Jeffrey Epstein’s billionaire friend, co-founder of Apollo Global Management Black Leonfiled another lawsuit against the former Russian model alleging he raped her, alleging that she may be a Russian spy and that she and her lawyers tried to “harm and humiliate him”. ” despite the fact she was accused of collecting millions of dollars in a confidentiality agreement. .
The lawsuit, filed in New York State Supreme Court on Monday and seen by The Daily Beast, accuses Guzel Ganieva of “making false allegations” that Black assault and abuse herwhich he claims is a direct violation of the confidentiality agreement “under which Plaintiff paid her millions of dollars.”
The assault charges include an incident in July 2014, in which she accused him of “barging into” her apartment when she was unwell and raping her. He denies those allegations.
The latest lawsuit also alleges that Ganieva’s attorney, Wigdor LLP, “used her public relations acumen and contacts to ensure that she and Black’s disclosure of harmful and harmful information was not disclosed. signing a confidentiality agreement is widely available.”
Apollo co-founder is also named Josh Harris.
“Among other things, their collective misconduct resulted in Plaintiff losing his presidency of the company he founded, went public, and operated for approximately 30 years,” Black’s lawsuit says.
Black, a former client of wealthy sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, alleges the confidentiality agreement, signed by Ganieva and provided in court documents, prohibits “disclosure of her relationship with Plaintiffs and also gives all claims against him.”
Black claims the pair engaged in a consensual affair but Ganieva said otherwise, alleging that he sexually abused her for years and coerced her into signing a nondisclosure agreement to keep her quiet about attacks.
The lawsuit states that over the course of six years, Ganieva accepted monthly payments “totaling more than $9 million” while she was enrolled in law school “and while she was represented and advised by the lawyer.” The Negro accused Ganieva, “with the assistance and at the direct urging of Wigdor, of violating these terms.”
Also under this settlement, Black is said to have agreed to forgive unpaid debts he made to Ganieva, further assist her with a new round of UK immigration applications and pay extra money for her in the form of $100,000 per month for 15 years. .
“In return, Ganieva agrees to (1) fully disclose any purported claims she has or may in the future make against Black and (2) keep her relationship with him strictly confidential. there.”
Court records also allege Ganieva may have been a Russian spy, which could “unravel Ganieva’s conduct towards Blacks.” Profile citation a March 28, 2022A report from the Defense Intelligence Service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, published a list titled “Employees of the FSB (Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation) engaged in criminal activities of the Russian Federation.” aggressors on European territory.”
Number 139 on that list, records say, is a version of Ganieva’s name: Maria Gennadievna Guchapsheva. Citation Profile two “Internet-based publications” include Estonian Free Press which makes such mention. When seen by The Daily Beast, name is: HUCHAPSHEVA MARIA HENNADIENVA. “Ganieva’s alleged entry has her name slightly misspelled and her date of birth different,” the profile quoted the former chief correspondent of Journal and investigative editor of Mail on Sunday journalist Dennis Rice from his website, National Security News. “However, the Ukrainian intelligence service is adamant that she and the agent on the list are the same person.” Based on The IndependentThe listing has not been independently verified and the Kremlin did not respond to a request for comment.
The court battle between the two began last March, when Ganieva took to Twitter, alleging that she had been sexually harassed and abused by Black for years. Black denies the allegations, confirming he was “foolishly” involved in a consensual affair with the former model that ended more than seven years ago. However, in the days after the Twitter posts, Black made an unexpected early exit from private joint stock company.
Then, last June, she to sue the billionaire was embroiled in defamation, accusing him of lying to the media about their relationship and accusing her of blackmail.
In January, Black revealed shocking charges against Apollo co-founder Josh Harris in a new court filing, describing him as a “familiar enemy” who backing Ganieva’s lawsuit after losing “a billion-dollar succession battle” to replace Black as Apollo CEO in 2021.
Also on the firing line was the New York public relations director Steven Rubenstein, whom the manipulative mogul claimed at the time was enlisted by Harris to launch negative stories about him in the press. The case was dismissed by US District Judge Paul Engelmayer in June, though Black appealed.
In a new court filing, Black alleges that “after Ganieva’s public statements, and due to the organized campaign against him, Black had no choice but to resign in defense of Apollo, forfeit the substantial financial and other benefits he enjoyed as Chairman and CEO.”
The lawsuit documents a previously amended August 2021 complaint by Ganieva that Black trafficked and “kidnapped” her “against her will” to Epstein’s home during an October 2008 flight to Florida. In the new application, Black said “contemporary flight records confirm” that “never happened” and defiantly stated: “Black will prove that these allegations are false.”
Black met Guzel Ganieva at a party in 2008. From 2008 to 2014, the couple had a separate, consensual affair, according to Black’s lawsuit. Ganieva refute thisaccused Black of defamation, intentional emotional distress, and motorized violence throughout their relationship, which ended in 2015 when she was allegedly forced to sign an NDA and take hidden money lick.
“Ganieva’s contact with Black from 2008 to 2014 was marked by consistent expressions of love and affection on her part,” the lawsuit claims. “Black paid for Ganieva’s apartment but never got the keys. He also paid for her acting lessons, financed expensive vacations, paid for her portrait worth $40,000, and bought a Steinway & Sons piano for her children. her boy. He gave her a bunch of loans and tried to help her find a job in the financial industry.”
Black is seeking judgment in his favor, including damages and for any and all other monetary and/or non-monetary losses he suffered. He is also seeking awards for “damages for the defendant’s gross, indiscriminate, malicious and outrageous misconduct” and awards for attorneys’ fees.
Speaking to The Daily Beast in June, Jeanne M. Christensen, one of Ganieva’s attorneys, said in a statement: “This case is the epitome of why #MeToo exists. In textbook fashion, wealthy, powerful men and elite armies of lawyers continue to evade accountability for their atrocities by twisting the legal system to punish crime. their people for speaking out. “
