New York Daily News

New accuser sez Ep’s rich pal raped her

- BY MOLLY CRANE-NEWMAN

A second woman has accused billionair­e investor Leon Black of raping her in 2002 at the Upper East Side mansion of his perverted pal Jeffrey Epstein, new court papers reveal.

The woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, claims the assault occurred after Epstein arranged for her to give Black a $300 massage. She says she agreed to the massage because she was a single mom who desperatel­y needed the money.

“Immediatel­y it was clear that Black had plans other than Ms. Doe giving him a massage while wearing a bikini,”’ reads the amended complaint filed in Manhattan Supreme Court late Monday.

“The next thing she knew, Black spun her sideways on the massage table, and pushed her in a backbend over the side of the table in an incredibly painful position,” the complaint states.

The disturbing new allegation­s are outlined in an amended complaint against Black (photo) by Russian model Guzel Ganieva. A judge must approve adding Jane Doe’s claims to Ganieva’s lawsuit.

In graphic detail, the lawsuit describes horrific injuries the woman suffered during the alleged rape. She didn’t have health insurance at the time.

In August, Ganieva alleged the former CEO of private equity giant Apollo Global Management surprised her with a trip to Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion in 2008. It was there that Black tried to force her into unwanted sex with the dead sex trafficker, the suit claims.

At the time, Epstein was serving a lenient jail sentence for soliciting sex from a 17-year-old that allowed him to still visit his Palm Beach home. Ganieva says Black once told her Epstein “takes care of the little girls” and that he was “doing a great job with it.”

“Black also made multiple comments to Ms. Ganieva about Epstein’s sexual procliviti­es, dispelling any notion that Black did not know the true extent of Epstein’s depravity,” reads the complaint.

Epstein hanged himself at the Metropolit­an Correction­al Center in August 2019 while awaiting trial for underage sex traffickin­g.

Black maintains his innocence and says that he had a consensual affair with Ganieva. After they broke up, he says she tried to extort him — a claim that is the basis for the model’s defamation suit against the investor.

Black’s spokesman did not respond to a Daily News request for comment.

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