Sarah's Trust Formally Closes After 2020 Launch as Epstein Files Deepen Scrutiny of Sarah Ferguson
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 24
Sarah's Trust Formally Closes After 2020 Launch as Epstein Files Deepen Scrutiny of Sarah Ferguson
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 24
Summary
Sarah's Trust has been formally wound up and is now marked "removed" on the public charity register, completing a shutdown first announced in February.
February's closure notice came days after US Justice Department files surfaced showing emails that appeared to place Sarah Ferguson in contact with Jeffrey Epstein while he was jailed for soliciting sex from a minor.
The documents suggested Ferguson was closer to Epstein than previously known, including a 2009 email praising him as "the brother I have always wished for" and references to a Miami lunch with her daughters after his release.
Founded in 2020, the charity said it had spent months discussing closure but gave no fuller explanation; Ferguson's representatives have not commented on the wind-up.
The shutdown adds to fallout from the Epstein disclosures, which had already led multiple charities to drop Ferguson.