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Judge rejects Leon Black’s bid to scrub Jeffrey Epstein ties from model’s defamation suit
https://nypost.com/2022/05/12/judge-nixes-leon-blacks-bid-to-scrub-epstein-ties-from-models-defamation-suit/
Billionaire financier Leon Black suffered setbacks this week in a defamation suit brought against him by his former Russian mistress, with a judge ruling that he won’t be able to keep his ties to dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein out of the case.
New York state Judge David Cohen ruled on Monday that he wanted to know more about the relationship between Epstein and Black — the former chairman and CEO of private-equity giant Apollo Global Management — in the ongoing lawsuit filed by Russian model Guzel Ganieva and a second woman who claims Black sexually abused her, according to a court filing.