Sarah Ferguson Allegedly Threw Andrew Under the Bus to Save Hollywood Career

Sarah Ferguson was reportedly pressing Hollywood contacts in New York and Los Angeles earlier this month to adapt her 2021 novel Her Heart for a Compass, while allegedly insisting she had been 'misled' by Jeffrey Epstein and shifting blame onto Andrew Windsor for the renewed fallout. The former duchess's push for a screen deal supposedly coincided with the circulation of emails linking her to Epstein.

Unnamed sources told RadarOnline that Ferguson purportedly attempted to pitch the project to distance herself from the scandal. However, her strategy couldn't have been more obvious, considering she was trying to hunt for Hollywood attention amid the re-emergence of the emails. None of these claims have been verified, though, so it's best to take everything with a grain of salt.

Hollywood Hesitation and the Sarah Ferguson Pitch

Ferguson reportedly asked acquaintances to help position her novel, Her Heart for a Compass, as the 'next serious hit,' reviving a pitch that the outlet says had already been shopped around in 2023. One contact, quoted by Page Six, described the adaptation as 'a cross between Bridgerton and The Crown,' though the same person expressed scepticism, saying the project had been 'rewritten and repitched' without gaining traction. Executives remained wary, as per the source.

NBC, HBO and Netflix reportedly passed on the project during previous rounds of pitching. What further tainted Ferguson's image was the fact that this latest attempt came just before the most recent Epstein files were made public on Jan. 30. RadarOnline described the timing as a "last Hail Mary in Hollywood," implying that Ferguson recognised the risk that familiar details might resurface and sour professional conversations. That framing might be harsh, but the string of rejections was not in dispute.

RadarOnline emphasised most sharply the allegation that Ferguson has been privately presenting herself as innocent, and that she was only swept along by Andrew's decisions. The outlet indicated that she painted her former husband as the root cause of her Epstein associations, portraying herself as someone who was misled rather than someone who actively engaged. Representatives for Ferguson or Windsor have yet to address the new accusations.

Sarah Ferguson and the Emails That Refuse to Fade

Ferguson was outed in September 2025 when leaked emails appeared to show she maintained cordial ties with Epstein despite publicly promising to have cut contact. Further correspondence included in the Department of Justice documents released on Jan. 30 seemingly echoed the association.

One allegedly showed her telling Epstein, 'You are a genius,' commending an idea he had proposed for a children's charity while he was serving a sentence in Florida for solicitation and procuring a minor for prostitution. Another, dated 2010, reportedly contained the message: 'You are a legend. I really don't have the words to describe my love, gratitude for your generosity and kindness... Just marry me.'

Ferguson also allegedly exchanged messages with Epstein in which she suggested she could provide VIP access to British royal sites for the daughter of his lawyer Alan Dershowitz, supposedly writing, 'I can organise anything.' The correspondence, according to the outlet, hinted at potential access to Buckingham Palace, though there was no indication any such visit occurred.

RadarOnline further reported that the cache showed Epstein lobbying for a statement declaring he was 'not a pedo' and that Ferguson had been 'duped' by false allegations. It said that after she told the Evening Standard she had 'deep regret' about their association, Epstein asked publicist Mike Sitrick in March 2011 to draft a statement he hoped she might issue. The following month, someone identified as 'Sarah' allegedly wrote that she had not and would not call him a 'P,' a claim RadarOnline said she linked to protecting her 'own brand.'

Andrew Windsor's Arrest and the Growing Fallout

Andrew Windsor was arrested on Feb. 19 by Thames Valley Police on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The report said investigators believe he passed confidential government information to Epstein while acting as a UK trade envoy between 2010 and 2011. It added that he was briefly jailed and that two of his homes were searched.

Windsor lost his royal titles and honors in October 2025 following new claims in Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir Nobody's Girl. Placed alongside the continuing release of documents, it paints a picture in which Ferguson's reported attempt to portray herself as a 'casualty of wrongdoing' is less a strategy than a form of self-preservation. Meanwhile, the harshest difficulty for her would be, that, if the emails were genuine and the readings fair, the most damaging words were her own.