J.Okay. Rowling denies she invited Jeffrey Epstein to “Harry Potter and the Cursed Baby ”opening

J.Okay. Rowling took to social media on Monday to defend herself in opposition to critics alleging she invited Jeffrey Epstein to a 2018 occasion.

"That is past foolish. Neither I, nor anyone on my staff, ever met, communicated with or invited Jeffrey Epstein to something," Rowling wrote on X, responding to a remark claiming the writer was "sending invites to Epstein 10 years after he was convicted."

Hypothesis started circulating on-line after Rowling's identify appeared within the newest batch of the Epstein information launched by the DoJ. The controversial Harry Potter creator was talked about in a correspondence between Peggy Siegal — publicist and Epstein's longtime affiliate — and Colin Callender — boss of theatre manufacturing firm Playground Leisure. Within the dialog, Siegal was aiming to attain an invite for Epstein to Harry Potter and the Cursed Baby's official Broadway opening in New York Metropolis on April 22, 2018.

Siegal reached out to Callender, saying a "essential good friend" needed to "come see the spectacle," although she didn’t identify the disgraced financier and convicted little one intercourse offender in her message.

Callender informed Siegal he would "get him in," however informed Deadline that he was "by no means made conscious of Epstein's id," since Siegal by no means named Epstein in her messages earlier than he despatched her over to a member of his staff.

As the e-mail chain reveals, whereas Epstein was despatched the tickets, he claimed he "may't get in" as his identify was not on the visitor record. "No biggy however thought you need to know," he added.

Siegal emailed Playground to complain that the incident was "terribly upsetting" and he or she was "extremely embarrassed." She demanded an "apology notice," although Callender informed Deadline that nobody at Playground mentioned sorry.

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The gradual launch of tens of millions of paperwork associated to convicted little one intercourse offender Epstein has sparked a wave of commentary from the general public and celebrities alike. Quite a few public figures have been named within the information linked to the financier who died in jail in 2019 whereas serving time for his crimes.

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On Wednesday, The View cohosts referred to as out the highly effective individuals named within the paperwork whom they alleged protected different highly effective individuals from being uncovered earlier than the discharge of the information.

"Not solely did they defend one another, however we have been complicit in all of this. We’re complicit," Whoopi Goldberg asserted. "Girls didn't say, 'Hey, don't do this. Don't arise for that.' Girls didn’t arise for different ladies. Girls noticed what was occurring and didn't say, 'Cease this.' They didn't come out and say this was occurring."

Sunny Hostin pointed to Epstein's confederate, Ghislaine Maxwell — additionally at present in jail over her function in Epstein's dealings — for example of a lady whose actions assist Goldberg's level.

However the hosts additionally praised the ladies main the cost for justice for Epstein's a number of victims, together with Invoice Gates' ex-wife, Melinda Gates.

"They're standing up the place different ladies aren’t, and that's the purpose right here. Everyone has to take some accountability for this, as a result of until you acknowledge what it meant, what they did to those women, you're not going to care," Goldberg harassed. "It's essential that you just acknowledge what's occurring right here."

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