The $158-Million Question: What Was Leon Black Paying Jeffrey Epstein For?
- Posted on September 10, 2026
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The $158-Million Question: What Was Leon Black Paying Jeffrey Epstein For?
William Cohan’s new book on the Wall Street billionaire, Money to Burn, traces Black’s rise and fall—and sparked a dispute with the New York Times journalists who have reported on the $158 million that Black gave to Epstein. At a 92nd Street Y discussion conducted by the Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin, Cohan said he doesn’t expect to ever know the truth about the relationship between the two men.
