Jeffrey Epstein secretly bankrolled Sarah Ferguson for 15 years, astonishing new emails claim.
The convicted paedophile complained to friends about the disgraced duchess’s scrounging ways in messages that suggest his financial support went far beyond the £15,000 she admitted taking from him.
In the previously unseen emails, Epstein reveals Fergie was so desperate to cosy up to him that ‘she was the first to celebrate’ his release from jail ‘with her two daughters in tow’. Princess Beatrice would have been 20 at the time and Eugenie 19, the same age as many of his victims.
The shocking claims are contained in a huge tranche of documents under review by the US Congress. They are set to be released once they have been redacted to protect the identity of hundreds of young girls Epstein raped and sexually abused.
The sordid nature of Fergie’s relationship with the paedophile and the chummy tone of their correspondence makes sickening reading that will repulse the sex offender’s many victims.
Emails seen by The Mail on Sunday show:
- Fergie begged to borrow $50,000 to $100,000 to help with ‘small bills’;
- She asked to visit Epstein’s private island, joking whether her financial woes made it ‘unavailable to bankrupts?’
- Epstein paid off debts the duchess owed a former employee but became angry when she failed to pay him back as promised;
- While disavowing Epstein in public, Fergie kept up contact and let him help set up a charity for her;
- Epstein brazenly gave Fergie ‘talking points’ before she was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey.
Tonight a well-placed source said: ‘Sarah and Prince Andrew have always maintained they distanced themselves from Epstein after his conviction for child prostitution. In fact, it was Epstein who ended up dumping them. He got sick and tired of Sarah constantly asking him for money.
‘She borrowed far more money off him than has ever come out. In public she said one thing but in private she was always holding out the begging bowl.’
Hellbound and Down 