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Leon Black told Epstein panel he paid US$21 million to woman to keep affair secret

Former Apollo Global Management Chief Executive Officer Leon Black told Congress he paid US$21 million to a woman he accused of blackmailing and extorting him. The billionaire investor said during a June 26 interview with the US House Oversight Committee that he paid the money to the woman, with whom he had had an affair, after she demanded US$100 million because he โ€œruined her lifeโ€. Blackโ€™s appearance at the voluntary interview was part of the congressional investigation into the late...