The two men had been personally entwined for more than two decades. When a former girlfriend accused Mr. Black of sexual assault, he turned to Mr. Epstein for advice about paying her millions of dollars to keep it quiet, according to an email reviewed by The Times and court records. Another woman said in a lawsuit that Mr. Black had raped her at Mr. Epsteinβs Manhattan townhouse. She eventually dropped the lawsuit. And, for reasons that are unknown, Mr. Black wired hundreds of thousands of dollars to at least three women who were associated with Mr. Epstein, according to court documents and notes taken by congressional investigators that were shared with The Times.
Mr. Epstein introduced Mr. Black to several young women, according to people familiar with their relationships, as well as court documents. Some of the women later accused Mr. Black of abusing them. In 2002, for example, Mr. Epstein arranged for Mr. Black to meet Cheri Pierson, whom Mr. Epstein had paid for massages, according to a lawsuit Ms. Pierson filed years later and eventually withdrew. She met Mr. Black at Mr. Epsteinβs townhouse, where Mr. Black raped her in the massage room, the lawsuit said. Mr. Black denied the claim and said he had never met Ms. Pierson. In early 2003, Mr. Black was among the friends who contributed to a book celebrating Mr. Epsteinβs 50th birthday. Mr. Blackβs entry, a handwritten poem, referred to Mr. Epsteinβs βunique tax strategyβ and his interest in women: βBlonde, Red or Brunette, spread out geographically / With this net of fish, Jeffβs now βThe Old Man and the Sea.ββ
One of Mr. Blackβs other financial advisers had created βa really dangerous mess,β Mr. Epstein wrote in an email to Mr. Black. Another was βa waste of money and space.β He even attacked Mr. Blackβs children as βretardedβ for supposedly making a mess of his estate. The typo-strewn tirade was one of dozens of previously unreported emails reviewed by The New York Times in which Mr. Epstein hectored Mr. Black, at times demanding tens of millions of dollars beyond the $150 million he had already been paid. The pressure campaign appeared to work. Mr. Black, who for decades was one of the richest and highest-profile figures on Wall Street, continued to fork over tens of millions of dollars in fees and loans, albeit less than Mr. Epstein had been seeking.
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