A woman who says she survived Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse has accused billionaire financier Leon Black of quietly fueling the predator’s trafficking network — and using America’s biggest bank to help move the money.
The allegations surfaced in a blistering class-action lawsuit filed this week, adding fresh pressure to a scandal that has already shaken the highest tiers of global finance.
The plaintiff, known in court only as Jane Doe, claims Black pumped at least $170 million into Epstein’s operation while Bank of America allegedly ignored glaring red flags.
“This wasn’t money for tax advice,” Doe argues in her filing. “This was the money Epstein used to lure girls. Everyone in that chain should have seen what was happening.”
A source familiar with the suit told us the new complaint “reads like a roadmap of how one of the richest men in America kept a criminal enterprise alive.”
Black has long said he paid Epstein for “estate and tax planning.” But internal memos and letters cited in the lawsuit cast doubt on that explanation.
“What billionaire pays $170 million without a contract?” the source continued. “The numbers alone scream misconduct.”
New documents reveal Black quietly struck a $62 million deal with the U.S. Virgin Islands in early 2023 — a deal that granted him immunity from prosecution related to Epstein’s activities on the islands.
Buried in that agreement is a critical admission: Epstein used Black’s money to help run his network in the territory.
That revelation, Doe’s attorneys argue, ties Black directly to the logistics of Epstein’s trafficking ring.
“For years, people asked who kept Epstein funded. Now we know,” Doe’s legal team wrote. “One of the most powerful financiers on Wall Street was paying the bills.”
Black, 74, is worth an estimated $14 billion. He has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
Under federal banking law, major institutions must report suspicious transactions. The suit claims Bank of America failed that duty — and may have enabled Epstein’s crimes.
Doe says the bank allowed giant payments to flow from Black to Epstein with no meaningful oversight.
“If Bank of America had filed even one report, countless girls could have been spared,” Doe argues.
A former federal financial crimes investigator not involved with the case told us the allegations, if proven, represent “a catastrophic breakdown in basic compliance.”
“This is exactly the kind of movement you’re supposed to flag,” he said. “Nine-figure transfers to a known felon? There’s no universe where that shouldn’t raise alarms.”
Lawmakers appear to agree. The Senate Committee on Finance has opened an inquiry into both Black and Bank of America.
Representative Jamie Raskin recently sent a pointed letter to BoA CEO Brian Moynihan demanding answers.
“What tax plan is worth $170 million?” Raskin wrote. “Financial institutions are often the first line of defense against human trafficking. The failure to act here may have come at the cost of real human lives.”
Raskin also noted that catching Epstein’s suspicious withdrawals earlier “might have stopped his crimes and saved countless girls and women.”
Black co-founded Apollo Global Management, one of the largest private-equity firms on the planet. For years, he moved in the same elite circles as Epstein, who styled himself as a financial prodigy despite repeated arrests and allegations of abuse.
Black stepped down from Apollo in 2021 after internal investigators found he had paid Epstein hundreds of millions of dollars — long after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor.
At the time, Black insisted Epstein simply provided “trusted advice.”
This new lawsuit sharply challenges that narrative.
Court insiders expect a fierce battle. Doe’s lawyers are preparing to subpoena financial records, internal banking communications, and even personal correspondence between Black and Epstein.
“What happened in those bank accounts may be the missing piece,” a legal analyst told us. “If the money trail lines up with the victim accounts, it’s game over.”
Black’s legal team has not yet responded to the latest filing.
Doe, meanwhile, says she is fighting for accountability.
“I want people to know who enabled him,” she said in a statement. “Epstein did not act alone.”
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ALL those women were there doing things willingly… no chains were used… they get NOTHING for being there…