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Epstein files latest: Pedophile had a secret child 15 years ago, emails claim
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Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein had a secret child 15 years ago, according to an email allegedly sent by Sarah Ferguson.
Ferguson, the ex-wife of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew), allegedly penned the message on September 21, 2011.
“Don’t know if you’re still on this bbm but have heard from The Duke that you have had a baby boy,” she wrote, signing off the message with “Sarah xx.”
Epstein is not known to have fathered any children but, if Ferguson’s alleged claims are true, the pedophile’s child would nearly be 15-years-old.
In a separate email, Ferguson raged that Epstein had “disappeared.”
I did not even know you were having a baby,” she wrote. “It was sooooo crystal clear to me that you were only friends with me to get to Andrew.
The revelations came after the DOJ released a wave of documents related to Epstein on Friday.
Ferguson asked Epstein to “marry me” in another released email and also told him that she needed £20,000.
The Independent has contacted Sarah Ferguson for comment.
Sarah Ferguson congratualated Epstein on ‘baby boy’, reports say

Sarah Ferguson congratulated convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein on the alleged birth of a baby son in 2011.
“Don’t know if you’re still on this bbm but have heard from The Duke that you have had a baby boy,” she wrote in DOJ files seen by The Telegraph.
The former duchess signed off the email with, “Sarah xx.”
Whilst alive, Epstein never stated that he had a child. If the Duchess’s claim is true, Epstein’s son would be around 14-15 years old.
In another email released by the DOJ and seen by The Sun, Fergie allegedly mentioned the boy again.
“You have disappeared. I did not even know you were having a baby,” she wrote. “It was sooooo crystal clear to me that you were only friends with me to get to Andrew.
“And that really hurt me deeply. More than you will know.”
The Independent has contacted Sarah Ferguson for comment.
Owen Scott2 February 2026 11:09
Pictured: More revelations from the Epstein files
More photographs from the Epstein files were released on Friday, as the DOJ lags behind its deadline for releasing all documents related to the convicted pedophile.
The newly-released photographs show Jeffrey Epstein with Brett Ratner, the documentary maker behind Melania Trump’s new film, as well as a series of emails from “The Invisible Man.”



Owen Scott2 February 2026 10:55
Richard Branson distances himself from Epstein revelations
Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin Group, has distanced himself from Jeffrey Epstein after emails between the two men were published by the Department of Justice.
In the correspondence, Branson reminisced warmly about meeting Epstein, dispensed public relations advice and requested that the deceased sex offender bring his “harem” to their next get-together.
“Any contact Richard and Joan Branson had with Epstein took place on only a few occasions more than twelve years ago, and was limited to group or business settings, such as a charity tennis event,” a spokesperson told The Independent.
Brendan Rascius has the full story…
Owen Scott2 February 2026 10:51
Bill Gates appears next to unidentified woman in new Epstein release

A newly released photograph from the Epstein files appears to show tech entrepreneur Bill Gates standing beside an unidentified woman.
The woman’s face was redacted by the DOJ, making her impossible to identify.
Other releases on Friday suggested that Gates had “trysts” with married women and “Russian girls” although a spokesperson for the billionaire philanthropist denied this.
“These claims are absolutely absurd and completely false,” a spokesperson told Business Insider. “The only thing these documents demonstrate is Epstein’s frustration that he did not have an ongoing relationship with Gates and the lengths he would go to entrap and defame.”
Gates has also not been accused of any criminal wrongdoing.
Owen Scott2 February 2026 10:42
Sarah Ferguson told Epstein that she needed £20,000 a year after his child sex conviction

Sarah Ferguson told Jeffrey Epstein that she needed £20,000 a year after he was convicted on child sex charges.
“I urgently need 20,000 pounds ($27,521) for rent today,” Ferguson wrote, according to newly released emails by the DOJ. “The landlord has threatened to go to the newspapers if I don’t pay.
The lengthy email chain was initially between Epstein and a man named David Stern, who is a U.S. based lawyer and the former commissioner of the National Basketball Association.
That prompted Epstein to copy in “ferg” to the email chain.
“You have a rat,” he wrote.
Then, the disgraced financier told Ferguson that “disgruntled investors… or others that are owed money” could be behind the leak and warned her to be careful about how “spin” would be applied to the story.
After that, Ferguson names an investor whom she believed may have broken a confidentiality agreement.
Owen Scott2 February 2026 10:14
British princess was on ‘shagging weekend,’ according to redacted address

Princess Eugenie, daughter of Sarah Ferguson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew), was mentioned in the Epstein files by an unknown address.
On March 21, 2010, which is two days before Eugenie’s birthday, an account simply sent the phrase, “ny?”
In response, from a redacted address, someone wrote, “Not sure yet. Just waiting for Eugenie to come back from a shagging weekend!!”
It is unknown who the author of the email is and where Eugenie was at the time.
However, the princess has not be accused of any wrongdoing.
Owen Scott2 February 2026 10:05
Trump goes on fresh late-night social media blitz

Donald Trump has gone on yet another late-night social media blitz, raging about everything from the economy to Trevor Noah’s Epstein joke at the Grammys.
He accused the Democrats of trying to protect the “Criminal, violent and vicious,” although he did not elaborate on who these people are.
The president also quoted a headline, which read: “’Amazing’ what Trump has done in 12 months.”
Trump also warned Trevor Noah to “get his facts straight” after the comedian alleged that the president wanted to acquire Greenland because he can no longer “hang out” on Jeffrey Epstein’s island.
“I have never been to Epstein Island, nor anywhere close, and until tonight’s false and defamatory statement, have never been accused of being there, not even by the Fake News Media,” Trump seethed. . “Noah, a total loser, better get his facts straight, and get them straight fast.
“It looks like I’ll be sending my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C., and suing him for plenty$”
Owen Scott2 February 2026 09:30
The new Epstein revelations in brief
The DOJ released millions of documents related to the investigation into convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein on Friday.
In those documents, Donald Trump is mentioned a staggering 3000 times while British royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (better known by his former title of Prince Andrew) is pictured crouched on all fours over an unidentified woman.
Elon Musk asked Epstein when his “wildest parties” were held, while Bill Gates was accused of conducting an extra-marital affair.
Read the full story here…
Owen Scott2 February 2026 09:00
Donald Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah for Epstein joke at the Grammys

Donald Trump took to Truth Social to air his frustration with a joke made at the Grammys by host Trevor Noah.
Noah had claimed that Trump wanted to take over Greenland, as he has been threatening to do in recent weeks, because he needed a new place to “hang out with Bill Clinton.”
Now, Trump has threatened to “have some fun” with Noah, whom he considers a “poor, pathetic, talentless dope.”
“The Grammy Awards are the WORST, virtually unwatchable! CBS is lucky not to have this garbage litter their airwaves any longer,” Trump seethed. “The host, Trevor Noah, whoever he may be, is almost as bad as Jimmy Kimmel at the Low Ratings Academy Awards.
“Noah said, INCORRECTLY about me, that Donald Trump and Bill Clinton spent time on Epstein Island. WRONG!!! I can’t speak for Bill, but I have never been to Epstein Island, nor anywhere close, and until tonight’s false and defamatory statement, have never been accused of being there, not even by the Fake News Media,” he continued. “Noah, a total loser, better get his facts straight, and get them straight fast.
“It looks like I’ll be sending my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C., and suing him for plenty$. Ask Little George Slopadopolus, and others, how that all worked out. Also ask CBS! Get ready Noah, I’m going to have some fun with you! President DJT.”
Noah’s joke was brief, but biting.
“Song of the Year — that is a Grammy that every artist wants almost as much as Trump wants Greenland, which makes sense because Epstein’s island is gone, he needs a new one to hang out with Bill Clinton,” he said, to laughs from the audience.
Owen Scott2 February 2026 08:15
The timeline of Lord Mandelson’s controversial relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
One member of the bipartisan pair leading the effort to compel the Justice Department to release files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation said on Sunday that only about half of the Department’s trove has been made public and warned that there would be consequences if the rest of the documents do not come out soon.
Rep. Ro Khanna appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press two days after the DOJ published a large trove of documents from the case totalling about 3.5 million pages of evidence related to the years-long investigation into Epstein, the billionaire and well-connected financier who died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges.
The Democrat, who led efforts to force the DOJ to release the Epstein files along with Republican congressman Thomas Massie, told moderator Kristen Welker that the DOJ’s release on Friday, while substantial, was weeks late under the statute passed by Congress and amounted to just about half of what Congress had demanded from the agency.
Josh Payne & Namita Singh report.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar2 February 2026 08:00