Ex-Apollo CEO Leon Black says Jeffrey Epstein duped him out of more than $60 million

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14. " I was not involved with, and had no knowledge of, any of Epstein's heinous conduct."

He is lying.

https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2026-06-26/billionaire-investor-leon-black-is-set-to-testify-to-congress-about-158m-in-payments-to-epstein

Black maintained Friday that he was not aware of Epstein's “nefarious activity” until 2019 and that he paid Epstein for legitimate purposes, in part due to his “unrivaled network of relationships” with influential figures.

Black is mentioned repeatedly in files that the Department of Justice has released related to the Epstein investigation. He also appears in a collection of birthday messages sent to Epstein that were released by the House committee last year, including a poem attributed to him that refers to “Blond, Red or Brunette, spread out geographically.”

A 2021 review commissioned by Apollo found that Black paid Epstein $158 million from 2012 to 2017, after Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from a minor. The review said the payments were for “bona fide tax, estate planning and other related services.”

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., this month referred findings from a nearly four-year investigation into Black to the House committee. In a statement, Wyden said, “Epstein even appears to have acted as a middleman for Black to pay women on Black’s behalf.”

So he wants people to believe that he paid Epstein over $150 million beginning in 2012 and didn't know he was a convicted sex offender? That's Trump level lying. Everyone who had contact with Epstein after 2008 knew he was a convicted sex offender.

99.99999% likely this guy was directly and deeply involved with Epstein's sex trafficking.