Overview

• John Bonafede, a performer in a 2010 Marina Abramovic exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), is suing the museum for failing to prevent multiple sexual assaults by attendees.
• The performance, titled 'Imponderabilia', required Bonafede and another performer to stand fully nude in a narrow doorway, with visitors encouraged to pass between them.
• Bonafede alleges he was sexually assaulted seven times by five different visitors, most of whom were older men. One of the perpetrators was a corporate member of the museum, who was later expelled.
• Despite reporting the incidents to museum staff and security, Bonafede claims the museum failed to take adequate action to prevent further assaults.
• The lawsuit was filed under the New York Adult Survivors Act, a state law that temporarily suspended the usual time limit for accusers to sue. Bonafede is seeking a jury trial and compensatory damages.