Billionaire investor Leon Black defends $158 million paid to Epstein

Black is the cofounder and former chief executive of the private equity firm Apollo Global Management.

Leon Black, a billionaire who was close with Jeffrey Epstein, arrives for a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 26, 2026. [Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite]

Billionaire investor Leon Black said Friday that Jeffrey Epstein deceived him during a........

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