeared to end when he announced he needed money for rent, elsewhere an email from Epstein allegedly helped him financially for 15 years.
Many emails mention the names of Ferguson’s daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie; including Epstein, who asked if they were free to say hello in July 2010.
Emails from July 2009 also show a lunch arranged between Ferguson, her daughters, and Epstein.
Epstein was invited to various events involving the royal family, which gave him access to British high society.
Prince Andrew’s private secretary, Amanda Thirsk, later wrote a letter to Epstein on Ferguson’s behalf in February 2010, inviting him to Andrew’s 50th birthday party at St James’s Palace in London.
Another email that Epstein sent to hedge fund manager Glenn Dubin in 2009 claims that “Fergie said she could organize tea at the Buckingham Palace apartments or Windsor Castle.” [sic].
The message Ferguson sent to Epstein, congratulating the pedophile on giving birth to a “baby boy” after being released from prison in 2011, suggests that he has a secret child. Telegram reported.
“I don’t know if you’re still here at BBM, but I heard you’re having a baby boy with Duke. Even though you’ve never stayed in touch, I’m still here with love, friendship, and congratulations on your son. Sarah xx,” he said in a message he sent 15 years ago.
However, it was never determined whether Epstein had children.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who has been stripped of his titles, will soon leave the Royal Lodge. Ex-wife Ferguson will also need to move in and has already been rejected by several charities because of her links to Epstein.
Representatives for Sarah Ferguson declined to comment.
