Leon Black, the former Apollo Global Management CEO, sought sanctions against the law firm Wigdor LLP representing his accuser—a woman who alleged he sexually assaulted her at Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan mansion. In early 2023, a New York judge denied this request, finding no evidence that the accuser or her attorneys had engaged in behavior warranting sanctions. The judge emphasized that neither side crossed the threshold for extreme conduct required to justify punitive measures by the court.


In a separate but related case, the accuser, Cheri Pierson, later dismissed her lawsuit with prejudice—meaning she cannot refile—effectively ending that chapter without reinstating sanctions. Despite Black’s efforts to push back against the claims legally, the court’s actions show that his attempts to penalize the accuser or her attorneys did not succeed, and the matter concluded without additional legal repercussions for either party. 






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Leon Black Loses Bid to Sanction Lawyers in Sex Assault Case (1) (bloomberglaw.com)