Overview
- Children’s hospice Julia’s House ended Ferguson’s patronage, calling continued involvement inappropriate after the correspondence became public.
- Additional organizations said they would no longer work with her, including Teenage Cancer Trust, the Children’s Literacy Charity, Prevent Breast Cancer, the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, the National Foundation for Retired Service Animals, and the British Heart Foundation.
- The email, reported by The Mail on Sunday and The Sun, shows Ferguson apologizing to Epstein and calling him a “steadfast, generous and supreme friend.”
- A spokesperson said the note was sent on advice to try to assuage Epstein and his threats, with reports indicating he was considering a defamation lawsuit over her earlier criticism.
- In March 2011 she had apologized for accepting a £15,000 loan from Epstein and vowed to avoid him, a stance now under scrutiny after the email’s publication.