Sarah Ferguson allegedly asked Jeffrey Epstein to hire her as his house assistant in a newly revealed email where she wrote that she was "most capable" and "desperately" needed money, according to recently released documents.
The message, dated May 16, 2010, appears in a cache of emails made public as part of material disclosed from investigations into Epstein's activities. In the exchange, the former Duchess of York is said to have urged the convicted sex offender to give her a job in his household, writing that he should "just get me to be your House Assistant" and adding that she "desperately need the money."
The email was sent after Epstein had completed a 13‑month jail term in Florida for soliciting and procuring an underage girl for prostitution and was living under house arrest, according to People.
Further emails reported by British outlets suggest Ferguson repeated her requests the same day and in the following months, saying she felt "traumatised and alone" and wanted to work in his houses.
A source cited in those reports claimed Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell was irritated by the volume of messages, as she was responsible for overseeing his properties. Other correspondence indicates Ferguson also referred to Epstein affectionately and, at one point, allegedly begged him to marry her, language critics have called "desperate."
The latest disclosures deepen scrutiny of Ferguson's long‑criticized financial and personal ties to Epstein, who died in jail in 2019 while facing federal sex‑trafficking charges. She previously admitted accepting about £15,000 (around $20,000) from him to help pay off debts, calling it a "gigantic error of judgment," The Guardian reported.
In a 2011 interview, she said she "abhor" the sexual abuse of children and promised never to have anything to do with Epstein again.
Leaked emails that surfaced in 2025 showed Ferguson later sent Epstein a "humble" apology for publicly disowning him, saying he had been a "steadfast, generous and supreme friend" to her and her family, comments that led multiple charities to drop her as a patron.
A spokesperson for Ferguson has previously argued that some of her emails were written on legal advice in response to threats of a defamation lawsuit from Epstein, while insisting she regrets her association with him and that her concern is for his victims, as per the New York Post.
