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Lawsuit alleges billionaire investor Leon Black raped a woman inside Jeffrey Epstein's home
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business | November 28, 2022
Billionaire investor Leon Black has been sued by a woman alleging he "brutal[ly]" raped her at Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan townhouse in spring 2002.
Cheri Pierson names both Black — the co-founder and former CEO of private equity behemoth Apollo Global Management — and the estate of the late Epstein as defendants in the lawsuit, which was filed in New York court on Monday.
Lawsuit alleges billionaire investor Leon Black raped a woman inside Jeffrey Epstein's home
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business | November 28, 2022
Billionaire investor Leon Black has been sued by a woman alleging he "brutal[ly]" raped her at Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan townhouse in spring 2002.
Cheri Pierson names both Black — the co-founder and former CEO of private equity behemoth Apollo Global Management — and the estate of the late Epstein as defendants in the lawsuit, which was filed in New York court on Monday.
Pierson alleges Epstein arranged for her to give Black a massage on the third floor of Epstein's New York City mansion, which she agreed to in exchange for money that she "desperately needed" to care for her young daughter. Instead, she alleges, Black raped her in a "brutal attack" that left her “swollen, torn, and bleeding."
"By the time Ms. Pierson exited the massage suite and rode down the elevator with Black, she could barely walk out of the house onto the sidewalk, as she was in excruciating pain and still in shock," said the complaint filed by law firm Wigdor LLP.
Black denied the allegations Monday. His attorney, Susan Estrich of Estrich Goldin, said in a statement that the claims "are categorically false and part of a scheme to extort money from Mr. Black by threatening to destroy his reputation." According to Forbes, Black's net worth is $9 billion.
The former Wall Street tycoon — who stepped down as CEO of Apollo in January 2021 after an independent review of his ties to convicted sex offender Epstein — expressed regret for his dealings with Epstein in a letter to investors in 2020. The New York Times reported Black may have paid up to $75 million to Epstein for consulting and other services, according to two people with knowledge of the transactions, adding that the two "often socialized and dined together."
Black is also facing claims from Russian model Guzel Ganieva, who said he sexually abused her and then falsely accused her of extortion when she spoke out. Black has denied those allegations as well.
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