Newly released files reveal how the paedophile tried to leverage his relationship with the former Duchess of York
When Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, was confronted in 2011 about her closeness to the paedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein she could not have been more fulsome in her regret.
“I personally, on behalf of myself, deeply regret that Jeffrey Epstein became involved in any way with me,” she said. “I abhor paedophilia and any sexual abuse of children and know that this was a gigantic error of judgment on my behalf. I am just so contrite I cannot say.”
In the interview with the Daily Telegraph, Ferguson admitted that she allowed Epstein to pay off £15,000 of her debts. “Whenever I can I will repay the money and will have nothing ever to do with Jeffrey Epstein ever again,” she added.
No sooner had Ferguson’s crisis-PR mea culpa hit the presses, however, than another operation was kicking into gear in the US, one to help Epstein launder his reputation – and one in which the former duchess was intended to play a major part.
