In the ongoing Wigdor Leon Black rape trial, a compelling twist unfolds as a defendant, Guzel Ganieva, alongside Wigdor LLP, endeavors to dismiss the malicious prosecution lawsuit brought by the former Apollo Global Management CEO, Leon Black. Ganieva’s motion, filed on October 13, contends that Black’s claims lack the necessary grounds due to a failure to establish “special injury.”
The motion highlights that Black’s alleged injuries do not extend beyond the inherent challenges of being a civil defendant. Citing precedent rulings in New York state, Ganieva argues that malicious prosecution claims necessitate damages considerably more burdensome than the ordinary facets of defending a lawsuit.
Ganieva articulates, “Applying these standards, Black has failed to allege a special injury caused by Ganieva’s lawsuit. To begin, Black does not — and cannot — allege that he was subject to any provisional remedy in Ganieva’s suit. Nor does he plead that the lawsuit resulted in anything ‘substantially equivalent’ to a provisional remedy.”
