Overview
- City of York Council, which met Thursday at the Guildhall, voted unanimously to withdraw the symbolic honour under Section 249 of the Local Government Act 1972.
- Councillors cited released “Epstein files,” including a 2011 email in which Ferguson called Jeffrey Epstein a steadfast, generous and supreme friend, as evidence that she continued contact after his crimes were known.
- The Stationers’ Company in the City of London confirmed it is researching the honorary membership it granted Ferguson in 1988 to decide how to proceed.
- Companies House filings show six Ferguson-linked companies have begun winding down, and her charity, Sarah’s Trust, said it would close for the foreseeable future.
- US lawmakers and representatives for Epstein victims urged Ferguson to give sworn testimony, though she has not been charged and faces no legal requirement to appear in the United States.