Leon Black cannot revive a lawsuit against former Russian model Guzel Ganieva based on lack of merit
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Leon Black cannot revive a lawsuit against former Russian model Guzel Ganieva based on lack of merit

The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan has denied billionaire co-founder of private equity firm Apollo Global Management, Leon Black’s, attempt to revive a lawsuit accusing former Russian model Guzel Ganieva, Apollo co-founder Josh Harris, and others of conspiring to destroy his reputation. The court upheld a lower court judge’s decision to dismiss the racketeering and defamation lawsuit without considering an amended complaint that Black wanted to file.
The judge, Paul Engelmayer, had found Black’s lawsuit to be “glaringly deficient in fundamental respects” and stated that amending it would be “futile.” He also said that Black had given up his chance to amend his lawsuit by responding to arguments for dismissing it.

Black’s spokesman had no immediate comment, and lawyers for Harris did not respond to requests for comment. Ganieva’s lawyer, Jeanne Christensen, said she was “extremely pleased” with the order. Ganieva sued Black in June 2021 in a New York state court, accusing him of defamation by falsely claiming she tried to extort him after accusing him of rape.

Black, 71, denied that the encounter occurred and said he and Ganieva had a consensual affair from about 2008 to 2014. Ganieva’s lawsuit remains pending.

In early 2021, Black resigned as Apollo’s chief executive and chairman after an independent review found he had paid sex offender Jeffrey Epstein $158 million for tax and estate planning. Black also faces another lawsuit claiming he raped another woman, Cheri Pierson, two decades ago in Epstein’s mansion in Manhattan. His lawyer has called that lawsuit “baseless.”


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