SDNY COURTHOUSE, Sept 3 – A woman
named Victoria Drake on September 3 filed a lawsuit
against Paolo Zampolli in the U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York, where Inner City Press
found it. It is SDNY Case Number 26-cv-7582, and Inner
CIty Press has published it on its DocumentCloud here.
Before alleging a rape, the Complaint
recounts that Zampolli "invited Plaintiff, her friend, and
two junior United Nations Ambassadors to his townhome
[address omitted by Inner City Press] a sprawling,
multi-floor residence that housed multiple tenants and
contained a 'Situation Room,' 'Ambassador Room,' at least
one elevator and featured a pool and adjacent
bedroom."
After the incident, the Complaint
described the Plaintiff trying to leave the townhome but
says she "ended up on a floor she did not recognize.
There, she saw Defendant ZAMPOLLI's son playing video
games, and realized she was back in Defendant Zampolli's
townhome."
The complaint cites the Gender Motivated
Violence Protection Act, Administrative Code of the City
of New York Section 8-904 and was filed at 9 pm on
September 3, 2026 by a law firm at 45 Broadway in lower
Manhattan.
Inner City Press, which also reports
on the UN, will follow this case and is open to comment
from either party, or others.
The case is Drake v. Zampolli,
1:26-cv-7582 (Unassigned)
