Billionaire financier Leon Black accused of raping 16-year-old autistic girl at Jeffrey Epstein’s New York home in 2002

On Tuesday, Billionaire Leon Black was accused of raping a 16-year-old autistic girl at Jeffery Epstein's Manhattan townhouse in 2002. The complaint filed with the Manhattan federal court alleged that he pinned her down and abused her with sex toys, which cause her to bleed. 

The lawsuit alleges that Jeffrey Epstein "executed a 'hand off' to his close friend." It continued, “But what passed directly to Black’s hands from the hands of Jeffrey Epstein was a human being – not a ball," according to the New York Post.

She added that she was supposed to give Black a massage after she stripped naked, however, Black allegedly slammed her onto the massage table. Describing the incident, the filing says, “She tried to scream but Black placed his hand over her mouth and leaned over her while ripping off her shirt and under her skirt pulling her underwear off.” 

“Plaintiff was crying and terrified. Black asked her repeatedly what made her ‘Jeffrey’s special girl’ and throughout the assault called her demeaning, shameful, disgusting names," it continued. “Sadly, Ms. Doe’s experience is one more in a long line of despicable and heinous experiences inflicted on a minor trapped in Jeffrey Epstein’s web – a web that extended to a group of powerful and influential men, including Leon Black.”

The document noted that Epstein refused to take the young girl to the hospital, and said that Ghislaine Maxwell would "take care of her." 

The woman, who is known as "Jane Doe" in the lawsuit, suffers from Mosaic Down Syndrome which makes her the "perfect target" the complaint says. "Developmentally she is about 12, and when she was threatened to do as told because ‘bad girls’ get in ‘trouble,’ she did as she was told," it says. 

In an interview, Black's Lawyer, Susan Estrich, said that her client "never met this woman." She said, "He doesn’t know her at all. We’re confident the lawsuit is totally uncorroborated by any evidence. It has nothing to do with Leon Black." 

“These allegations—about an incident that supposedly took place 20 years ago—are totally made up and are entirely uncorroborated. This sham proceeding will be promptly dismissed and will provide further ammunition for Mr. Black’s pending sanctions motion against the Wigdor firm,” Estrich claimed about the firm representing Doe. 

According to the New York Post, the lawsuit came on the same day that the Senate Finance Committee unveiled details from their investigation into Black's ties to Epstein and his handling of several trusts.