A federal judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit against billionaire Leon Black after the plaintiff, who accused him of rape and claimed she was referred to him by Jeffrey Epstein, withdrew her case due to severe mental health struggles, including a stated risk of suicide. The allegations, first filed in 2023, centered on an assault she said occurred in 2002 when she was a minor, with the plaintiff representing herself throughout the legal process. Black has consistently denied the claims, calling them a fabrication. The case highlights the psychological toll on survivors pursuing legal action without professional representation.
In civil suit, ‘Jane Doe’ alleged billionaire raped her after being ‘handed off’ by Jeffrey Epstein. Black denied the allegations and called claims a fabricationA 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 Epstein and then sexually assaulted by him, had been acting without a lawyer in the case. Doe has alleged that the assault occurred in 2002, when she was a teenager. Continue reading...
