Sam Lombardo (2024)

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Who is Sam Lombardo? ›

Founder & Chairman Emeritus of Benecon & ConnectCare3

Recognized as a healthcare and insurance visionary, Mr. Lombardo pioneered the concept of aggregating self-funded health purchasing and founded Benecon in 1991.

During the trial, Suzie reveals that Sam did not rape her and that Kelly fabricated the charges because she was in love with him and angry that he slept with her mother. The trial humiliates Kelly and her entire family, and Sam receives a generous settlement ($8.5 million), which he uses to retire peacefully.

Plot. In the upscale Miami suburb of Blue Bay, wealthy Kelly Van Ryan accuses her high school guidance counselor, Sam Lombardo, of raping her.

Matt Dillon: Sam Lombardo.

“Wild Things” has a total of five scenes after that title card, each one revealing more about Suzie's brilliant scheme. We end with Ken Bowden delivering a briefcase of cash and a large check to Suzie and cracking, “Boy I hope I never make you mad.”

Lombardo was acquitted since it was revealed during cross-examination that the charges against him had been fabricated. (It was later discovered that both females were accomplices).

Even though the characters of Suzie & Kelly are of high school age, Neve Campbell was 25 years old and Denise Richards was 27 years old at the time of filming.

“Wild Things” begins simply enough. In some small, coastal Florida community, popular high school teacher Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon) is accused by one of his students, one of those car washers, of rape.

Suzie used photos of Sam and Kelly together to convince him to help her and then sent him to meet Ray and convince him to assist in the plans, thus setting everything in motion. She got all the money and gets revenge on Sam for leaving her in jail, and vengeance on Ray for killing Davie.

Parents need to know that this movie is an erotic thriller with a convoluted plot and lots of sex. Teenagers wear skimpy clothes, perform treacherous acts and accuse a teacher of rape. It just isn't for kids.

Is Wild Things 2 a sequel? ›

Wild Things 2 is a sequel to the 1998 film, and was released directly to video and DVD. The plot centers around a wealthy young woman, Brittney (Susan Ward), a seemingly perfect high school student with a tragic past.

On 20 April 2004, an Unrated Edition of Wild Things was released on DVD and includes the following additions and extensions: Over the opening shots of the school is inter-cut images of girls moving (dully lit and hard to make out).

Sexual innuendo and discussions of sex acts, including a graphic description of a rape. Oral sex is implied. Two women and a man are shown in an extended and explicit three-way sex scene: bare buttocks and breasts are seen, and there's lots of passionate kissing. A woman's breasts are seen through her wet bathing suit.

Suzie is the illegitimate daughter of William Tec*mseh Van Ryan and a young woman the former got pregnant, the half-sister of Sandra Van Ryan, the sister-in-law of Mr. Van Ryan, the aunt of Kelly Lanier Van Ryan, the adoptive daughter of Walter, and adoptive granddaughter of Ruby.

The main cast members of Wild Things include Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, and Bill Murray. 4. Is Wild Things based on a true story? No, Wild Things is a fictional movie and not based on a true story.

Wild Things (1998) - Kevin Bacon as Ray Duquette - IMDb.