Photos from inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan mansion show a 2011 email about unpaid wages owed by Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, spotlighting the financier’s later role in settling the debt.
> At a Glance
> – A printed email on Epstein’s desk shows ex-aide John O’Sullivan demanding $59,933 in back pay.
> – The message was snapped by photographer Christopher Anderson in 2015 for a scrapped New York Magazine profile.
> – Months later Epstein paid $20,000 toward the debt; Ferguson later called accepting his help a “terrible error.”
> – Why it matters: The images add fresh evidence of the Duke of York’s financial ties to Epstein long after the latter’s 2008 conviction.
The email exchange, dated February 2011, is addressed to Amanda Thirsk, Andrew’s former private secretary. O’Sullivan reminds her that a reduced settlement-down from an original $72,596 claim-has remained unpaid for two months while he struggles to fund Columbia MBA tuition.
How the Debt Was Cleared
Andrew reportedly arranged for Epstein to contribute $20,000 in December 2010 as part of a wider restructuring of Ferguson’s $6.7 million liabilities. Accountants had offered creditors 25 pence per pound; O’Sullivan and colleague Kate Waddington (owed $100,000) refused, prompting “friends,” including Epstein, to top up payments.
Fallout and Royal Repercussions
Ferguson publicly apologized in March 2011, telling the Evening Standard she “abhorred paedophilia.” A leaked April 2011 email later published by The Sun shows her privately assuring Epstein she never labeled him a “P” word and praising him as a “steadfast, generous and supreme friend.”
A separate 2011 message from Andrew, revealed in October 2025, tells Epstein they are “in this together” days after a photo with Virginia Giuffre surfaced. These disclosures fed King Charles’s decision to strip Andrew of all royal titles and evict him from Royal Lodge.
Key Takeaways
- The 2015 desk photo provides physical proof of Epstein’s knowledge of the royal payroll dispute.
- Andrew’s personal intervention linked him to Epstein’s finances barely a year after Epstein’s jail release.
- Continued revelations have accelerated the prince’s exile, with Middle East relocation floated by royal watchers.
With each new document, the timeline of Andrew’s post-conviction contacts with Epstein grows harder to downplay.
