Rape Accuser Cheri Pierson Drops Lawsuit Against Billionaire Leon Black

In 2022, a woman filed a disturbing lawsuit accusing private equity billionaire Leon Black of raping her at his buddy Jeffrey Epstein’s New York mansion.

That litigation is now over, as both sides signed a stipulation of discontinuance with prejudice last week in New York Supreme Court—meaning the case is permanently closed—and noted that neither party would bear any costs. “I have never met Ms. Pierson,” Black, 72, said in a statement. “I have no further comment.”

Cheri Pierson’s case was among three sexual abuse complaints that her lawyers at Wigdor LLP filed against Black, a longtime associate of Epstein, since 2021.

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