A Connecticut developer facing a sexual assault charge has been accused of the assault taking place at a party at his Fairfield home following a day on the water with several friends over Memorial Day weekend.
Daniel C. Suozzi, 43, was arrested last week by investigators with the Fairfield Police Department and charged with one count of first-degree sexual assault.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit, a woman who was known to Suozzi and his wife said they spent the day together with several others on May 26 before she found herself alone with Suozzi as she was leaving his bedroom. She said she had just changed back into her clothes after borrowing a swimsuit from Suozzi’s wife so she and others could go in the hot tub.
The woman, who reported the allegations to police on Sept. 15, told investigators Suozzi walked into the room and allegedly pushed her by her shoulders into a wall, the warrant affidavit said. She told police she was “shocked” and that she did not say anything.
The woman alleges that Suozzi assaulted her amid a crude remark, according to the warrant affidavit.
The woman claimed that she pushed him away and went back downstairs with several others at the party, the warrant affidavit said. She said she initially only told one other woman who was there.
The woman told police the incident followed a day on the water on a friend’s boat where she, Suozzi, his wife and four others visited two different restaurants in Norwalk for lunch, dinner and drinks. Afterward, Suozzi invited those on the boat and several others who met up with them at one of the restaurants back to his home.
The woman told authorities she initially did not report the allegations because she didn’t want to ruin friendships and that she was initially led to believe Suozzi would be seeking inpatient treatment, the warrant affidavit said. She claimed that Suozzi’s wife allegedly told her he acknowledged that he had a problem with “depression, sexual compulsion and drug addiction,” but she said she later learned that he allegedly had only sought treatment for substance issues, according to the warrant affidavit.
The woman told authorities she also found out Suozzi was allegedly telling people the two were involved in a sexual relationship, which she denied, the warrant affidavit said. She claimed that she made a report with law enforcement upon believing Suozzi wasn’t taking the incident seriously and after being encouraged by others to do so, according to the warrant affidavit.
“This is a single charge based on a 15-second hookup between two fully clothed and consenting friends,” Suozzi’s attorney, Mark Sherman, said in a statement in response to the release of the warrant. “We vigorously maintain that these accusations are baseless and baffling given the timeline of events and circumstances. And while he deeply regrets engaging in an extramarital encounter, Dan is adamant that he has done nothing wrong under the law because it was fully consensual.”
According to the warrant affidavit, Suozzi and his wife did not take questions from police. They each submitted statements through their respective attorneys to investigators.
In the warrant affidavit, police wrote that Sherman brought their attention to a photo the woman sent Suozzi the day after the incident, which showed him and another man they were with at one of the restaurants they visited. Sherman also told police the woman alleging Suozzi assaulted attended a cocktail party the next evening that his wife hosted, according to the warrant affidavit. Sherman questioned these actions from someone alleging Suozzi had sexually assaulted her.
In his statement, Suozzi told police the woman was “flirtatious” with him throughout the day to the point where he and his wife were uncomfortable, the warrant affidavit said. Once back at his home, he claimed he went upstairs to use cocaine with another man who was there when both individuals saw the woman changing out of her swimsuit, the warrant affidavit said.
Suozzi alleges that the woman then revealed herself to both men and was “clearly looking for attention,” the warrant affidavit said.
When police spoke to the other man, he gave a different account of what happened. He said he had accidentally walked in on the woman changing and was on his way back downstairs when he bumped into Suozzi, who allegedly encouraged him to go with him into the bedroom where the woman was changing, the warrant affidavit said. The man said he laughed it off and went downstairs.
Another person at the party claimed that he overheard Suozzi and the man speaking about seeing the victim unclothed, the warrant affidavit said. He said he was speaking with someone else and could not hear everything that was said.
In Suozzi’s statement to police, he said he returned to the bedroom and noticed the woman was still there. He alleged that she tried to get him to lay on the bed with her and that, as the two were leaving the room, she stopped and tried to get him to “physically engage,” according to the warrant affidavit.
Suozzi said the two kissed and touched each other in what he contends was “consensual,” the warrant affidavit said. He said the entire thing lasted no more than 20 seconds before they went back downstairs.
Suozzi told police in his statement that he initially denied the encounter ever took place when first confronted by his wife more than a week later, the warrant affidavit said. He said he later admitted to it.
In the statement, Suozzi said he believes the woman is making up allegations about him to save her “professional reputation” and to avoid becoming known as a “home wrecker” or “cheater,” the warrant affidavit said.
In the wife’s statement, she alleges that the woman had exposed her buttocks to her and Suozzi earlier in the day when they were leaving one of the restaurants, the warrant affidavit said. She also described the woman as “flirtatious” and said the victim sent her a text message the next day saying she had a great time, according to the warrant affidavit.
About two weeks after the incident, the wife said the woman asked if they could talk in private and later allegedly disclosed that she and Suozzi had kissed and had physical contact with one another, the warrant affidavit said. According to the wife’s statement, the woman did not initially described the incident as an assault and said she just wanted to “move on.”
Another woman who was at the home said the woman came downstairs at one point and looked like she had “seen a ghost,” the warrant affidavit said. The woman said the woman confided in her and told her what had happened, asking her not to tell anyone else.
Friends of Suozzi described him to police as “sexually charged” and said it was not unusual for him to speak extensively and graphically in front of others about sex, according to the warrant affidavit. One woman described him as “inappropriate and crude” and said he was acting “particularly offensive that night,” according to the warrant affidavit.
Others who were at the party alleged that Suozzi was making vulgar suggestions to the women in the hot tub, the warrant affidavit said.
According to the warrant affidavit, police examined text messages between the woman and Suozzi’s wife which showed the latter being apologetic and sympathetic over what happened. Within the messages, the victim told the wife she was not going to be pressing charges.
“Let’s talk in person,” Suozzi’s wife reportedly replied, according to the warrant affidavit. “I’m just upset you were hurt and whatever role I played.”
Suozzi, who is free on a $50,000 bond, faced a judge on Tuesday in Bridgeport Superior Court. He did not enter a plea to the charge, court records show. The case was continued to Jan. 14, 2026.