A woman who accused billionaire Leon Black of raping her two decades ago at the Manhattan mansion of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has ended her lawsuit against the Apollo Global Management co-founder. Cheri Pierson dismissed her claims in a so-called stipulation of discontinuance filed with a New York state court in Manhattan on Thursday. 3 Cheri Pierson accused Apollo co-founder Leon Black of raping her two decades ago. “I have never met Ms. Pierson,” Black said in a statement provided by a spokesperson on Tuesday. Christopher SadowskiHe also reached a $62.5 million settlement with the US Virgin Islands, where Epstein had a home, to avoid a possible lawsuit.

Source: Forbes February 21, 2024 00:02 UTC