Overview

• Children’s hospice Julia’s House removed Ferguson as patron, calling her continued role inappropriate after the weekend publication of the email.
• Ferguson’s representative confirmed the correspondence and said she wrote it to head off a potential defamation lawsuit following her public condemnation of Epstein.
• Excerpts reported by British tabloids quote Ferguson calling Epstein a “faithful, generous and great” friend and offering a “humble” apology.
• Additional groups said they were reviewing or ending ties, with reports naming Teenage Cancer Trust, Prevent Breast Cancer and the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation.
• In 2011 Ferguson apologized for taking a £15,000 payment from Epstein and said she would cut contact, a stance the newly revealed private note appears to undercut.