A woman who accused Saturday Night Live alum Horatio Sanz of grooming and sexually assaulting her when she was a teenager has claimed that several crew members and castmates were aware of the abuse but did nothing to stop it. Among them was talk show host Jimmy Fallon.
Sanz’s accuser, who hails from Pennsylvania and is only identified by the pseudonym ‘Jane Doe’, filed a complaint against the comedian in August 2021. According to her statement, he groped her breasts and touched her genitals in front of his colleagues during an SNL afterparty in 2002. The alleged victim, who was just 17 at the time, has spoken out in an explosive interview with The Daily Beast.
The claims have been vehemently denied by Sanz’s attorney Andrew Brettler, who called them “ludicrous” and “categorically false.”
Instead, Brettler accused Doe of trying to extract a multimillion-dollar settlement from his client. The complaint details her alleged history with Sanz and SNL, when Jane Doe was a teen superfan of Fallon when he was on the cast of the comedy show.
Jane Doe said several NBC employees were aware of Sanz’s conduct, which allegedly included public displays of affection and consuming alcohol with Doe at afterparties that were attended by castmates and other staffers.
“Horatio certainly is the main character here, but he didn’t abuse me in a vacuum; he abused me all over Saturday Night Live,” the woman told The Daily Beast. She said she became part of SNL’s online community when she was 15 and created a fan page dedicated to Fallon, who was her favorite cast member. According to Doe, Sanz and Fallon — who were pals and colleagues at the time — emailed her to thank her for her efforts.