2026年6月26日 / 美国东部时间早上6:00 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
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格雷厄姆·凯茨是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻数字部负责报道刑事司法、隐私问题和信息安全的调查记者。可通过KatesG@cbsnews.com或grahamkates@protonmail.com联系格雷厄姆。
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一名曾受雇于杰弗里·爱泼斯坦且与其关系密切的投资者，将出席国会为调查这位已故性虐待者而设立的委员会听证会。
亿万富翁莱昂·布莱克曾向爱泼斯坦支付巨额款项，其发言人表示这笔费用用于税务咨询和遗产规划。本月早些时候，俄勒冈州民主党参议员罗恩·怀登致信众议院监督委员会，要求该委员会在周五对布莱克进行问询时，询问他在2012年至2017年间向爱泼斯坦支付的约1.7亿美元款项相关问题。该委员会正是定于周五对布莱克进行采访的机构。
“迄今为止，我认为布莱克并未就为何向爱泼斯坦支付远超其支付给其他参与其税务和遗产规划的专业顾问的金额，给出可信解释，”这位俄勒冈州参议员写道。
怀登还在今年3月致信布莱克，要求其回应爱泼斯坦文件披露内容中涉及的他与爱泼斯坦“重大个人及财务纠葛”相关问题。
周四，当被问及布莱克是否回复了他的信件时，怀登表示：“他一再阻挠。我们尚未得到有针对性的答复。”
布莱克是阿波罗全球管理公司的联合创始人，其律师在4月致怀登的信中表示，今年根据《爱泼斯坦文件透明度法案》公开的文件“没有任何可信证据表明布莱克先生知晓或参与了爱泼斯坦先生当时正在进行的犯罪活动”。
他的另一名律师去年12月告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，阿波罗公司的内部调查“得出结论，布莱克先生向爱泼斯坦支付费用仅用于遗产规划和税务咨询，不多不少”。
该委员会去年公开的邮件显示，爱泼斯坦在为布莱克提供财富管理建议的同时，也参与了他的个人事务。法庭记录显示，布莱克曾与一名前俄罗斯模特有过一段为期六年的婚外情，最终以激烈争吵和虐待指控收场。
2015年，布莱克准备签署一份保密协议以要求该模特保持沉默，爱泼斯坦为其提供了建议，包括在一封邮件中建议布莱克聘请前执法人员去联系该模特。
“选择信息传递方式，由我来定。——两位备受尊敬的前……空白处可填，移民、苏格兰场、旧金山警局。他们可以上门去找她，提出协议条款，”爱泼斯坦写道。他的写作经常省略基本的语法和标点。
这份保密协议在四年后破裂，引发了一系列诉讼和反诉。法庭文件显示，布莱克仅与两个人讨论过这份协议：爱泼斯坦和一名私家侦探。
由德奇律师事务所（Dechert LLP）开展的阿波罗公司内部调查得出结论，尽管布莱克曾向爱泼斯坦“倾诉”个人事务，但他向爱泼斯坦付费是为了获得财富管理服务。调查人员写道，“布莱克真心认为爱泼斯坦极其聪明、有能力，为他节省了大笔资金”。
布莱克是在众议院监督委员会作证的亿万富翁之一，该委员会还采访过微软创始人比尔·盖茨、商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克以及商人莱斯·韦克斯纳。
预计在下个月接受采访的其他人包括高盛集团前高管、奥巴马政府白宫律师凯西·鲁姆勒，哈佛大学法学教授艾伦·德肖维茨，以及摩根大通前高管杰斯·斯塔利。
Billionaire Leon Black expected to testify Friday before congressional Epstein panel
June 26, 2026 / 6:00 AM EDT / CBS News
By Graham Kates Reporter
Graham Kates is an investigative reporter covering criminal justice, privacy issues and information security for CBS News Digital. Contact Graham at KatesG@cbsnews.com or grahamkates@protonmail.com
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An investor who employed and was close to Jeffrey Epstein is scheduled to appear before members of Congress investigating the deceased sexual abuser.
Billionaire Leon Black paid Epstein extraordinary sums that his spokespeople have said was for tax advice and estate planning. Earlier this month, Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon wrote to the House Oversight Committee — which is set to interview Black on Friday — demanding they ask Black about some $170 million in payments to Epstein between 2012 and 2017.
“To date, I do not believe Black has provided a credible explanation as to why he paid Epstein amounts that vastly exceeded those paid to other professional advisors involved in his tax and estate planning,” the Oregon senator wrote.
Wyden also wrote to Black in March to demand answers to questions arising from revelations from the Epstein files about his “significant personal and financial entanglements with Epstein.”
On Thursday, asked whether Black had responded to his letter, Wyden said, “He stonewalled repeatedly. We just haven’t gotten the answers that are responsive.”
An attorney for Black, the co-founder of Apollo Global Management, wrote in an April letter to Wyden that documents released this year under the Epstein Files Transparency Act “do not contain any credible evidence that Mr. Black was aware of, or involved with, Mr. Epstein’s then-ongoing criminal activities.”
Another of his attorneys told CBS News in December that an internal investigation at Apollo “concluded that Mr. Black paid Epstein for estate planning and tax advice, no more, no less.”
Emails released by the committee last year document Epstein was involved in Black’s personal matters while providing wealth management advice. Black had a six-year affair with a former Russian model, which ended in acrimony and allegations of abuse, according to court records.
As Black prepared a nondisclosure agreement in 2015 to secure the model’s silence, Epstein offered him advice, including suggesting in an email that Black hire former law enforcement officers to approach her.
“Choose method of message delivery, my choice. – two highly respected former —- fill in the blank, immigration, scotland yard. sfo. . who may knock on her door and present the terms,” Epstein wrote. His writing frequently eschewed basic grammar and punctuation.
The nondisclosure agreement broke down four years later, leading to a series of lawsuits and countersuits. Court filings show Black discussed the agreement with just two people: Epstein and a private investigator.
The internal investigation at Apollo, which was conducted by the law firm Dechert LLP, concluded that while Black had “confided” in Epstein about personal matters, he paid Epstein for wealth management. The investigators wrote “that Black genuinely believed that Epstein was extremely smart, capable, and saved him substantial amounts of money.”
Black is among several billionaires to testify before the House Oversight Committee, which also interviewed Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and businessmen Les Wexner.
Others who are expected to be interviewed in the next month include former Goldman Sachs executive and Obama White House lawyer Kathy Ruemmler, and Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and former JPMorgan Chase executive Jes Staley.
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