1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:05,639 Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles. Today, 2 00:00:05,919 --> 00:00:07,879 we're going to talk a little bit more about Leon 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,919 Black's trip to court and add some context to what 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,439 went on at that hearing. Now, yesterday we had a 5 00:00:15,439 --> 00:00:18,320 bit of an overview about him going to this hearing, 6 00:00:18,399 --> 00:00:21,280 about this hearing taking place, but we didn't really know 7 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,719 the details yet as far as some of the arguments 8 00:00:24,719 --> 00:00:30,039 that went on and some of the animosity being traded 9 00:00:30,079 --> 00:00:34,320 back and forth. Now, this is a battle of the titans, folks, 10 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:39,880 Leon Black and Harris. I mean, we're talking two of 11 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,719 the biggest of the bigs in the financial sector and 12 00:00:44,079 --> 00:00:49,399 watching them lock horns like this pretty epic, honestly. Now, 13 00:00:49,439 --> 00:00:51,719 there aren't many people that can stand up to Leon 14 00:00:51,799 --> 00:00:56,359 Black and take him on head on, but Harris is 15 00:00:56,359 --> 00:01:00,000 certainly one of the very few people that is situated 16 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:04,200 to do that. Now, according to Harris, he has nothing 17 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:09,239 to do with Miss Ganieva and her lawsuits. His beef 18 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:13,560 with Leon Black stems from other things, the fact that 19 00:01:13,599 --> 00:01:16,840 he was passed up for Mark Rowan, and mainly the 20 00:01:16,879 --> 00:01:20,799 fact that Jeffrey Epstein and Leon Black were so close. 21 00:01:22,079 --> 00:01:24,959 So that's where the animosity is coming from. That's where 22 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,680 it stems from, and you see it pouring over into 23 00:01:29,239 --> 00:01:34,200 every situation that you find Leon Black in at this point. Now, 24 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,079 as far as Leon Black's concerned, like we talked about 25 00:01:37,079 --> 00:01:40,319 the other day, just another one of these oligarchs, right. Look, 26 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,040 let's if the roles were reversed right now, if we 27 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,200 were living in a different world and say it was 28 00:01:45,239 --> 00:01:48,920 America attacking say Mexico, leon Black would be one of 29 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,159 the oligarchs that the world was sanctioning. Can I make 30 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,879 that any clearer to people out there? I know it's 31 00:01:56,959 --> 00:01:59,799 the en vogue thing right now to you know, hate 32 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,959 on the Russian people, But to be very clear, all 33 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,760 of us in the West have our own oligarchs. And 34 00:02:06,319 --> 00:02:09,360 when I bash these people, these one percent of the 35 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,120 one percent, I'm talking about all of them, not just 36 00:02:12,159 --> 00:02:14,840 the Russians, not just the Americans, not just the English. 37 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,919 The whole entire so called elite ruling establishment is who 38 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,840 I have a problem with. And I'm not talking about 39 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,000 a group of people in a room, the illuminati they 40 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,599 say that for somebody else. Man, I'm talking about the 41 00:02:27,599 --> 00:02:30,360 people in the financial sector who really have their finger 42 00:02:30,439 --> 00:02:34,479 on the pulse, who really control what goes on and 43 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,879 what doesn't go on. Let me ask you a question, 44 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,759 what any of these government sanctions work if the banks 45 00:02:40,759 --> 00:02:43,759 weren't on board. You know the answer to that, and 46 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,960 the answer is no. So we have our own oligarchs here, folks. 47 00:02:48,319 --> 00:02:50,400 And while I think it's a great thing to sanction 48 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,319 the Russian oligarchs, I've been saying that for years. We 49 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,800 have to pay mine to our own problems. And this 50 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,879 scumbag Leon black is certainly that caused a lot of 51 00:03:00,039 --> 00:03:03,080 grief for a lot of American companies. They're vultures over 52 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,560 at Apollo Global. Now, don't get me wrong. They do 53 00:03:05,599 --> 00:03:08,400 some good work right, some good investments, blah blah blah, 54 00:03:08,439 --> 00:03:11,360 But their bread and butter is to go in take 55 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,319 over companies, make some money, and then jettison those companies. 56 00:03:15,439 --> 00:03:17,759 What they did with Caesar's Palace here in Vegas is 57 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,919 an absolute travesty. And now they got their hands on 58 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,360 the Sands, one of the jewels ridiculous man used to 59 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,240 be one of my favorite properties. When I worked for 60 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,039 counter Fitzgerald. We owned the sportsbooks, the rights to the 61 00:03:33,039 --> 00:03:35,919 sports book inside of the Venetian, which is a Sands property. 62 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,080 And if you've ever been to the Venetian and seen 63 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:42,039 their sports book. You know how epic it is. So 64 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,120 it sucks that Apollo Global is in charge of Sands 65 00:03:45,159 --> 00:03:47,560 now because that means I'll never go back to that 66 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:51,960 casino again. Just like I was talking about yesterday with Barclays, 67 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:54,680 I'm not big on like the whole boycott thing. I'm 68 00:03:54,719 --> 00:03:56,240 not going to sit here and tell anybody else what 69 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,520 to do but me personally. You know, I'm going to 70 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,479 do whatever I want to do with my money. I 71 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:03,680 earn my money. It's hard to earn, and I'm gonna 72 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,240 spend at how I damn well. Please. And if you 73 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,199 think I'm giving Leon Black, Mark Rowan or any of 74 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,680 these scumbags over at Apollo Global one red cent, you 75 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:18,360 got another thing coming all right onto the article. If 76 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,639 you had to pick two major law firms particularly known 77 00:04:21,759 --> 00:04:25,000 for fierce aggressive tactics, you could do a lot worse 78 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,600 than naming Quinn, Emmanuel Erkhart and Sullivan and whigdor So 79 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,639 again Battle of the Titans. What you could expect when 80 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,839 you're dealing with people with this kind of money, folks, Again, 81 00:04:34,879 --> 00:04:37,240 that's what it comes down to me or you, we'd 82 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,439 be going through the phone book right better call Saul, 83 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,040 not these guys. And that's why it's laughable when Leon 84 00:04:43,079 --> 00:04:45,839 Black talks about, oh, I gave Jeffrey Epstein one hundred 85 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,439 and fifty eight million dollars for advice. Yeah right, bro, 86 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,040 you have all the money in the world. You don't 87 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,600 need to give Jeffrey Epstein money for advice. Call on 88 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:56,639 one of your lawyers over here and have them set 89 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:01,120 you up with somebody. Legit. I'm not sure which one 90 00:05:01,199 --> 00:05:05,399 is the immovable object and which is the unstoppable force. 91 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:09,120 But when the two collide, as they have in litigation 92 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:13,439 over rape allegations against billionaire Leon Black, well, let's just 93 00:05:13,519 --> 00:05:17,560 say it's not pretty. That is definitely the case. Whenever 94 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,040 you get these big ass law firms going head to 95 00:05:20,079 --> 00:05:23,879 head locking horns, it's always a bloodbath. We saw it 96 00:05:23,959 --> 00:05:30,120 with Prince Andrew, David Boyce, Sigared McAuley, even Bradley Edwards 97 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:34,160 and the way that they, you know, clashed with Epstein's 98 00:05:34,199 --> 00:05:37,279 lawyers and then Maxwell's lawyers, Prince Andrew's lawyers. When you 99 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,319 have these kinds of lawyers out up there and they're 100 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,759 litigating cases, let's remember we got to think about and 101 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:49,199 remember that these people all have you know their own ideas. 102 00:05:49,399 --> 00:05:52,800 As far as these lawyers go, they're looking to establish 103 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,560 more prestige, looking to get more clients, and a lot 104 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:03,360 of these big law firms are super combative. The hostilities 105 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,959 escalated in a Quinn filing on Wednesday that accuses Wigdor 106 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:11,879 of making inaccurate representations about when it began representing Black's accuser, 107 00:06:12,079 --> 00:06:17,319 former model Guselle Ganieva, and of helping Ganieva promoter claims 108 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:22,439 about Black to journalists. Wigdor partner Geen Christiansen told told 109 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:26,399 me Quinn's latest assertions are so freaking ridiculous and total 110 00:06:26,519 --> 00:06:29,480 and utter nonsense. You know what, folks, We live in 111 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:34,000 the age of disinformation, right, So me, I don't trust 112 00:06:34,079 --> 00:06:36,399 anything I hear anymore. I have to dig in myself 113 00:06:36,439 --> 00:06:39,160 and verify shit, and if I can't verify it, I 114 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,639 put it onto the back burner. Right. It's just so 115 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:47,160 hard to discern the real from the fake at this point. 116 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,279 So when you're talking about a situation like this with 117 00:06:50,399 --> 00:06:53,839 Leon Black and missus Ganieva, you know that there's going 118 00:06:53,879 --> 00:06:56,959 to be all kinds of misinformation thrown from these lawyers. 119 00:06:57,319 --> 00:06:59,519 They're gonna try and throw people off the scent. They're 120 00:06:59,519 --> 00:07:02,079 gonna make it accusations such as this so that you 121 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,120 don't pay attention to what Leon Black was up to. 122 00:07:04,759 --> 00:07:09,040 So my advice, unsolicited as it may be, is be 123 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,079 very very cautious of what you're letting into your brain 124 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:19,079 these days, very cautious. We have nothing to hide, said Christiansen, 125 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,160 who was responding to an email query to her and Wigdor. 126 00:07:22,439 --> 00:07:25,279 I can't even imagine what a judge is going to 127 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,800 think of this. Look. We have seen a lot of 128 00:07:27,879 --> 00:07:32,120 weird ass behavior from people around Epstein, Epstein's friends, people 129 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,000 who are being charged in relation to Epstein, as far 130 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,000 as their legal decisions go and the way their legal 131 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:41,040 teams move. And this might be another one of those 132 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,399 crazy ass moves like hell Mary almost because again, let's 133 00:07:45,439 --> 00:07:48,279 be clear, Leon Black knows he's cooked. Oh boy, don't 134 00:07:48,279 --> 00:07:51,360 have nothing really good friends with Epstein. He had a 135 00:07:51,399 --> 00:07:55,120 consensual relationship with this lady. He's already admitted it. Now 136 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,399 he has to prove that he's being extorted. Good luck, 137 00:07:58,439 --> 00:08:04,759 bro Ranker and outrage have been hallmarks of this litigation 138 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,120 since it began in June twenty twenty one, when Wigdor 139 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,720 filed the lawsuit for Ganieva in New York State Supreme Court. 140 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:15,639 Ghanieva alleged that Black had sexually abused her for years 141 00:08:15,959 --> 00:08:20,279 before coercing her into signing a non disclosure agreement. Look, folks, 142 00:08:20,319 --> 00:08:22,839 whenever I hear a man has a woman sign a 143 00:08:22,879 --> 00:08:27,839 non disclosure agreement about their sexual relationship, I am automatically 144 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:32,120 automatically suspicious. Why do you need someone to sign a 145 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:36,120 non disclosure agreement over your sexual relationship? Oh wait, you 146 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,279 cheated on your wife? Bro? We all know stop it. 147 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,840 Is there any of these guys out there, any of 148 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:45,559 these rich, scummy sons of bitches that aren't cheating on 149 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,320 their wives. My guess is most of them are. Okay, 150 00:08:49,399 --> 00:08:50,840 So what do you mean? What do you need the 151 00:08:50,879 --> 00:08:55,200 non disclosure for? Not like your wife's gonna leave you anyway, 152 00:08:55,399 --> 00:08:59,519 Leon Black? Really, what it was is because he wanted 153 00:08:59,519 --> 00:09:02,240 to control. He had to continue to have control even 154 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,840 when the relationship ends. That's what this non prosecution bullshit, 155 00:09:05,879 --> 00:09:13,360 I mean, non disclosure agreement bullshit? Is Black, who is married, 156 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,279 has said that he and Ganieva had a consensual affair 157 00:09:16,759 --> 00:09:19,440 and that he paid her millions of dollars to keep 158 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,440 it a secret. Why are you look again, millions of 159 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,720 dollars to keep it a secret. Bro, Why are you 160 00:09:24,759 --> 00:09:29,279 getting yourself into this situation in the first place. If 161 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,039 you ever find yourself in a situation where you're paying 162 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,559 millions of dollars for other people not to find out, 163 00:09:34,759 --> 00:09:37,799 you're probably not in the right situation. Thank you for 164 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:41,519 coming to my ted talk. Are these people for real, folks? Honestly? 165 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:43,600 How do they have so much money, so much power, 166 00:09:43,639 --> 00:09:48,919 so much prestige and they're so fucking dumb? But that's 167 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,840 not all. Last October, Quinn filed a racketeering suit for Black, 168 00:09:53,159 --> 00:09:57,440 the former CEO of the private equity fund Apollo Global Management, Incorporated, 169 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:02,000 in federal court in Manhattan. Black suit accused Ganieva and 170 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:06,080 her lawyers from Wigdor of conspiring with unknown defendants to 171 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,480 smear the billionaire's name. To smear the billionaire's name, Like 172 00:10:09,519 --> 00:10:12,440 he needs any help with that shit, Brah, You and 173 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:17,039 Jeffrey Epstein were BFFs. Nobody needs help to smear your name. 174 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,159 All we have to do is run an article about 175 00:10:19,159 --> 00:10:26,840 you and your pal Jeffrey Epstein. Think that's sufficient. Black 176 00:10:26,919 --> 00:10:30,720 later elaborated on his conspiracy theory in an amended federal 177 00:10:30,759 --> 00:10:34,159 court complaint filed in January. The new complaint claimed that 178 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:37,559 Ganieva was in cahoots with Josh Harris, a business rival 179 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,320 of Black, who was allegedly scheming to use Ganieva's account 180 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:46,440 of sexual assault to incapacitate Black. Look, it's amazing that 181 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,200 Black would even attempt this move. Honestly, you know, he's 182 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:55,360 very brazen and very arrogant. But I think this is 183 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,480 gonna fil miserably for him. I think he's barking up 184 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,080 the wrong tree with Harris, folks, Honestly, I really do. 185 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,440 And it's not very often that someone like Leon Black 186 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,519 meets their match. But Harris knows all of Black's tricks. 187 00:11:07,919 --> 00:11:10,320 This is kind of like the paddle on fighting the 188 00:11:10,399 --> 00:11:14,039 Jed High right. The Sith rule of two. There can 189 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,440 only be two sith, one dark lord and then the 190 00:11:17,759 --> 00:11:21,840 one apprentice. So is Harris looking to get rid of 191 00:11:21,879 --> 00:11:25,159 the Sith Lord Leon Black to ascend to his throne. 192 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:30,320 Very possible, folks, Very very possible. Both Harris and Ganieva 193 00:11:30,399 --> 00:11:34,679 said last week in dismissal motions that Black's racketeering conspiracy 194 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:39,440 claim was completely preposterous because for starters, Black had not 195 00:11:39,519 --> 00:11:41,559 offered a shred of evidence that the two of them 196 00:11:41,879 --> 00:11:46,159 ever even communicated with each other, let alone formed a conspiracy. 197 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,200 So Leon Black's out here like he's part of the 198 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,720 q anon group talking about all kinds of wild conspiracies. 199 00:11:53,039 --> 00:11:56,200 Next thing, you know, you folks know what's coming next. Right, 200 00:11:56,639 --> 00:11:59,759 next thing, you know, he's gonna bring the lady Viktoria 201 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,879 Heavy around so she could tell you about her conspiracy 202 00:12:02,919 --> 00:12:08,679 theories too. Wigdor responded to Black's racketeering allegations with e 203 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,320 motion for Rule eleven sanctions against Black, Quinn and co 204 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:16,720 counsul from Estrich Golden, arguing that Black's accusation against Wigdoor 205 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,919 was an outrageously scandalous attempt to scare the firm away 206 00:12:21,159 --> 00:12:25,080 from representing Ganieva. Big time move by rich people. They'll 207 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,480 try and get your lawyer not to represent you, right, 208 00:12:27,639 --> 00:12:29,399 they don't give up. Do you really think these people 209 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,600 care about you? I don't know how much I have 210 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:34,320 to how clearer I need to be. None of these 211 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:36,519 corporate giants care about you. If you work for a 212 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,919 large corporation, they do not care about you. Don't feel 213 00:12:39,919 --> 00:12:41,679 bad if you have to call in sick. None of 214 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:45,279 that nonsense, because these people do not care, and people 215 00:12:45,399 --> 00:12:49,639 like Leon Black will use their exquisite power, their extreme 216 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:53,480 amount of prestige, and they will crush people who are 217 00:12:53,519 --> 00:12:56,480 smaller than them, and they won't care for one single 218 00:12:56,519 --> 00:13:00,440 second you think they're gonna miss any sleep over it chants. 219 00:13:02,919 --> 00:13:05,840 Black ended up dropping the conspiracy claim against Wigdor in 220 00:13:05,879 --> 00:13:09,320 his amended complaint, though he continued to allege that Wigdor 221 00:13:09,399 --> 00:13:12,159 defamed him and in peculiar in an end. In a 222 00:13:12,159 --> 00:13:16,240 peculiar turn of events, Quinn Emmanuel withdrew as Black's counsel 223 00:13:16,279 --> 00:13:21,799 in the federal case, citing an undisclosed conflict. It's always 224 00:13:21,799 --> 00:13:24,840 something right, It's always something behind the scenes. There's always 225 00:13:24,879 --> 00:13:28,759 some kind of connection. All of these law firms are intertwined, 226 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,360 and that's why when they do these internal reports, we 227 00:13:31,399 --> 00:13:33,960 always talk about That's why I always find that shit laughable. 228 00:13:36,639 --> 00:13:39,759 Quinn Manuel, which remained in the federal case to defend 229 00:13:39,799 --> 00:13:43,440 Wigdor's sanction motion, said that Black's amended complaint mooted the 230 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:47,679 call for sanctions. Wigdor fired back with a brief, doubling 231 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,120 down on its allegations of misconduct. It claimed that Quinn 232 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:55,600 Emmanuel tried to pressure Wigdoor to betray Ganieva by providing 233 00:13:55,639 --> 00:13:59,879 incriminating evidence linking her to Harris Black's nemesis at Apaul. 234 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:02,360 So you see how this happens behind the scenes, right, 235 00:14:02,919 --> 00:14:06,000 and just take a look at what's going on here, 236 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,600 and then times this by about fifty thousand, okay, And 237 00:14:09,639 --> 00:14:12,639 that's the kind of pressure that Epstein's lawyers put on 238 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,440 the girls in Palm Beach the first time around. And 239 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,399 guess what those girls they didn't have the lawyers to 240 00:14:18,399 --> 00:14:22,840 protect them that Harris has. They had some shit bag 241 00:14:22,919 --> 00:14:26,600 prosecutor named krisher who really didn't care about them, or 242 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,120 Marie Villa Fana, who is all of a sudden some 243 00:14:29,159 --> 00:14:31,919 sort of hero. But this is the kind of shit 244 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,679 you're dealing with with these high power lawyers. Folks. These 245 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,200 got these people that look they're coming for blood, They're 246 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,279 coming for your throat. And these are the same kind 247 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:50,080 of folks like Marty Singer. It claimed that Quinn Manuel 248 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:54,519 tried to pressure Wigdor exc excuse me past that. Quinn 249 00:14:54,559 --> 00:14:58,440 partner Michael Karlinsky called the assertion ridiculous. He told me 250 00:14:58,519 --> 00:15:02,159 he was simply responding to question from Wigdor's lawyer. Wigdor 251 00:15:02,279 --> 00:15:05,519 moved last week to dismiss Black's defamation claim, which it 252 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:10,200 called wasteful and retaliatory see what I mean about hostilities. 253 00:15:10,799 --> 00:15:14,200 In the latest round, Quinn has homed in on discovery 254 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,840 Wigdor recently produced in Ganieva's state court case. The evidence, 255 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,320 as Quinn laid it out in a brief in the 256 00:15:21,399 --> 00:15:25,480 state case, is a series of WhatsApp exchanges between Ganijeva 257 00:15:25,799 --> 00:15:29,480 and New York Times reporter Matt Goldstein in October and 258 00:15:29,559 --> 00:15:33,960 November of twenty twenty. That was months before Ganieva publicly 259 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,440 accused Black of sexual abuse in March twenty twenty one 260 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,600 and signed a retainer agreement with Wigdor in April twenty 261 00:15:41,679 --> 00:15:44,120 twenty one. So what they're trying to assert is that 262 00:15:44,159 --> 00:15:47,360 this was all made up and that this lawyer, mister 263 00:15:48,159 --> 00:15:52,360 Goldstein here played a part in facilitating this whole entire ordeal. 264 00:15:52,759 --> 00:15:59,720 That is exactly what Quinn, the law firm Quinn, is 265 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,840 zeroing in on at this point. And what's that message 266 00:16:04,879 --> 00:16:08,840 is Goldstein repeatedly told Ganieva he was talking to Wigdor. 267 00:16:09,279 --> 00:16:13,000 He did not expressly say that those conversations involved Ganieva, 268 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,559 although he did ask Ganieva if she was okay with 269 00:16:16,679 --> 00:16:20,279 him talking to me on background. Ghanieva told Goldstein in 270 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,200 a follow up message, I will let Wigdor know that 271 00:16:23,399 --> 00:16:25,960 if you want to speak with them, you can. The 272 00:16:26,039 --> 00:16:29,720 Times did not publish a story about Ganeieva's allegations before 273 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,480 she tweeted about Black, and you know why, right The 274 00:16:32,519 --> 00:16:36,159 New York Times is filled with cowards. Oh, they act 275 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,000 like they aren't, but let's be real. The Gray Lady 276 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,399 is not what it once was. And I'll never forget 277 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:45,519 the way they dog walked us into the war in Iraq. 278 00:16:45,799 --> 00:16:50,399 I will never forget the dishonesty, the lying, and how 279 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,000 untruthful they were to the American people into the world. 280 00:16:54,159 --> 00:16:56,480 So it doesn't shock me that they didn't run this. 281 00:16:56,799 --> 00:16:59,399 Too scared to go after Leon Black, too scared to 282 00:16:59,399 --> 00:17:04,839 stand up to Black. The implication, Quinn said, is that 283 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,240 Wigdor was already advising Ganieva about going public with their 284 00:17:08,279 --> 00:17:12,640 accusations against Black, perhaps in a splashy news article, before 285 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:16,119 she tweeted about her alleged abuse. Quinn argued that the 286 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:20,920 Goldstein evidence proved Wigdor was communicating with reporters on Ganniheva's behalf, 287 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:25,160 bolstering Black's assertion that Wigdor and Ganieva were plotting to 288 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:29,400 gauge the media's appetite for Miss Gannieva's false claims before 289 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,160 they were made public in March of twenty twenty one. 290 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,640 So basically, in Layman's terms, terms that we can understand 291 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,400 here on the East side of Las Vegas is they 292 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,640 were just fishing. They were trying to see the interest 293 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:47,480 of the newspapers in a story such as this, And 294 00:17:47,799 --> 00:17:50,160 most times you would think that a newspaper would jump 295 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:53,240 on a story like this, but you know how it goes. 296 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,920 The New York Times is not a reputable source at 297 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,799 this point, sorry, folks, just the way it is. In 298 00:18:00,839 --> 00:18:03,920 a parallel filing in the federal case, Quinn's co counsel, 299 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:08,240 Susan Estrich argued that the Goldstein text undermined Wigdor's claim 300 00:18:08,279 --> 00:18:12,240 for sanctions. Wigdor has engaged in precisely the activity that 301 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,400 is the subject of the complaint in this action, not 302 00:18:15,559 --> 00:18:19,079 just the pursuit of sham litigation activity, but promotion of 303 00:18:19,079 --> 00:18:22,640 Miss Ganieva's false narratives to the press, The filing said. 304 00:18:23,319 --> 00:18:27,680 Goldstein declined to comment on his conversations with Ganieva and Wigdor. 305 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:31,079 That's probably a good idea, I mean, you know, usually 306 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,160 you get these journalists who get scared and they start 307 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,200 burning their sources and turning everything over. But at least 308 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:42,599 Goldstein clammed up here. Wigdor partner Christensen said, the WhatsApp 309 00:18:42,599 --> 00:18:47,440 messages show nothing. Ganieva was consulting with many advisors, including 310 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:51,160 Wigdor and another law firm, about her allegations. There was 311 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:55,079 nothing unusual about Wigdor speaking to Goldstein, a prominent reporter. 312 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:58,079 For all you know, Goldstein was asking Doug why we 313 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:02,039 did not represent Gazelle. Christiansen's said Matt had been calling, texting, 314 00:19:02,079 --> 00:19:05,079 and emailing with her for months. She added, all this 315 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,039 does is show she wrestled with the decision. She knew 316 00:19:08,039 --> 00:19:10,039 how tough it would be to go against Leon Black 317 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,240 and his lawyers and his lawyers, but hers are just 318 00:19:14,279 --> 00:19:17,640 as tough. Look, there's no doubt she got the right lawyers. 319 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,799 If she's gonna battle against Leon Black, she's in the 320 00:19:19,839 --> 00:19:23,240 right place. And make no mistake, folks, this is going 321 00:19:23,319 --> 00:19:26,440 to be a long, arduous struggle for her. This is 322 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,039 not going to be easy. She's not gonna get a 323 00:19:28,039 --> 00:19:32,400 settlement dropped in her lap, nothing like that. So we're 324 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,599 going to continue to follow this one because it's a 325 00:19:34,599 --> 00:19:39,440 big deal. It has a large shadow cast over Epstein's 326 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,640 criminal enterprise, and as you all know, I believe Leon 327 00:19:42,759 --> 00:19:47,160 Black was a key member in facilitating these financial moves. 328 00:19:47,559 --> 00:19:50,680 So he's always been somebody that I have had my 329 00:19:50,799 --> 00:19:54,480 eye on, and seeing him in court here and watching 330 00:19:54,559 --> 00:19:58,880 him sweat a little bit is certainly an enjoyable experience 331 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,960 for me. But with that said, I really hope that 332 00:20:02,799 --> 00:20:04,559 we get to see this all play out. I want 333 00:20:04,599 --> 00:20:06,440 to see it go to discovery and all of that, 334 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,839 because missus Ganieva's claims are very, very serious and they 335 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:14,200 deserve a real look, not some BS nonsense, but a 336 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,240 real look, and also a look from the authorities as 337 00:20:17,279 --> 00:20:20,440 far as criminal charges. I know that Leon Black was 338 00:20:20,519 --> 00:20:24,359 allegedly under investigation or they were looking into these charges 339 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,880 as far as a criminal matter, and I really hope 340 00:20:27,039 --> 00:20:30,400 that the clown show down at the SDNY pursues this shit. 341 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,839 But like usual, we will have to see all right, folks, 342 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:37,880 that's gonna do it for this update. 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We have ourselves a relatively 352 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,079 short article that we're about to dive into today that 353 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:19,119 deals with Leon Black and Missus Gonieva facing off in 354 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,920 court for the first time today. Now, this story is 355 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,559 still evolving, right. We've had a lot of finger pointing here. 356 00:21:26,799 --> 00:21:31,559 We've had Leon Black asserting that it was Josh Harris 357 00:21:31,599 --> 00:21:35,400 who set this all up. We have racketeering charges, all 358 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,559 sorts of crazy things going on in this battle between 359 00:21:38,599 --> 00:21:42,720 Missus Gonieva and Leon Black. But this is the first 360 00:21:42,759 --> 00:21:45,480 time that their legal teams are going to face each 361 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,640 other down in court, and it's going to be interesting 362 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,119 what comes of all of this. Now we know that 363 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,720 Leon Black has already admitted to a consensual affair with 364 00:21:54,839 --> 00:21:58,880 Missus Gonieva. He asserts, however, that she is attempting to 365 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:04,160 extort him and use that as a you know, anchor 366 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,839 over his head, considering he was married to get more 367 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,240 money out of him. If he didn't do that, she 368 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,279 was going to tell the world about their relationship. Well, 369 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,200 we all know that happened anyway, and we all know 370 00:22:16,319 --> 00:22:19,480 that Leon Black was engaged in what he says was 371 00:22:19,519 --> 00:22:23,039 a consensual relationship, and she agrees that for the most part, 372 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,319 or at least a portion of it, it was consensual. 373 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,880 And at the same time, mind you, leon Black had 374 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:31,400 a sick wife, So it shows you the kind of 375 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:34,680 sick bastard we're talking about here. Who is out here 376 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:38,759 creeping around on their sick wife with some model lady. 377 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:42,920 Is what is wrong with you? So anyway, all of 378 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,200 this stuff comes to a head, it all comes out, 379 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,240 the public gets an eyefull, and now we're seeing the 380 00:22:49,319 --> 00:22:52,839 fallout from all of this as Leon Black scrambles to 381 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:56,160 try and defend his name and what he says is 382 00:22:56,240 --> 00:23:00,599 basically a palace coup. So let's jump into the article 383 00:23:00,759 --> 00:23:05,400 from Bloomberg and let's see what they have to say. 384 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:12,759 The author is Bob Van Vores and Heather Perlberg headline 385 00:23:13,319 --> 00:23:17,079 apollos Leon Black faces off against former model in court 386 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:22,079 for the first time. Lawyers for Leon Black and a 387 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:25,680 former model he says is trying to destroy his reputation, 388 00:23:26,039 --> 00:23:28,119 will face off for the first time in a New 389 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:32,480 York court Thursday, admit a dispute over messages the billionaire 390 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,880 claims show a conspiracy against him. You notice, whenever something 391 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,599 goes south for these people, these rich people, these rich 392 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,240 people like Leon Black, all of a sudden, it's a 393 00:23:42,319 --> 00:23:47,720 huge conspiracy against me. Ah conspiracy. It's always the same story, 394 00:23:47,759 --> 00:23:50,079 isn't it. And I don't know about you, folks, but 395 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:54,440 I'm not buying it anymore now. I wasn't there. I 396 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,559 don't know what happened with him and miss Ganieva. I 397 00:23:57,559 --> 00:24:01,559 don't know, you know, if her allegations are true. But 398 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,119 what I will say is this, I certainly take them 399 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:08,559 very seriously. One, because anytime somebody has these sorts of 400 00:24:08,559 --> 00:24:11,680 allegations and they're willing to go all the way to 401 00:24:11,799 --> 00:24:14,240 court and put themselves out there, I think that they 402 00:24:14,279 --> 00:24:17,759 should be listened to. Number Two, somebody who's hanging out 403 00:24:17,799 --> 00:24:21,480 with Jeffrey Epstein and associating with Epstein, spending as much 404 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,319 time with Epstein as Leon Black did. Yeah, I don't 405 00:24:24,319 --> 00:24:28,519 put it past them, especially considering missus Ganieva's claims that 406 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,119 Leon Black brought her for Jeffrey Epstein at one point 407 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,720 to do as he wished with her. So it it 408 00:24:35,759 --> 00:24:39,440 doesn't come off as like a charge against somebody where 409 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:41,519 I'd be like, well, hold on, We've never even heard 410 00:24:41,559 --> 00:24:43,680 anything like that about this person. We're gonna need a 411 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:47,839 lot more information, Whereas we have seen a lot about 412 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,039 the character possessed by Leon Black, and I have to 413 00:24:51,039 --> 00:24:56,279 tell you, folks, it's lacking. Black, the co founder of 414 00:24:56,319 --> 00:25:01,000 Apollo Global Management, sued Guzelle Ganieva and here Lloyd wigdor 415 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:06,000 Llp last year after she sued him for defamation, intentional 416 00:25:06,039 --> 00:25:11,480 infliction of emotional distress, gender motivated violence, and retaliation. Now 417 00:25:11,519 --> 00:25:15,319 remember the article that we read last night about the oligarchs, right, 418 00:25:15,559 --> 00:25:19,200 and how it mentioned Leon Black another reason why is 419 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,640 a scumbag? Do you really think that this guy built 420 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,559 this empire on the up and up, that he wasn't 421 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:28,839 cutting corners making financial moves that are not correct or 422 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,440 not legal? You really think he did everything was on 423 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:34,839 the up and up. That's how we built Apollo Global. Yeah. Right, 424 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,359 He's in the pocket of all of these oligarchs. All 425 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,920 of these dudes are up to the same shit, whether 426 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:43,880 they be an oligarch in Russia or an oligarch in America. 427 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,720 They're all the same kind of person. They look at 428 00:25:46,759 --> 00:25:49,519 you as less then they look at people as missus 429 00:25:49,519 --> 00:25:53,519 Ganieva as just a plaything, and when I'm done with you, 430 00:25:53,599 --> 00:25:57,720 I'll discard you as I wish. One thing they're learning, though, 431 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,880 is that they're old tricks. Their old movie poofs aren't 432 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,000 going to hold weight anymore as far as the public's concerned. 433 00:26:04,519 --> 00:26:06,119 You're not just gonna get up there and say, oh, 434 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,839 I'm being extorted. This lady was trying to rob me. No, 435 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,440 that's not gonna work anymore, especially when you have the 436 00:26:12,559 --> 00:26:18,640 character of somebody like Leon Black. His lawyer, Susan Estrich, 437 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,200 filed a letter with a federal court judge overseeing Black's 438 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:26,799 case Wednesday, claiming her team had received WhatsApp messages between 439 00:26:26,839 --> 00:26:30,519 Ganieva and a New York Times reporter showing she was 440 00:26:30,559 --> 00:26:35,240 working with her lawyer, Douglas Wigdor, months before Ganieva officially 441 00:26:35,319 --> 00:26:39,599 retained him. Guess what, maybe she unofficially retained him. Maybe 442 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:43,119 it was a handshake agreement. This is what happens. What 443 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,799 we're seeing Leon Black's lawyers do are is the same 444 00:26:45,839 --> 00:26:49,079 exact thing that we saw Prince Andrew's lawyers do. They're 445 00:26:49,079 --> 00:26:51,759 gonna attempt to try and destroy her credibility. They're gonna 446 00:26:51,759 --> 00:26:53,720 attempt to try and make Miss Ganieva out to be 447 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:59,240 a raving lunatic, when in reality, it's their client who 448 00:26:59,319 --> 00:27:02,200 is the sick bath. It's their client who is the lunatic. 449 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:09,759 Geene Christiansen, a Whigdoor partner, rejected that argument. Absolutely nothing 450 00:27:09,799 --> 00:27:13,559 in text messages between Miskanieva and a reporter from The 451 00:27:13,599 --> 00:27:17,960 New York Times does anything to support Black's fake conspiracy 452 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,599 underlying his baseless civil rico claims. It's so crazy to 453 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,440 me that Leon Black is out here slapping other people 454 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:29,160 with a civil racketeering charges when he should be caught 455 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,799 up in a real rico case himself, according to his 456 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:38,160 business dealings with Epstein. It's so annoying, it's so frustrating 457 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,839 to see it over and over and over again. And 458 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:42,920 you know that Leon Black's gonna find a way to 459 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,359 wiggle his ass off of this too. It'll be some 460 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:49,319 kind of payout and he'll tell his story walkin. That's 461 00:27:49,319 --> 00:27:51,440 how it always ends up for these people. When you're 462 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,680 a man of always and you have your foot on 463 00:27:54,759 --> 00:27:59,079 the throat of the children of never for always. This 464 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,519 is the end result. You don't pay any prices, there's 465 00:28:01,559 --> 00:28:05,920 no repercussions, and you're able to just call people crazy 466 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,279 and lunatics and say they're after you for your money 467 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,680 and you just get to go on with your life 468 00:28:10,759 --> 00:28:14,640 while the other person has their lives absolutely destroyed. That's 469 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:16,799 the way it's always been when it comes to people 470 00:28:16,839 --> 00:28:20,319 like this. I really hope that this time around it's different, 471 00:28:20,519 --> 00:28:24,640 because it's the irony is not lost on me that 472 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,599 this guy's out here talking about this one should be 473 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:28,279 hit with a Sicco case, or that one should be 474 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:30,640 hit with a Sicco case, when it's really his bitch 475 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:32,920 ass that should be hit with a Rico and the 476 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:37,799 Cicco case. The techs speak for themselves, and the fact 477 00:28:37,799 --> 00:28:40,839 that Black believes that they are evidence of anything shows 478 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:45,359 how unhinged. Black's belief is. That numerous individuals, including many 479 00:28:45,359 --> 00:28:48,920 who do not even know one another, were allegedly plotting 480 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,200 to ruin him. It's always nice to come up with 481 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,759 this huge, large conspiracy that's trying to ruin you. Isn't 482 00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:57,240 it very hard for people to lock that in? Very 483 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,640 hard for people to track that down. You start adding 484 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,759 name this one and that one becomes a shit show. 485 00:29:02,839 --> 00:29:05,759 But the reality is this, there's no conspiracy in my 486 00:29:05,799 --> 00:29:08,640 opinion here to take down Leon Black. Leon Black was 487 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:12,519 an absolute scumbag. Leon Black shouldn't have been out catting 488 00:29:12,559 --> 00:29:15,880 around on his wife. And now when it's time to 489 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,400 pay up, pay up, pay up, it's a big problem. 490 00:29:18,559 --> 00:29:21,039 Oh I didn't do that. She's a liar. Oh oh 491 00:29:21,119 --> 00:29:24,039 she's extorting me. No, we don't believe you, Leon Black. 492 00:29:24,079 --> 00:29:26,519 I'm sorry, my friend. I don't think anybody believes you. 493 00:29:26,559 --> 00:29:30,400 In fact, Black and Ganieva are locked in an escalating 494 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:34,079 series of back and forth legal claims. Black has stepped 495 00:29:34,119 --> 00:29:37,640 down as chairman and chief executive officer at Apollo and 496 00:29:38,079 --> 00:29:41,599 receded from roles including chairman of New York's Museum of 497 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:44,440 Modern Art. And look, that has a lot to do 498 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,960 with his Epstein ties as well. Let's not forget this 499 00:29:48,039 --> 00:29:51,039 dude was living in shame. Well anybody who knew about 500 00:29:51,039 --> 00:29:53,640 his ties to Epstein anyway, for quite some time, what 501 00:29:53,759 --> 00:29:57,759 happened here was the Gniheva situation has really forced the 502 00:29:57,759 --> 00:30:04,240 spotlight on to Leon Black. Back Ganeieva's initial allegations of 503 00:30:04,279 --> 00:30:07,319 sexual assault, first revealed in tweets in mid March of 504 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:11,359 last year, followed reports of blacks larger than expected payments 505 00:30:11,359 --> 00:30:15,480 for tax advice and financial services to disgrace sex offender 506 00:30:15,599 --> 00:30:19,920 Jeffrey Epstein, totally one hundred and fifty eight million dollars Again, 507 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,599 why are you paying anyone one hundred and fifty eight 508 00:30:22,599 --> 00:30:25,839 million dollars for advice? Are you kidding me? Right now? 509 00:30:26,079 --> 00:30:28,960 Stop it? You're not paying anyone a buck fifty eight 510 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,599 for advice? One hundred and fifty eight million? Really? Yeah? Sure. 511 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,960 Black has accused Ganieva of extortion and denied the allegations 512 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:42,279 that he sexually assaulted her. He instead characterized their relationship 513 00:30:42,519 --> 00:30:45,759 as a consensual affair, which started in two thousand and 514 00:30:45,839 --> 00:30:49,599 eight and ended around twenty fourteen. Well, look, just because 515 00:30:49,599 --> 00:30:52,279 you're in a consensual affair with somebody doesn't mean you 516 00:30:52,319 --> 00:30:55,640 can't hurt them, or abuse them or rape them. I 517 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:57,559 don't care. If you're married to somebody for one hundred 518 00:30:57,559 --> 00:31:00,319 and fifty thousand years so they don't want to be 519 00:31:00,319 --> 00:31:04,000 physical or have contact with you, then that's it. But 520 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,160 guys like Leon Black, you ever try and tell somebody 521 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,920 like this no. I know I have in my capacity 522 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,480 as managing a sportsbook, I've had to break some bad 523 00:31:13,559 --> 00:31:16,920 news to rich people before, and they are not happy 524 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,759 about it. Right, So can you imagine in a private 525 00:31:19,839 --> 00:31:23,039 setting when a girl or a woman who they think 526 00:31:23,079 --> 00:31:26,359 that they have ownership over tells them no or denies 527 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:32,319 their commons. As part of his lawsuit, Black has also 528 00:31:32,359 --> 00:31:36,240 accused Apollo co founder Josh Harris of organizing a coup 529 00:31:36,319 --> 00:31:39,920 to overthrow them. Black said that Harris worked with Ganieva 530 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:43,519 to assassinate his character and extort even more from him. 531 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,440 Black wrote in a filing earlier this year, I mean, 532 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,519 it's crazy to me to think that he believes Josh Harris, 533 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,640 who has quite the workload, has the time to sit 534 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,400 around in a bunker and come up with this strategy 535 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:59,039 to try and you know, kneecap Leon Black breaking news, 536 00:31:59,079 --> 00:32:01,200 my friend. You don't need anyone to do that. You 537 00:32:01,319 --> 00:32:03,359 fell and broke your ankle on your own. You know 538 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,519 the meme when the kid's riding the bike and he 539 00:32:05,559 --> 00:32:08,279 shoves the stick and the spokes and goes flying over. 540 00:32:08,599 --> 00:32:11,640 That's Leon Black. He has nobody to blame but himself. 541 00:32:11,799 --> 00:32:15,400 Dude had the whole world at his fingertips again, just 542 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:19,599 like Prince Andrew. Instead he chose to covort and hang 543 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,039 out with people like Epstein. He chose to hang out 544 00:32:22,079 --> 00:32:25,519 with Russian oligarchs and lord knows what else this son 545 00:32:25,519 --> 00:32:35,039 of a bitch is up to. Harris has denied the allegation, 546 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:38,279 and his attorneys have said that Black's legal actions against 547 00:32:38,359 --> 00:32:42,519 his former colleague reflect a badly misguided effort to blame 548 00:32:42,599 --> 00:32:45,559 Josh Harris for problems that are of Black's own making. 549 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,960 And again, it always got to be a scapegoat, right, Oh, 550 00:32:48,039 --> 00:32:51,359 it can't be me. I'm Leon Black. I'd never do 551 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,680 anything like this. You could never hold me accountable. But 552 00:32:54,759 --> 00:32:57,960 the reality of the matter is Leon Black has no 553 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,759 one to blame but himself. He's the one that had 554 00:33:00,759 --> 00:33:04,440 this relationship with Miss Ganieva, consensual or not. He's the 555 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,119 one that decided to give Jeffrey Epstein one hundred and 556 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,519 fifty eight million dollars for god knows what. So I 557 00:33:10,519 --> 00:33:12,759 don't want to hear this bullshit that everybody's out to 558 00:33:12,839 --> 00:33:16,920 get you. You know, it's a big, gigantic conspiracy involving 559 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:21,839 the whole world. Stop, just stop, because the fact is this, 560 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,240 You're in the position you're in because you're a stupid asshole. 561 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,680 For as smart as you think you are, for all 562 00:33:28,799 --> 00:33:31,079 that energy when you walk in the room like you're 563 00:33:31,119 --> 00:33:35,160 the biggest swinging you know what in the in the room, 564 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,000 the reality is you're just a small man, another man 565 00:33:38,079 --> 00:33:42,559 that gets off on abusing others or you know, making 566 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,720 financial moves that make life hard on others. Just a 567 00:33:45,759 --> 00:33:51,319 typical predator. The lawyers will meet Thursday morning with US 568 00:33:51,359 --> 00:33:55,640 District Judge paul A. Engelmeyer in Manhattan to begin planning 569 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:59,000 the course of litigation. So that's what we have so 570 00:33:59,119 --> 00:34:01,640 far with the Leon Black situation where we're at. They're 571 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,640 gonna meet in court, They're gonna try and hammer something out, 572 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:08,519 and it is my estimate, my guess, that they're gonna 573 00:34:08,519 --> 00:34:11,000 try and work towards a settlement here because just like 574 00:34:11,079 --> 00:34:13,800 Prince Andrew, leon Black certainly does not want to be 575 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,559 the post. Can you imagine the Epstein questions that are 576 00:34:16,559 --> 00:34:20,880 going to come from Wigdor It'll be a barrage. So 577 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,840 my guess is this clown is going to settle for 578 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:28,440 a high amount of money and we won't ever get 579 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:32,079 to a trial portion of this. But who knows maybe 580 00:34:32,119 --> 00:34:34,880 we do. Maybe Leon Black decides, Hey, you know what, 581 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:39,119 we're going all in, but for some reason I highly 582 00:34:39,159 --> 00:34:41,679 doubt it. All Right, folks, it's gonna do it for 583 00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,000 this episode. I'll be back later on with a little 584 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,159 bit more. If you'd like to contact me, you can 585 00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:49,920 do that at Bobby Kapuci at ProtonMail dot com. That's 586 00:34:50,039 --> 00:34:56,039 bo bbuy c ap u c ci at ProtonMail dot com. 587 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:59,519 You can also find me on Twitter at bo bbuy 588 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:03,760 under score c A p U c c I. The 589 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:07,000 link that we discussed can be found in the description box. 590 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,639 All Right, folks, until later on, enjoy your day.