The Rape of Cherie Pearson

Cherie Pearson was 39 at the time and alleges the rape happened on the third floor of Epstein's Manhattan mansion. The lawsuit claims that a few weeks later Leon Black begins calling her and they meet for lunch, but she becomes tearful in the restaurant. Weeks later he calls again and says he wants to meet and give us something. They meet on a Sunday evening in the luxurious bar of the St Regis Hotel with its chandeliers, goldleaf and frescoes. After a short conversation without warning, Black simply placed an envelope in her lap. It contained $5,000 in $100 bills. He told her that the money was to help with her credit card debt.