CEO DATELINE—MPAA's Fabrizio fired over sexual assault, blackmail charges
CEO DATELINE—MPAA's Fabrizio fired over sexual assault, blackmail charges
- August 27, 2019 |
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CEO Update
August 27, 2019
By Martin Berman-Gorvine
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Motion Picture Association of America General Counsel Steven Fabrizio has been fired following his arrest for second-degree sexual assault and blackmail, industry publication Variety reported.
Fabrizio, who joined MPAA in 2013 after stints at Jenner & Block and the Recording Industry Association of America, is alleged to have threatened a woman he met on a "sugar daddy" dating site. According to a police affidavit, he allegedly paid her once for sex, then coerced her into having sex another time by threatening to expose her to her landlord and employer. He allegedly threatened to tell her parents if she did not continue to have sex with him regularly, whereupon she went to the police and he was arrested. He faces charges in Washington, D.C.
MPAA CEO Charles Rivkin informed his board Monday, Variety reported, saying that Fabrizio had been fired "for violating certain terms of employment." He said Daniel Robbins has been appointed interim general counsel until a permanent successor can be found.
Fabrizio's LinkedIn page said he oversees all legal, content protection and rights management programs within the MPAA, both domestically and around the world, as senior executive vice president and global general counsel.
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