Who is Adam Aron married to? AMC CEO catfish & blackmail extortion controversy explained

Adam Aron, an American businessman and the CEO of AMC Entertainment Holdings, recently opened up about being the victim of a blackmail attempt by a New York woman last year. On October 12, 2023, he took to Twitter and posted a lengthy message about what happened.

As per Semafor, Aron admitted in sealed court documents that he thought he sent s*xually explicit images and messages to a ballerina who had done "unmentionable things" to him in the past.

However, it later turned out that he was getting catfished by a 34-year-old Bronx con artist, named Sakoya Blackwood, as per the New York Post. She allegedly blackmailed him for $300,000, threatening to expose their conversation. According to Semafor, Blackwood was sentenced in July 2023 to time already served.

Aron is currently married to Abbe Kahn, and the couple have two sons together, David and Jeremy Aron.

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A detailed look at Adam Aron's extortion and blackmail case

On Thursday, Adam Aron, a businessman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, admitted to messaging Sakoya Blackwood in a lengthy post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), after a media outlet Semafor posted about the incident.

Semafor reported that as per the sealed federal indictment filed in the Southern District of New York, "Victim 1,” who was Adam, was described as a “public-company CEO” who sent Blackwood, posing as “Mia,” explicit photos that included him and another woman.

According to the New York Post, in 2022, Sakoya Blackwood messaged Adam Aron in March, claiming to be a 17-year-old Russian model. Throughout the conversation, the AMC CEO, who was married to Abbe Kahn at the time, allegedly sent Blackwood explicit photos and videos of himself, mistaking her for a ballerina who had done “unmentionable things” to him in a previous relationship.

In order to extort Adam, Sakoya made up different characters, including a fake ex-boyfriend and a made-up Vanity Fair reporter, who claimed to have seen the messages and was offering money to her for an exposé.

Pretending to be the ex-boyfriend, Blackwood texted Adam Aron, saying:

"Offers are coming in like crazy ppl love a scandal."

The alleged perpetrator also admitted to having the unlisted cell phone numbers of six AMC board directors whom she could contact and have Aron fired. She also threatened Adam Aron while posing as the ex-boyfriend, saying she would publicly release the explicit photos unless she received $300,000, as per CBS.

Adam gave a statement on Twitter on Thursday, detailing the incident. He began by saying:

"Rather than give in to blackmail, I personally engaged counsel and other professional advisors and reported the matter to law enforcement. I did so knowing I risked personal embarrassment. With my access to resources, if I did not stand up against blackmail, who could?”

He then explained that a vigorous federal criminal investigation ensued and Sakoya Blackwood was arrested and convicted of a felony. She was sentenced to “nearly a year in jail” in July on counts of extortion and cyberstalking, as per The New York Post.

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Details about Adam Aron's marriage and kids

Adam Aron and Abbe Kahn have been married since 1987 and have two sons together, named Jeremy and David. Not much is known about Aron's family as they stay away from the limelight.

In March 2021, Adam Aron gifted his sons 500,000 shares of AMC, when their total value was around $7 million. The stock price has since dropped after Aron's scandal made the news. However, in 2022, the combined shares of the sons were worth $30 million, as per Bloomberg.

Adam is a graduate of Harvard University and served as the CEO of Starwood Hotels, Norwegian Cruise Line, and Vail Resorts before joining the AMC team in 2016. Additionally, he has served as the CEO of the NBA team, Philadelphia 76ers in 2011 after he became co-owner of said team. He held his position till 2013.

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Adam's wife and sons have not given a statement on the matter.