Sarah Ferguson Visited Jeffrey Epstein Twice at Palm Beach Office During Work Release

Sarah Ferguson visited Jeffrey Epstein twice at the Palm Beach office of a company he created while serving a prison sentence for procuring a minor for prostitution. The meetings took place at the Florida Science Foundation, a firm Epstein established to obtain work release privileges that allowed him to leave jail for up to 12 hours a day between June 2008 and July 2009.

Ferguson arranged to meet Epstein a third time at the office for lunch in April 2009 but canceled the trip. She had emailed him three times about the meeting and his assistant had placed it on his schedule. She had previously written to Epstein asking for an hour of his time to discuss ideas and had delivered documents related to her Mother's Army initiative during an earlier visit.

Mandelson telephoned Epstein at the office from London and later conducted a video call with him there while staying at Epstein's New York residence. A visitor log recording guests at the office was later destroyed by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office under standard records retention rules.

Ferguson stated that she had expressed regret over her association with Epstein years earlier and that her first thoughts remained with his victims. Mandelson has said he saw no evidence of criminal activity during his relationship with Epstein.