Epstein Secretly Collected Data on Sarah Ferguson and Was Wary of Her Despite Friendship
The shady email showed Jeffrey Epstein and another person discussing Sarah Ferguson's precarious financial situation.
A fresh batch of the Epstein files, released on January 30, has once again thrust Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson into familiar waters. Among the three million pages, an email reveals Jeffrey Epstein's apparent trust issues with Ferguson despite their supposed close friendship. The correspondence shows the disgraced financier quietly collecting data on the former Duchess and discussing her precarious financial situation, raising questions about the true nature of their relationship.
The email, dated August 20, 2009, showed Epstein being informed by a redacted name that the "Fergie data collection remains slow," to which Epstein asked the person to "keep on it." In another message, the person from the same hidden address said, "The message you sent said 'Ferg' only. Send again, please? or call me...Getting financials for Fergie is painful. Incredible mess. I'm on it, but for sure, completeness will always remain questionable."
In the past, the former Duchess has fessed up to accepting $20,500 from Epstein to settle her 2011 debts, describing it as a "gigantic error of judgment."
An email exchange between the disgraced financier and a US lawyer, David Stern, also speaks about Ferguson. Stern sent Epstein a Daily Mail story about her, to which the late financier asked, "Who talks?" Stern replied, "No idea. She is terrified of Johnny. He must know some dirty stuff." Epstein then sneered, "I know, she called me yesterday… Johnny blah blah."
The Daily Mail story in question had unkindly described Ferguson as 'The Duchess of Debt,' detailing her financial woes and her questionable cohabitation with Mountbatten-Windsor in Royal Lodge, despite their divorce years ago.
The scathing new batch also revealed questionable emails from Ferguson to Epstein, one of which crudely described Princess Eugenie's vacation with her then-boyfriend, Jack Brooksbank. In the correspondence, Epstein wrote to Ferguson in March 2010 asking whether she would be travelling to New York. The former Duchess replied, "Not sure yet. Just waiting for Eugenie to come back from a shagging weekend!!" Eugenie, who was 19 at the time and just two days away from her 20th birthday, was reportedly spending time with Brooksbank to mark the milestone. At the time of the email, Epstein had already pleaded guilty to indecent charges involving a minor.
The message is just one of the many shady correspondences between Ferguson and Epstein. In another email from January 2010, she wrote to him, "You are a legend. I really don't have the words to describe my love, gratitude for your generosity and kindness. Xx I am at your service. Just marry me." Another 2009 message saw her thank the disgraced financier for his kindness and wrote that he was "the brother [she] has always wished for." Despite the exchange, Ferguson had publicly disowned Epstein around that time, but accepted that she had borrowed money from him.
