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Case against Leon Black dismissed after plaintiff said she was ‘medically incapable of continuing’

Stephanie Kirchgaessner · The Guardian · World
Published 17 Oct 2026, 5:45 am·1 h ago·1 min read
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In civil suit, ‘Jane Doe’ alleged billionaire raped her after being ‘handed off’ by Jeffrey Epstein. Black denied the allegations and called claims a fabrication A federal judge has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit brought against Leon Black after the plaintiff in the case, who had accused the private equity billionaire of rape, said she was “medically incapable of continuing” and at risk of “acute psychiatric crisis”, including suicide. The woman known only as “Jane Doe”, who claimed in a lawsuit that was first filed in July 2023 that she had been “handed off” to Black by his associate Jeffrey…

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