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The Coach, the Accuser, and the Epstein Network Allegation

A woman suing Leon Black alleged that, when she was a teenager, her cheerleading coach “Elizabeth” groomed her and sent her into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s orbit, where she claims she was later trafficked to Black and raped at Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse in 2002. Black denied the allegations and moved for sanctions against the woman’s lawyers, arguing that her claims were not properly vetted. As part of that fight, a former cheerleading mentor who believes she is the “Elizabeth” named in the lawsuit filed a declaration denying that she abused, groomed, threatened, housed, or…

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