{"id":276802,"date":"2021-06-17T05:23:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T02:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/restaurant-chain-ceo-ignores-owner-leon-blacks-link-to-jeffrey-epstein\/"},"modified":"2021-06-17T05:23:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T02:23:04","slug":"restaurant-chain-ceo-ignores-owner-leon-blacks-link-to-jeffrey-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/restaurant-chain-ceo-ignores-owner-leon-blacks-link-to-jeffrey-epstein\/","title":{"rendered":"#Restaurant chain CEO ignores owner Leon Black’s link to Jeffrey Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Restaurant chain CEO ignores owner Leon Black’s link to Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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It may be that the average patron of Huddle House or Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, a pair of chains that specialize in hearty breakfasts at more than 600 locations across the United States has never heard of Leon Black.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Black happ<\/a>ens to be the owner of both family-dining chains through his investment firm, Elysium Management. He\u2019s also a New York billionaire who grabbed headlines this spring when he left the helm of Apollo Global Management amid controversy over his ties to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Huddle House and Perkins Restaurant & Bakery specialize in hearty breakfasts at more than 600 locations across the United States.<\/figcaption>
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It also may be the case that Michael Abt, the chief executive of the two chains, was assuming on May 26 when he wrote a letter to franchisees \u2014 titled \u201cThe Right Way Is the Only Way\u201d \u2014 that none of them had been reading the papers recently. Or, at least, that\u2019s the best some franchisees can guess.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because Abt\u2019s letter, a lengthy meditation on \u201cintegrity\u201d that tackles everything from horse-doping at the Kentucky Derby to the New England Patriots\u2019 \u201cDeflategate\u201d scandal, also cites the example of Epstein.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Michael Abt, CEO of Huddle House and Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, ignored Leon Black\u2019s link to Jeffrey Epstein.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cHollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and Wall Street financier Jeffrey Epstein used their enormous wealth and industry sway to lure young girls and women into lurid situations in exchange for cash or favors,\u201d Abt writes. \u201cOne is dead and the other is locked up for life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nowhere in his 1,490-word missive does Abt mention the fact that the owner of Huddle House and Perkins has recently been ensnared in a stink over his ties to Epstein \u2014 a mess during which he has not only stepped down from the top job at Apollo but also his seat as chairman of the Museum of Modern Art.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In March, Black had been busy explaining why he shelled out $158 million to Epstein for tax- and estate-planning services when an ex-Russian model, Guzel Ganieva, unleashed an explosive series<\/a> of tweets saying she was \u201csexually harassed and abused\u201d by Black for years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Black denied her claims, saying the pair had a \u201cconsensual affair.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Leon Black left Apollo Global Management amid controversy over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.\u00a0<\/figcaption>
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In response, Ganieva filed a defamation suit against Black this month in which she detailed graphic rape allegations dating back to 2014.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Guzel Ganieva accused Leon Black of sexual harassment.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cMs. Ganieva\u2019s allegations of harassment and other inappropriate behavior are categorically untrue,\u201d Black said at the time. \u201cThis frivolous lawsuit is riddled with lies, and is nothing more than a wholesale fiction.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whatever the outcome of that case, some franchisees at the Huddle House and Perkins wish their CEO would just get back to the bacon, eggs and pancakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps a company owned by Black\u2019s Elysium Management should refrain from espousing opinions concerning social<\/a> issues and focus on business,\u201d one Huddle House franchisee said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The companies declined to comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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