NEW YORK—A second woman has accused former Apollo Global Management Inc Chief Executive Leon Black of rape, saying he attacked her in the late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion in Manhattan in 2002. The claim, by a woman identified as “Jane Doe,” was included in a proposed amended civil lawsuit filed on Monday night by Guzel Ganieva, who has accused the 70-year-old Black of rape and other sexual abuse and is seeking unspecified damages. “This claim is complete fiction and has no basis in fact or law,” a representative for Black said on Tuesday. “It is telling that it is asserted anonymously and concerns events that allegedly occurred some 20 years ago. “It is abundantly clear that the only goal here is to publicly destroy Mr. Black’s personal and professional reputation and to defame him by perpetrating a baseless smear campaign,” the representative added. In earlier court filings, Black had forcefully denied Ganieva’s …
Second Woman Accuses Leon Black of Rape; Black’s Rep Calls Claim ‘Complete Fiction’
September 21, 2021
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