Flings of Leon Black

from The Epstein Files Book Club · host Elise Hu and Jena Friedman

After multi-billionaire Les Wexner cut him off, multi-billionaire Leon Black became pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s primary source of income from 2012 and on. In this episode, William Cohan — who is writing the book on Leon Black and his firm, Apollo Global Management — explains what Black was keeping Epstein around for, and all the fallout that ensued. Mentioned in this Episode Puck: ⁠Leon Black Discusses Jeffrey Epstein⁠ The New York Times:⁠ How Epstein Helped Solve a Billionaire’s Problems with Women⁠ Report on ⁠Apollo’s Outside Review of the Epstein-Black Relationship⁠ ⁠Bloomberg:⁠ Nobody Makes Money Like Apollo’s Ruthless Founder Leon Black ⁠FT:⁠ Leon Black’s Downfall Confounds the Legacy of MeToo on Wall Street Puck: ⁠Leon Black from the Ashes, Part II⁠ Puck: ⁠Leon Black Breaks His Silence on Jeffrey Epstein, Again⁠ Mother Jones: ⁠Leon Black’s No Good, Very Bad Year⁠ (covers Guzel Ganieva) The Guardian on Wigdor LLC's suit against Leon Black NYT: ⁠Jeffrey Epstein’s Angry Emails to Leon Black⁠ Join our Patreon community at ⁠Patreon.com/EpsteinFilesBookclub⁠ Email us anytime at eliseandjena [at] gmail dot com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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