Overview

• Lawsuit alleges that Fabrizio Lombardo raped former teen model Sara Ziff in 2001 when she was 19.
• Weinstein, Disney subsidiaries Miramax and Buena Vista also named in suit for negligence and abuse.
• First public accusation against Lombardo, a former head of Miramax Italy and close Weinstein associate.
• Ziff reported assault to NYPD in 2017 but Lombardo never charged; she is suing under New York's Adult Survivors Act.
• Ziff founded the Model Alliance, a nonprofit advocating for models; suit aims to hold enablers of abuse accountable, not just abusers themselves.