The Fight Between Leon Black and His New Accuser Is Getting Nasty

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The legal brawl between billionaire Leon Black and a law firm that’s represented three women who’ve accused him of sexual assault is growing vicious.

in May, ruling that a nondisclosure agreement she signed with the billionaire years before had invalidated her claims, but Pierson’s case is pending.

which exposed the payout last month, reported that it “shows the extent to which Mr. Black, once a titan of the private equity industry, has gone to limit scrutiny of his decades-long social and business ties to Mr. Epstein.

Last week, Doe’s legal filing adds, two men waited for her parents as they returned to their Virginia home with Doe’s minor child. “These men said that they were ‘investigating’ a complaint filed in court and needed to speak to her parents,” Christensen wrote in the document. These strangers also had baby photos of Doe’s child, she added.

“Of course, the only ‘official’ business they had was private work for Leon Black,” the document alleges. “In addition to Ms. Doe’s aunt, the men attempted to question her cousin about her personal life. After the two men arrived, Ms. Doe’s aunt, who was afraid, contacted Ms. Doe.” Christensen argued that Black will attempt to intimidate Doe by attaching her personal information to a “baseless” motion for sanctions against Wigdor LLP.

“In his defense, Mr. Black is entitled to take legitimate steps to investigate claims that he knows to be untrue,” attorney Danya Perry wrote in the document. “There is nothing remotely inappropriate about using professional, ethical, licensed investigators to ascertain the true facts; indeed, although Wigdor itself does not appear to take steps to investigate its matters, legitimate plaintiffs’ attorneys routinely use investigators as well.

 

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