Sharon Churcher
Daily Mail journalist who assisted Virginia Giuffre with book deal, federal contacts, and legal representation
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Evidence Breakdown
Mutual Connections
Entities connected to Sharon Churcher through shared intermediaries, but not directly linked.
Connected via: 2024 Unsealed Documents - Batch 1 (January 3), U.S. Southern District of New York, Jane Doe 3 +7 more
Connected via: 2024 Unsealed Documents - Batch 1 (January 3), U.S. Southern District of New York, Brad Edwards +7 more
Connected via: U.S. Southern District of New York, Jane Doe 3, Brad Edwards +5 more
Connected via: 2024 Unsealed Documents - Batch 1 (January 3), Brad Edwards, Virginia Giuffre +5 more
Connected via: 2024 Unsealed Documents - Batch 1 (January 3), U.S. Southern District of New York, Brad Edwards +4 more
Key Relationships
Testified In
- Document 2024 Unsealed Documents - Batch 1 (January 3) - Churcher was served with a deposition subpoena for June 16 in New York Court Record
Connected To
- Organization U.S. Southern District of New York - Churcher initiated contact with the U.S. Attorney's office on behalf of Giuffre to set up a meeting Court Record
- Document Handwritten Diary/Journal - Churcher requested and directed the creation of the fabricated handwritten diary. Alleged
- Document New York Civil Rights Law § 79-h - Churcher relied on the New York Shield Law (Civil Rights Law § 79-h) to oppose her subpoena. Official Document
- Person Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) - Email communications between Giuffre and Churcher regarding the Epstein case and potential book publication. Credible Reporting
- Person Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) - Churcher confirmed that Giuffre never accused Dershowitz of having sex with her according to the document Court Record
- Person Virginia Giuffre - Churcher spent weeks interviewing Giuffre in Australia in 2011. Court Record
- Person Ghislaine Maxwell - Maxwell properly served a deposition subpoena on Churcher for a deposition to occur in New York on June 16 Court Record
- Person Alan Dershowitz - Churcher allegedly prompted Plaintiff to fabricate stories regarding Dershowitz; was directly involved in creating al... Court Record
- Person Andrew Windsor - Churcher allegedly prompted Plaintiff to fabricate stories regarding Prince Andrew; requested handwritten diary descr... Court Record
- Organization Federal Bureau of Investigation - Churcher initiated contact with the FBI on behalf of Giuffre and advised how to corroborate a story to tell the FBI Court Record
Associated With
- Organization U.S. Southern District of New York - Churcher initiated contact with the US Attorney's office on behalf of Giuffre Court Record
- Person Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) - Churcher is described as Plaintiff's friend and confidante Court Record
- Person Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) - Churcher acted as friend and advisor to Giuffre; helped her with book project and contacted law enforcement on her be... Court Record
- Person Virginia Giuffre - Churcher helped Giuffre land a book deal, speak to federal authorities, and contact a lawyer Credible Reporting
- Person Ghislaine Maxwell - Maxwell subpoenaed Churcher for documents and testimony critical to her defense in the defamation case. Court Record
- Person Bradley J. Edwards - Edwards (Plaintiff's counsel) strategized with Churcher on how to use a potential Vanity Fair article for book public... Official Document
- Organization Federal Bureau of Investigation - Churcher initiated contact with the FBI on behalf of Giuffre Court Record
Attended
- Event Churcher deposition (June 16) - Churcher was scheduled for deposition in New York on June 16. Court Record
Mentioned In
- Document Notice of Subpoena and Deposition for Sharon Churcher - Churcher was served a subpoena for deposition on June 16, documented in Exhibit N. Court Record
- Person Jane Doe 3 - Witness gave Churcher pages from a booklet she wrote about Prince Andrew and discussed being a victim of Epstein Court Record
- Document Virginia's handwritten diary - Sharon Churcher requested that Virginia Giuffre handwrite a diary describing her alleged sexual encounters with Princ... Single Source
- Document Subpoena to Sharon Churcher (June 16) - Exhibit N is a Notice of Subpoena and Deposition for Sharon Churcher on June 16 Court Record
- Person Brad Edwards - Churcher strategized with Edwards and Giuffre about using a Vanity Fair article for book publicity Court Record
- Person Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) - Churcher confirmed Giuffre had not previously accused Dershowitz of sexual abuse. Court Record
- Person Virginia Giuffre (née Roberts) - Daily Mail journalist Sharon Churcher communicated with Virginia Giuffre about the Epstein case. Court Record
- Person Virginia Giuffre - Giuffre was interviewed by Sharon Churcher of the Daily Mail in March 2011, where she first described meeting Prince ... Credible Reporting
- Person Virginia Giuffre - Churcher spent weeks interviewing Giuffre in Australia in 2011, with focus on Giuffre's meeting with Prince Andrew. Court Record
- Person Ghislaine Maxwell - Maxwell seeks documents and testimony from Churcher critical to the defense. Court Record
- Person Alan Dershowitz - Churcher allegedly prompted Plaintiff to invent stories regarding sexual interactions with Dershowitz Court Record
- Person Andrew Windsor - Churcher's March 2011 reporting focused on Prince Andrew, and she is alleged to have prompted Plaintiff to fabricate ... Official Document
Employed By
- Organization Sunday Mail - Churcher worked as a journalist for the Sunday Mail newspaper. Official Document
- Organization Mail on Sunday - Sharon Churcher is described as a former-Daily Mail journalist Court Record
Traced
- Person Virginia Giuffre - Mail on Sunday journalist Sharon Churcher traced Virginia Giuffre to her home in Australia in 2011 after rumors of a ... Credible Reporting
Represented By
- Person Ghislaine Maxwell - Maxwell subpoenaed Churcher for documents and testimony in her defense. Court Record
Charged With
- Person Ghislaine Maxwell - Maxwell filed a response to Churcher's motion to quash subpoena, seeking her documents and testimony Court Record
Source Documents & Evidence
“that I wrote down for Sharon Churcher.”
“Maxwell properly served a deposition subpoena (and provided appropriate notice to Plaintiff's counsel) on Plaintiff's friend, confidante and former-Daily Mail journalist, Sharon Churcher for a deposition to occur in New York on June 16.”Accessed: 2026-02-21
“Exhibit 21 Compilation of e-mails between Sharon Churcher and Virginia Giuffre”
“Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell files this Response to Non-Party Sharon Churcher's Motion to Quash Subpoena... Ms. Maxwell seeks documents and testimony from Sharon Churcher ('Churcher') that are critical to the defense”
“She noted that she did give an interview to journalist, Sharon Churcher ('Churcher'), in which she described Maxwell's role as someone who recruited or facilitated the recruitment of young females for Epstein.”Accessed: 2026-02-21
“Sharon Churcher's attempt to avoid the subpoena for deposition and production of documents based on the journalist Shield Law must fail... based on email correspondence, it appears that Churcher was in possession of Epstein's flight logs... Maxwel...”Accessed: 2026-02-22
“Churcher has confirmed that Giuffre never accused Dershowitz of having sex with her”Accessed: 2026-02-22
“At the time, Sharon Churcher of the Daily Mail stated there was "no suggestion that there was any sexual contact between Virginia and Prince Andrew, or that Prince Andrew knew that Epstein paid her to have sex with his friends."”Accessed: 2026-03-10
“The Guardian article describes Sharon Churcher's "tenacious, traumatic fight to expose Ghislaine Maxwell" through investigative journalism”Accessed: 2026-03-18
“Did you give Sharon Churcher any documents? A. Yes, I had given her some pages out of a booklet that I had wrote concerning Prince Andrew... She asked me if I was a victim of Jeffrey Epstein”Accessed: 2026-03-21
“In March 2011, Giuffre first described meeting Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to the Daily Mail... At the time, Sharon Churcher of the Daily Mail stated there was 'no suggestion that there was any sexual contact between Virginia and Prince Andrew, or ...”Accessed: 2026-03-23
“Rumours of a new FBI investigation into Epstein's misconduct led Mail on Sunday journalist Sharon Churcher to trace Ms Giuffre halfway around the world to her new home... But she eventually agreed and produced a collection of 'teenage snaps' showi...”Accessed: 2026-03-27
“The Clinton claim is found in a series of emails between Giuffre and Daily Mail scribe Sharon Churcher, who was helping Giuffre land a book deal, speak to the feds, and contact a lawyer for survivors of Epstein's sex ring.”Accessed: 2026-04-04
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