Bombshell email claims Jeffrey Epstein fathered secret child 15 years ago
An undated photo of a framed photograph of Jeffrey Epstein and a child who's identify has been redacted. (House Oversight Committee release / Epstein estate)
February 02, 2026
The disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein apparently fathered a baby boy sometime in 2011, according to an email he received from British royal Sarah Ferguson that was published Friday in the Justice Department’s release of around 3.5 million Epstein files, according to The Independent.
Ferguson, the ex-wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor — formally Prince Andrew — reportedly emailed Epstein on Sept. 21, 2011 to congratulate him on the birth of his alleged child. The email sender’s name is redacted, but contextual clues and The Independent's reporting suggest the sender to be Ferguson.
“Don’t know if you are still on this bbm but heard from The Duke that you have had a baby boy,” Ferguson allegedly wrote. “Even though you never kept in touch, I still am here with love, friendship and congratulations on your baby boy. Sarah xx.”
Epstein was not known to have fathered any children, though reports suggest that he “hoped to seed the human race with his DNA by impregnating women,” The New York Times reported in 2019. If Ferguson’s alleged claim is accurate, Epstein’s son would be around 15 years old today.
Less than 10 minutes after her first email, Ferguson allegedly sent another email to chastise Epstein for having “disappeared” from her life.
“I did not even know you were having a baby,” Ferguson allegedly wrote. “It was s00000 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.”