{"id":225531,"date":"2021-04-12T21:09:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T18:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/robert-kraft-resigns-from-apollo-board-amid-epstein-controversy\/"},"modified":"2021-04-12T21:09:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T18:09:56","slug":"robert-kraft-resigns-from-apollo-board-amid-epstein-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/robert-kraft-resigns-from-apollo-board-amid-epstein-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"#Robert Kraft resigns from Apollo board amid Epstein controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Robert Kraft resigns from Apollo board amid Epstein controversy<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft has left the board of Apollo Global Management, the private-equity giant that lately has been grapp<\/a>ling with controversy over a co-founder\u2019s ties to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n

Kraft, who had joined Apollo\u2019s board in 2014, quietly stepped down as a director last week, according to a Friday securities filing. The filing didn\u2019t elaborate on the reason for Kraft\u2019s resignation, but a source close to the situation said Kraft\u2019s exit was his idea and that he wasn\u2019t pressured to leave. <\/p>\n

Sources said Kraft was a friend of billionaire Leon Black, who made a surprise announcement last month that he was stepping down immedia<\/a>tely as chairman and chief executive of the buyout firm. According to press reports, Black attended Kraft\u2019s surprise 75th<\/sup> birthday party in 2016 where rocker Jon Bon Jovi performed.<\/p>\n

According to a source close to the situation, Kraft on Jan. 26 told Apollo\u2019s board he was planning to step down from the company by June 1, his 80th birthday. That was a day after Black had announced he would step down as Apollo\u2019s CEO on or by July 31, his 70th birthday. <\/p>\n

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Leon Black<\/figcaption>
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It wasn\u2019t immediately clear why Kraft last week decided to step down earlier then planned. In January, the board asked Kraft to stay on while Apollo completed the company\u2019s \u201ctransition,\u201d the source said. <\/p>\n

Kraft declined to comment through a spokesman on Monday. An Apollo spokesperson wasn\u2019t immediately able to comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn April 6, 2021, Robert Kraft, a member of the Board of Directors of Apollo Global Management, informed the Company of his decision to resign as a member of the Board, effective immediately,\u201d Apollo revealed in the filing.<\/p>\n

As exclusively reported by The Post last week, Black\u2019s unexpected exit on March 22 came\u00a0just days after several directors on the private-equity giant\u2019s board learned of accusations of sexual harassment against him by a woman he claimed was trying to shake him down over a \u201cconsensual affair.\u201d<\/p>\n

Black \u2014 who Apollo earlier this year revealed had paid millions to dead pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein for tax advice and estate-planning services following the latter\u2019s 2008 convictions for procuring an underage girl for prostitution \u2014 cited his wife\u2019s ailing health and his own health problems for the sudden change in plans.<\/p>\n

Neither Black nor Apollo mentioned at the time that days leading up to the resignation at least four of Apollo\u2019s 12 board members had become aware of a series<\/a> of little-noticed but explosive tweets by G\u00fczel Ganieva, a former model who claimed to have been \u201cforced to sign an NDA in 2015\u201d relating to allegations that Black \u201csexually harassed and abused \u201d her, according to sources close to the situation.<\/p>\n

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G\u00fczel Ganieva, a former model, claimed in a series of tweets to have been \u201cforced to sign an NDA in 2015\u201d relating to allegations that Leon Black \u201csexually harassed and abused \u201d her.<\/figcaption>
Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It wasn\u2019t immediately clear whether Kraft was among the directors who had learned of the tweets, the sources said.<\/p>\n

In a statement to The Post, Black acknowledged that he knew Ganieva, but denied that he acted inappropriately toward her. He also denied that her allegations influenced his decision to step away from the company faster than planned. In January, Black had signaled he would stay on as chairman after stepping down as CEO on or by July 31.<\/p>\n

The 79-year-old Kraft, meanwhile, became entangled in a sex scandal of his own in 2019 when Florida police said he had been caught on tape visiting a seedy south Florida massage parlor. <\/p>\n

Charges against Kraft were dropped in September after the recording of him entering a massage parlor was ruled inadmissible as evidence in the Florida case.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing Mr. Kraft\u2019s resignation, the size of the Board shall decrease to twelve directors, two thirds of which continue to be independent directors,\u201d Apollo said in the public filing on Friday.<\/p>\n

When Kraft joined the Apollo board seven years ago, Black hailed him as \u201ca seasoned executive and an exceptional leader,\u201d saying that Apollo \u201cwill benefit greatly from his insights and expertise.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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