Jane Doe Drops Leon Black Case Without Retracting Allegations

Epstein Chronicles: The Archives · Oct 21, 2026 · 13m

A federal judge dismissed with prejudice the civil lawsuit brought against Leon Black by an anonymous woman who had accused him of raping her after she was allegedly “handed off” to him by Jeffrey Epstein. The woman, identified as Jane Doe, said she had been a teenager when the alleged assault occurred in 2002. She asked the court to end the case because she was “medically incapable of continuing,” saying that prolonged litigation had placed her at risk of an acute psychiatric crisis and that her treating physician had repeatedly advised her to disengage. Doe stressed that her request was not…