J.Okay. Rowling has sought to clear up on-line hypothesis regarding her rumored connections to disgraced financier and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Inside the newest tranche of Epstein recordsdata launched by the DoJ was an invite to the official Broadway opening of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Youngster” on April 22, 2018 — after he had been convicted — prompting critics on social media to say that he had been invited by Rowling.
Responding to an X person who asserted she had been was “sending invites to Epstein 10 years after he was convicted,” the creator replied: “That is past foolish. Neither I, nor anyone on my crew, ever met, communicated with or invited Jeffrey Epstein to something.”
Additional scrutiny of the Epstein recordsdata have proven that the tickets had been despatched to Epstein, not by Rowling, however the hit stage present’s producers following a request by Epstein affiliate Peggy Siegal, who emailed Playground Leisure head Colin Callender saying {that a} “essential pal” needed to “come see the spectacle.” There isn’t any indication that Callender was conscious who the pal in query was and he confirmed to Selection‘s sister publication Deadline that he didn’t.
In any case, the DoJ recordsdata additionally verify that Epstein was stopped from attending the “Harry Potter and the Cursed Youngster” opening. Whereas he was despatched the right tickets, in an electronic mail to Siegal the next morning he claimed he “might’t get in” as his title was not on the guestlist. “No biggy however thought it’s best to know,” he added.
