Grace Jabbari, who accused the actor of assaulting her in a car, was herself arrested on a countercomplaint. Ross Kramer, Director of Sanctuary’s Incarcerated Gender Violence Survivors Initiative, is representing Jabbari in this case.

Sanctuary Executive Director Judy Harris Kluger is named one of New York’s leading nonprofit executives in City & State NY’s 2023 Nonprofit Power 100.

The abuse may be tied to factors such as “crowded conditions” at the hotel, along with migrants’ traumatic backgrounds, said Dorchen Leidholdt, Director of Sanctuary’s Legal Center.

Sanctuary provides free immigration legal consultation at Harlem’s Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center, which has seen an increase in African migrants seeking services.