Billionaire Leon Black Delays Deposition, Promises No More Game of Legal Hide-and-Seek
KEY POINTS
- •Leon Black postponed his deposition from March 16 to March 26, per Judge Jed Rakoff's ruling.
- •Black transferred over $150 million to Jeffrey Epstein between 2012 and 2017, claiming it was for financial and estate planning services.
- •In addition to the deposition in the victim lawsuit, Black faces another on May 13 from the House Oversight Committee investigating Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
In the grand court soap opera of 2026, Leon Black, ex-Apollo CEO and Epstein money-mule-in-training, pulls out the classic billionaire move: delaying depositions like they’re traffic tickets. Between 2012 and 2017, he wired over $150 million to Epstein, claiming it was just tax advice — because if you’re paying Epstein for estate planning, what could possibly go wrong? Now, faced with a March 26 deposition marathon timed by Judge Jed Rakoff for a generous 8 hours, Black’s lawyer hints a cozy settlement might backyard BBQ this legal nightmare away. Meanwhile, Bank of America stands accused of playing watchdog during this dubious cash flow, and the House Oversight Committee is sharpening its pencils for Black's centre stage debut on May 13. With Epstein’s accountant dishing about billionaire clients that read like a business-themed Who’s Who — Les Wexner, the Rothschilds, and the Microsoft guy Steven Sinofsky — it’s a financial farce with courtroom cameos. Black insists he was clueless, leaving everyone to wonder if his tax advice package came without a "trafficking 101" instruction manual.
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(1 of 3)Leon Black paid Epstein $150 million for "tax advice" and wants a swift deposition delay. It's the financial equivalent of buying boxer briefs from a scammer and being surprised when they don’t fit.
If Leon Black’s transfer records were a Netflix series it'd be called 'Money Laundering, Estate Planning & Other Hobbies'.
They say crime doesn’t pay, but Leon Black’s $150 million wire transfers to Epstein say otherwise—though he claims it was just tax stuff, right.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 3/11/2026 | Author: Jacob Shamsian
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