更新于：2026年2月23日 / 美国东部时间下午2:11 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
前英国驻美国大使彼得·曼德尔森已被伦敦大都会警察局以涉嫌公职人员不当行为为由逮捕。
在上个月末公布的一系列他与已故定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦之间的电子邮件引发调查后，曼德尔森正接受调查。
伦敦大都会警察局周一在一份声明中表示：”警方已逮捕一名72岁男子，涉嫌公职人员不当行为。他于2月23日星期一在卡姆登的一处地址被捕，并已被带至伦敦警察局接受讯问。此前警方已在威尔特郡和卡姆登地区的两处地址执行了搜查令。”
警方表示，为防止损害调查的完整性，无法提供更多信息。
今年9月，随着曼德尔森与爱泼斯坦深厚友谊的细节曝光，他被解除了英国驻美大使职务。
本月早些时候，警方宣布已开始对曼德尔森展开调查，他曾于2009年和2010年担任英国商务大臣。作为爱泼斯坦文件一部分公布的电子邮件似乎显示，他在任期间曾向爱泼斯坦分享机密的、影响市场的信息。
在2009年给爱泼斯坦的一封电子邮件中，曼德尔森似乎证实了5000亿欧元欧元区救助计划的传闻，告诉爱泼斯坦该公告将于当晚晚些时候发布。
在另一封2010年的邮件往来中，曼德尔森向爱泼斯坦发送了一份英国政府内部文件，消息称：”有趣的笔记已发送给首相。”该备忘录似乎是一位顾问给当时首相戈登·布朗的，详细描述了英国挣扎的经济状况，并建议出售政府持有的资产以筹集资金。
美国司法部公布的其他文件似乎显示，爱泼斯坦在2003年至2004年间分三笔向曼德尔森支付了75,000美元，每笔25,000美元。当时，曼德尔森是一名普通公民。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻已联系曼德尔森的代表寻求置评。
曼德尔森此前否认对爱泼斯坦的性犯罪有任何了解或同谋。本月早些时候，在曼德尔森正式退出工党时的一封信中，他还否认收到过爱泼斯坦的款项，称”我认为是虚假的指控称他20年前曾向我支付款项，我对此没有任何记录或记忆，需要我进行调查。”
曼德尔森的被捕发生在英国前王子安德鲁（安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎）因爱泼斯坦文件曝光而被以涉嫌公职人员不当行为为由逮捕后的几天内。
埃米特·莱昂斯对本报道有贡献。
Former U.K. ambassador to U.S. Peter Mandelson arrested weeks after latest Epstein files release
Updated on: February 23, 2026 / 2:11 PM EST / CBS News
Former U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson has been arrested by London’s Metropolitan Police on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
Mandelson was being investigated after a series of emails between him and the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released late last month.
“Officers have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of misconduct in public office,” London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement Monday. “He was arrested at an address in Camden on Monday, 23 February and has been taken to a London police station for interview. This follows search warrants at two addresses in the Wiltshire and Camden areas.”
Police said they were unable to provide more information “to prevent prejudicing the integrity of the investigation.”
Mandelson was fired from his job as U.K. ambassador in September when details of the depth of his friendship with Epstein emerged.
Earlier this month, police announced they had started an investigation into Mandelson, who served as the U.K.’s Business Secretary in 2009 and 2010. Emails released as part of the Epstein files appeared to show that he had shared confidential, market-sensitive information with Epstein while he was in government.
In one 2009 email to Epstein, Mandelson appeared to confirm rumors of a €500 billion eurozone bailout, telling Epstein the announcement would come later that night.
In another 2010 exchange, Mandelson sent an internal government communication to Epstein, with the message: “Interesting note that’s gone to the PM.” The memo in question appeared to be a note from an advisor to then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown, detailing the U.K.’s struggling economy with a policy recommendation to sell off government-held assets in order to raise revenue.
Other documents released by the Justice Department appeared to show that Epstein had paid Mandelson $75,000 in three separate $25,000 transactions between 2003 and 2004. At that time, Mandelson was a private citizen.
CBS News has reached out to a representative for Mandelson for comment.
Mandelson has previously denied any knowledge of or complicity in Epstein’s sexual crimes. In a letter in which Mandelson formally resigned from the Labour Party earlier this month, he also denied receiving payments from Epstein, saying, “allegations which I believe to be false that he made financial payments to me 20 years ago, and of which I have no record or recollection, need investigating by me.”
Mandelson’s arrest comes days after former Prince Andrew, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was arrested for suspected misconduct in public office in response to revelations from the Epstein files.
Emmet Lyons contributed to this report.
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