Sarah Ferguson has addressed her email correspondence with late billionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
An email sent by Ferguson, 65, to Epstein in 2011 was recently resurfaced by several U.K. outlets. A spokesperson for the Duchess of York claimed in a statement to the Daily Mail on Sunday, September 21, that the correspondence was “sent to counter an aggressive threat Epstein had made to sue her for defamation.”
In a separate statement to the BBC, the spokesperson noted, “The duchess spoke of her regret about her association with Epstein many years ago, and as they have always been, her first thoughts are with his victims. Like many people, she was taken in by his lies. As soon as she was aware of the extent of the allegations against him, she not only cut off contact but condemne