Sam Lombardo

Sam Lombardo is one of the villains of the 1998 movie, Wild Things.

He was played by Matt Dillon.

Sam Lombardo, a high school guidance counselor, gets accused of raping Kelly Van Ryan. He hires Ken Bowden, a lawyer, to defend him. During the trial Ken questions Suzie and tells her that she'll go to jail unless she tells it like it is because he's convinced she's lying. She tells the truth about Sam, Kelly, and herself how they were not raped and made up the whole thing to get payback on Sam for past wrongs he commited. Sam gets 8.5 of Sandra Van Ryan's, Kelly's mom, money. At Sam's motel room, Kelly and Suzie arrive and it's revealed that they have been working and sleeping together. They plan to split the money. A suspicious Ray confronts the girls, spys on Sam, and kills Kelly at her guest house. Then Ray is dismissed from the force and loses his pension. Then he meets with Sam and it turns out that they are both working together however Sam is angry that Duquette killed Kelly instead of just framing her. On the sailboat Sam and Ray get into a fight and Suzie shoots Ray with a spear gun and then kills him. Then Suzie poisons Sam's drink, knocks him overboard, and he drowns and dies.