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Billionaire Leon Black Accused of Raping Autistic Girl, 16, in New Epstein-Related Lawsuit
TheMessenger ^ | 07/25/2023 | Christian Berthelsen

Posted on 07/25/2023 2:59:49 PM PDT by thegagline

Billionaire financier Leon Black was accused of raping a 16-year-old autistic girl at convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's New York townhouse in a lawsuit filed in New York federal court Tuesday.

The lawsuit was the second to accuse Black, the co-founder and former chief executive of Apollo Global Management, of inappropriate sexual conduct stemming from his relationship with Epstein.

The woman, who filed the suit anonymously through law firm Wigdor LLP, claims Black violently raped her in Epstein's New York townhouse in 2002.

“These allegations — about an incident that supposedly took place 20 years ago — are totally made up, entirely uncorroborated," Black's attorney Susan Estrich of Estrich Goldin ***

In the first victim lawsuit against Black, which was also filed by the Wigdor firm in New York court last November, plaintiff Cheri Pierson made a similar set of allegations.

Pierson said she was a struggling single mother working as a receptionist and was introduced to Black by Epstein at Epstein's Upper East Side mansion in spring 2002. Pierson also claimed Black raped her in a suite on the third floor.

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Epstein died in an apparent suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019, a month after federal prosecutors charged him with operating a years-long international sex trafficking ring.

Evidence of his proclivities with dozens of victims dated back to the 1990s, though he had previously been allowed to bargain a prior case down to a single charge of soliciting prostitution from a minor. He maintained an aura of power by cultivating close personal friendships with rich and famous politicians, royalty and business executives.

Separately, Black's financial dealings with Epstein are under scrutiny by the Senate Finance Committee, which sent Black a letter Monday questioning $158 million in fees he paid to the convicted sex offender.

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(Excerpt) Read more at themessenger.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clinton; crime; epstein; honeytrap; leonblack
Jeffrey Epstein, Leon (Blachowitz) Black, Ghislaine Maxwell, etc etc
1 posted on 07/25/2023 2:59:49 PM PDT by thegagline
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To: thegagline

Wikipedia early life section is brutal for sexual deviants…


2 posted on 07/25/2023 3:10:17 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Yep, daddy took the plunge from the PanAm (now Met Life) building. It was big news at the time.


3 posted on 07/25/2023 3:14:01 PM PDT by Clemenza
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To: thegagline

Susan Estrich!!!

How long has it been?


4 posted on 07/25/2023 3:22:02 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo ( )
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To: thegagline

Everyone who visited Epstein’s houses of horror should be named and shamed.


5 posted on 07/25/2023 3:23:46 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....!)
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To: Clemenza
Yep, daddy took the plunge from the PanAm (now Met Life) building. It was big news at the time.

A helicopter lands on the Pan Am roof
Like a dragonfly on a tomb
And business men in button downs
Press into conference rooms
Battalions of paper minded males
Talking commodities and sales
While at home their paper wives
And paper kids
Paper the walls to keep their gut reactions hid

Joni Mitchell

6 posted on 07/25/2023 3:33:10 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: All

From the article:

Separately, Black’s financial dealings with Epstein are under scrutiny by the Senate Finance Committee, which sent Black a letter Monday questioning $158 million in fees he paid to the convicted sex offender.

The fees were “irregular and unusually high,” and Black’s refusal to answer questions about them “raises serious concerns” about whether or not the arrangement was some sort of sophisticated tax avoidance scheme, said the letter signed by Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore.

In a statement to The Messenger, a spokesperson for Black said he’s “cooperated extensively” with the investigation and the transactions were legal.

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$158m in hush money is what this was.


7 posted on 07/25/2023 3:38:18 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Steely Tom

What a song. Joni sure could spin ‘em


8 posted on 07/25/2023 3:48:17 PM PDT by montag813
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To: TheWriterTX

Can any lawyers out there tell us if the discovery process can force the FBI to give up the Epstein client list they’ve been sitting on?

It seems relevant to the case to establish a pattern of criminal activity.


9 posted on 07/25/2023 4:00:36 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: montag813

Aye...”Clouds”


10 posted on 07/25/2023 4:07:48 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: thegagline

Why is ChrisWray hiding the Black Book?


11 posted on 07/25/2023 4:09:02 PM PDT by bray (You can tell who the Commies fear.)
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To: thegagline

Ewwwww joooooooz!!


12 posted on 07/25/2023 4:09:37 PM PDT by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: thegagline

Considering that this was a Mossad operation, one should not be surprised.


13 posted on 07/25/2023 4:10:01 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Trumpisourlastchance
Considering that this was a Mossad operation, one should not be surprised.

I was going to say that but I didn’t want the Mossad after me.

14 posted on 07/25/2023 4:13:12 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

Can you explain how, please?


15 posted on 07/25/2023 4:25:17 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AN GLOBALISM!)
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To: NewHampshireDuo

I remember that drunk bimbos face on TV when Gore lost.


16 posted on 07/25/2023 4:27:39 PM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: Trumpisourlastchance
Geneses 12:3
17 posted on 07/25/2023 4:27:52 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AN GLOBALISM!)
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To: thegagline
Epstein died in an apparent suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019

Even Lucky Lager knows the truth.

18 posted on 07/25/2023 5:12:26 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: bray

Why is ChrisWray hiding the Black Book?

Xxxxxxxxxxxxx

John Roberts?


19 posted on 07/25/2023 7:04:48 PM PDT by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: thegagline

Greta from Sweden?
Come on! That is what YOU ALL were thinking.


20 posted on 07/25/2023 8:43:39 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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