LEON BLACK TOLD EPSTEIN PANEL HE PAID US$21 MILLION TO WOMAN TO KEEP AFFAIR SECRET
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According to News - South China Morning Post, Former Apollo Global Management Chief Executive Officer Leon Black told Congress he paid US$21 million to a woman he accused of blackmailing and extorting him.
The available RSS description adds: The billionaire investor said during a June 26 interview with the US House Oversight Committee that he paid the money to the woman, with whom he had had an affair, after she demanded US$100 million because he “ruined…
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Former Apollo Global Management Chief Executive Officer Leon Black told Congress he paid US$21 million to a woman he accused of blackmailing and extorting him. The billionaire investor said during a June 26 interview with the US House Oversight Committee that he paid the money to the woman, with whom he had had an affair, after she demanded US$100 million because he “ruined…
Black’s appearance at the voluntary interview was part of the congressional investigation into the late...
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- News - South China Morning Post: Former Apollo Global Management Chief Executive Officer Leon Black told Congress he paid US$21 million to a woman he accused of blackmailing and extorting him.
- News - South China Morning Post: The billionaire investor said during a June 26 interview with the US House Oversight Committee that he paid the money to the woman, with whom he had had an affair, after she demanded US$100 million because he “ruined…
- News - South China Morning Post: Black’s appearance at the voluntary interview was part of the congressional investigation into the late...
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- Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on LEON, BLACK, TOLD, EPSTEIN, PANEL.
- Original feed: News - South China Morning Post.
- Published: 18 Jul 2026, 20:32 UK.
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