Meet MPAA General Counsel Arrested for Alleged Blackmail, Sex Abuse Threats
According to the D.C. Metropolitan Police report associated with the arrest, the complainant said that Steven Fabrizio threatened to publicly expose parts of her private life if she did not let him have sex with her.
August 27, 2019 at 03:46 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Corporate Counsel
The Motion Picture Association of America Inc. fired Steven Fabrizio, its general counsel of nearly six years, on Monday after he was arrested in Washington, D.C., for alleged second-degree sexual abuse in the form of threats and blackmail.
"There was a Steven Bernard Fabrizio, 55, of Chevy Chase, MD, arrested on Friday, August 23, 2019, for a Second Degree Sex Abuse-threats and a Blackmail offense that occurred in the 4000 block of Benton Street, Northwest, DC, on Tuesday, August 20, 2019," a representative for the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department told Corporate Counsel in an email.
According to the police report associated with the arrest, "the complainant reported the suspect threatening to publicly expose parts of her private life if the complainant did not let the suspect have sex with her." The alleged incident occurred at the complainant's home, the report said.
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