As Ex-Abercrombie CEO Probed For Sex Abuse, 8 More Male Models Say #MeToo: BBC Report
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A BBC Panorama investigation in October last year had first revealed claims that Mike Jeffries and his British partner Matthew Smith exploited young men between 2009 and 2015.
The former CEO of American fashion brand Abercrombie & Fitch is facing fresh allegations of abuse at sex events across the world, according to a BBC investigation.
A BBC Panorama investigation in October last year had first revealed claims that Mike Jeffries and his British partner Matthew Smith exploited young men between 2009 and 2015. A lawsuit was filed against Jeffries, Smith and Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) last year, alleging "international sex trafficking and abuse of prospective models". Eight more men have now come forward to the BBC.
A witness said he went to a sex event in Spain with Jeffries and his partner, believing it was a photoshoot, the report said. "It was like a movie set of an Abercrombie store," he told the BBC about the event in 2011. Then aged 20, he said he was offered a chance to feature in a company advert if he flew from his home in Los Angeles to Madrid to meet the CEO of A&F.
