Legal
Apollo's Leon Black Faces Off Former Model in Court for First Time
- Lawyers signal chance of deal ‘slim to none’ in poll by judge
- Parties in federal court for the first time since case began
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Lawyers for billionaire Leon Black and a former model he says is trying to destroy his reputation see little chance of settling her claims that he defamed and sexually assaulted her.
U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer asked the seven lawyers present in a New York courtroom Thursday about the prospects for settlement.