Overview
- Saturday’s reports, based on newly disclosed DOJ files, say 2009 emails show the Duchess of York visited Epstein twice during his Palm Beach work‑release and used affectionate language toward him.
- The meetings reportedly took place not inside the jail but at a Palm Beach office tied to the Florida Science Foundation, a group that was registered months before Epstein’s sentence.
- Court and investigative records show Epstein was allowed up to 12 hours a day on external work‑release despite written 2008 objections from a deputy prosecutor about the foundation’s recent creation.
- A witness known as Roza testified to Congress that Epstein sexually abused her while she worked in the alleged foundation office, and photos and documents published by reporters support that account.
- Ferguson’s representatives say she called the relationship a “gigantic mistake” and cut contact after learning the facts, but the disclosures have already cost her honors and renewed scrutiny of prosecutors and judges involved in the 2008–09 arrangements.