JK Rowling Denies Inviting Epstein to Harry Potter & The Cursed Child

J.Okay. Rowling has sought to clear up on-line hypothesis regarding her rumored connections to disgraced financier and convicted youngster intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Within the latest tranche of Epstein recordsdata launched by the DoJ was an invite to the official Broadway opening of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” on April 22, 2018 — after he had been convicted — prompting critics on social media to declare that he had been invited by Rowling.

Responding to an X consumer who asserted she had been was “sending invitations to Epstein 10 years after he was convicted,” the creator replied: “This is beyond silly. Neither I, nor anybody on my team, ever met, communicated with or invited Jeffrey Epstein to anything.”

Further scrutiny of the Epstein recordsdata have shown that the tickets have 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 Entertainment head Colin Callender saying that a “very important friend” needed to “come see the spectacle.” There isn’t any indication that Callender was conscious who the buddy in query was and he confirmed to Variety‘s sister publication Deadline that he didn’t.

In any case, the DoJ recordsdata also verify that Epstein was stopped from attending the “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” opening. While he was despatched the appropriate tickets, in an electronic mail to Siegal the following morning he claimed he “could’t get in” as his identify was not on the guestlist. “No biggy but thought you should know,” he added.