• MimicJar@lemmy.worldM
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      To be fair, which Sarah Ferguson may not deserve, she was married to Prince Andrew in 1986, separated in 1992, and divorced in 1996.

      The earliest allegations against Prince Andrew are from 2001.

      It is entirely possible Sarah Ferguson had no information into what Prince Andrew was up to or knew Jeffery Epstein in any way.

      This recent letter however would definitely seem to indicate otherwise.

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      Being someone’s spouse doesn’t make you guilty (or often even aware) of the thing that the spouse did…

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      You can be temporarily married to a shitty person, lots of people are, and we try to give them the benefit of the doubt. But that only goes so far.

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      Maybe just over the point of being too public?
      (And that can be damaging to ones career - especially if the full files get released)

      With celebrities and powerful people you often see handwashing after something becomes bad in public’s eye.

      Like Weinstein, nobody except him was punished (well, not even him really), and so many worked with & supported him when they knew beyond any doubt what he was doing - but the pubic didn’t.

      And all these people had to do was to say they distanced themselves from him when the stories got a hold in the pubic media.

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          No, not Andrew/Sarah, Natalie I mean.
          I’m saying that she prob knew but even a few years ago you could still get away with it at such distance - now Epstein is getting much more attention bcs Trump admin & the risk is higher.

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            This is also why they are desperate to not actually release any names. They know the names are just the beginning of the web of people involved. And people will start back solving based on dates and events and context once the names are all out there.