Leon Black 2002 Rape Accuser Drops Claims Filed in 2022 (1)

A Virginia woman dropped her lawsuit accusing Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black of raping her in 2002 in Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse.

Lawyers for Cheri Pierson and Black said in a court filing Thursday that the 2022 complaint against the billionaire is discontinued and can’t be refiled.

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Pierson had alleged in the suit that Black assaulted her after they were introduced by Epstein, the financier who gained notoriety years later for sex trafficking and ultimately died by suicide in his prison cell in 2019 ...