May 24, 2023
A New York judge on Wednesday threw out a woman's sexual assault suit against former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black, finding that she hasn't shown she was under duress when she signed a nondisclosure agreement that paid her about $9.5 million.
May 05, 2023
A New York appeals court has struck several "scandalous and prejudicial" allegations in a model's rape case against billionaire private equity investor Leon Black, dropping discussion of and comparisons to Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein.
June 30, 2022
A New York federal court ended a lawsuit Thursday in which former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black alleged that a woman who accused him of rape conspired with employment firm Wigdor LLP and others to take him down, panning Black's allegations that they had violated federal racketeering law.
March 10, 2022
A Manhattan federal judge declined Thursday to authorize fact-finding in former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black's damages case against a woman who has accused the billionaire of rape, saying he might sink claims that landed the sides in federal court.
January 25, 2022
Billionaire Leon Black fired back at a bid for sanctions from a law firm he accused of extorting him by representing a woman who claimed he sexually assaulted her, dropping racketeering claims against Wigdor LLP but saying his lawsuit was a sensible reaction to the accusations.
January 11, 2022
Billionaire Leon Black and attorneys with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Estrich Goldin LLP should face sanctions for pursuing a "frivolous" racketeering case against Wigdor LLP and a Wigdor client who said Black raped her, according to a filing in New York federal court.