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Civil suits against Leon Black, 2022 to 2026

Two civil suits in New York by women who said Leon Black abused them. He denied both. One plaintiff ended hers in February 2024; a judge dismissed the other in October 2026 at the plaintiff’s request. Neither reached a verdict.

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Nov 2022 – Oct 2026

Two civil suits in New York by women who said Leon Black abused them. He denied both. One plaintiff ended hers in February 2024; a judge dismissed the other in October 2026 at the plaintiff’s request. Neither reached a verdict.

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  • Leon Black defendant; he denied both suits Scholarship & press 12

    Neither suit reached a verdict. One plaintiff ended hers in February 2024. A judge sanctioned the other and her former lawyer in April 2026, then dismissed the suit with prejudice that October at her request; she wrote that this was “not a concession concerning the truth of my allegations”.

  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York heard one of the suits Scholarship & press 2
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  1. Nov 2022 – Oct 2026 Civil suits against Leon Black, 2022 to 2026
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  1. Woman Drops Lawsuit Alleging Billionaire Financier Raped Her, Reuters (Insurance Journal copy), 21 Feb 2024. Scholarship & press
    has ended her lawsuit against the Apollo Global Management co-founder.
    two other women who said Black raped them, which he denies.
  2. Case against Leon Black dismissed after plaintiff said she was ‘medically incapable of continuing’, The Guardian, 16 Oct 2026. Scholarship & press
    An attorney for Black, who has strongly denied Doe’s allegations, said his team was pleased that the judge had dismissed the lawsuit.
    My request [to dismiss the case with prejudice] is not a concession concerning the truth of my allegations, a retraction of my statements, or an acceptance of defendant’s disputed positions;
    The case was dismissed with prejudice, which means Doe cannot bring the matter to court again.
    sanctioned Doe and her former lawyer at Wigdor in April for “serious, sanctionable misconduct in this case”
    The dismissal of the Doe v Black lawsuit comes at what could have been a critical moment in the case, which was being heard in the southern district of New York.
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