Mike Jeffries got the FAFO. He got served a federal sandwich. |
Winners and losers of 2024.
Former Abercrombie + Finch CEO is arrested on sexual assault and trafficking charges. Mike Jeffries, his longtime partner Matt Smith and business associate Jim Jacobson are arrested by the U.S. Homeland Security agents in partnership with the U.S. Marshals and FBI.
The Department of Justice will unseal the indictments against the controversial business mogul.
Me and La Reyna have discussed the toxic culture and racist practices of Jeffries and the top executives of A+F.
U.S. Attorney Breon Peace has enough evidence to put Jeffrues away for a long time.
We are waiting on Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Rupert Murdoch, Clive Davis, Bill O'Reilly, Sean "Softball" Hannity, Jeff Zucker and Matt Lauer to see the feds come knocking on their doors. They are sexual predators and their time is coming.
The investigation involved whether the men sexually exploited and abused young men at parties they hosted in the United States and around the world, the sources said.
Federal prosecutors acknowledged the investigation in January after alleged victims filed a civil lawsuit a year ago.
Jeffries, who transformed Abercrombie from a traditional Ohio outfitter into a powerhouse teen fashion brand, has been accused in civil lawsuits of exploiting young men for sex at parties he hosted at his Hamptons estate in New York, London, Venice and elsewhere with his partner, Smith.
The alleged victims have said they were recruited by a middleman, Jacobson.
Men were subjected to sexual abuse by Mike Jeffries. |
One of the plaintiffs, David Bradberry, a former crewman on the reality series "Below Deck," said Jeffries made Abercrombie successful by the "oversexualization of young men."
His lawsuit accused Jeffries, Smith, Jacobson and Abercrombie itself of luring attractive young men under the guise of making them an Abercrombie model and then forcing them to take drugs and perform sex acts.
"The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York has launched a criminal investigation of the alleged events and occurrences discussed in Plaintiff's Complaint," prosecutors said in a court filing.
"We will respond in detail to the allegations after the Indictment is unsealed, and when appropriate, but plan to do so in the courthouse – not the media," Brian Bieber, an attorney for Michael Jeffries, told ABC News Tuesday.
The attorney for the plaintiff, Brad Edwards of Edwards Henderson, told ABC News in a statement: "As we laid out in our lawsuit, this was an Abercrombie run, sex trafficking organization that permeated throughout the company and allowed the three individuals arrested today to victimize dozens and dozens of young, aspiring male models."
The indictment will be unsealed today.
Vindication. Hani Khan won a legal battle with Abercrombie +Finch. |
Charges like this will carry 30 years to LIFE if convicted.
The suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
We talked about how Jeffries regularly hired white men and women who were considered trendy to his company. He refused to hire Black men, Black women, women who wore hijabs, chubby or obese people and non English people.
He would make built men wear his clothing, dabbed with cologne, mandated to wear open toe sandals and no facial hair. He would regularly stroke their bodies and encourage them to do activities for his pleasure.
Jeffries was forced out after Abercrombie lost in the U.S. Supreme Court when Hani Khan sued them for being terminated because she wore her hijab while at work.
Jeffries made statements in the press that were controversial. For example, he once said, "We hire good-looking people in our stores. Because good-looking people attract other good-looking people, and we want to market to cool, good-looking people. We don't market to anyone other than that." Jeffries noted that "those companies that are in trouble are trying to target everybody: young, old, fat, skinny. But then you become totally vanilla. You don't alienate anybody, but you don't excite anybody, either."
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