Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries accused of sexual assault Details have been revealed About his supposedly sick “fantasy land” world, claiming he attacked them in houses that looked like A&F storefronts.
A man identified only as Luke told BBC last month He was 20 when Jeffries, then 70, sexually assaulted her In 2011 in a presidential hotel suite – which was designed “to resemble the movie set of an Abercrombie store”.
Luke said there was mood lighting in the hotel room in Madrid, Spain, with pictures hanging on the wall of shirtless men showing off their abs — and a group of guys standing around wearing the iconic preppy A&F, as if They may be folding clothes on the table. Were working inside a shop.
He said that assistants had asked him to pretend to be one of the shirtless receptionists at a store and that he needed to impress “two very important guests”.
Luke alleged that Jeffries and her “romantic partner” Matthew Smith – both of whom were arrested on sex-trafficking charges along with the couple’s alleged recruiter on Tuesday – then came into the room and began touching and kissing her.
“I was trying to avoid the whole situation as much as I could, but Michael was very aggressive,” Luke told the outlet.
Jeffries then allegedly performed oral sex on her while Luke said no, “repeatedly”.
Jeffries, now 80, her British boyfriend Smith, 61, and “recruiter” James Jacobson, 71, are accused of preying on more than 12 young male aspiring models for their own sexual gratification in a trafficking and prostitution ring , which he ran for about 10 years. Year.
According to court documents, some of the accused had their penises painfully injected with a substance they were told was liquid Viagra and were “inserted a tube into the anus” during “sexual acts” involving the sick people. Was forced to give “high pressure enemas”.
Keith Milkie told the BBC last month that Jeffries sexually assaulted him more than a decade ago, when he was a struggling model in his 20s and a clothing executive in his 70s.
“I was crying inside with a fake smile on the bed,” Millie said.
Millie said she was once paid $24,000 to take a seven-night cruise with Jeffries on the Queen Mary II cruise ship – which included the drunken CEO inserting a “bleeding finger” inside her.
The young man said Jeffries also forced him to have sex with another man, despite Millie’s protests, to which the clothing giant mocked him.
Millie alleged, “Here I am in the middle of the ocean with a man four times my age in a position of power and influence beating me to death and literally calling me worthless… just… Because I said no to something.”
“Mike Jefferies’ personality is Abercrombie. She had hair plugs, plastic surgery, she wore dresses, she wore flip-flops. I mean, you talk about power,” Melky told the outlet of the former CEO — who is known for calling people “dude.”
“He projected his image across the country. “The place he lived was literally an Abercrombie store,” Milkie said.
“It was like a fantasy land,” Millie wrote on Instagram on Tuesday. “What an incredibly interesting morning with breaking news from Abercrombie & Fitch.
Referring to that revelation, he wrote, “When speaking to @rianna_croxford for the BBC last year, I was not sure what the outcome of our conversation would be.”
“I felt freeing and relieved to finally tell a part of my story and have someone listen. “A silence broke,” said Millie. “To live in a state of wanting to express, not knowing how and where, and not allowing it in any situation because of fear, is hell.
“All I can say is that this article was a small percentage of what needs to be said for the industry overall.”
Jeffries Has previously been accused of running a “well-oiled machine”“who lured men to abuse through “recruiters” – paying up to $1,000 for referrals. Alleged victims were invited to attend sex parties at Jefferies’ posh homes and luxury hotels around the world, including London, Paris and Marrakech. Was asked for.
The men – who believed that participating in the programs would boost their modeling careers – would be forced to sign non-disclosure agreements, promising not to reveal anything about the scandalous feasts, otherwise they would be fined. Will have to face legal action. And he reportedly never received copies of the NDA.
They would also be assigned a personal “groomer” to trim their body hair before being pressured to perform sexual acts. And the men were reportedly paid for their participation.
David Bradberry, who has a 2023 lawsuit pending in Manhattan federal court against Jeffries and Smith, claimed middleman Jacobson introduced him to Jeffries in 2010 when he was 23.
Bradberry said, “Jim made it clear to me that I would not meet A&F or Mike Jeffries unless I allowed him to perform oral sex on me.” told BBC last year,
“I was paralyzed. It was as if he was selling fame. And the price was compliance,” he said, noting that Jacobson assured him that “this is where everybody gets their start.”
Bradberry then attended a day-long party at Jeffries’ $29 million Hamptons home where he told Jeffries and Smith about his desire to be a model for A&F. Jeffries then allegedly took “poppers” – or drug inhalants – before having sex with Bradberry.
Bradberry said that he “didn’t feel safe saying ‘No’ or ‘I don’t feel comfortable with this'” because he felt as if he was left out in the middle.
Another alleged victim, Barrett Pal, told the BBC that he entered Jeffries and Smith’s world when he was 22 in 2011 and realized he could not reject their sexual advances because a recruiter had been harassing Pal financially. Was helping from.
“The further you go, the better,” Pal remembered the recruiter telling him.
Pal said Jeffries kissed and groped her, while a patron witnessed the encounter, which “cracked me up.”
On Tuesday, Jeffries’ attorney Brian Bieber said: “After the indictment is unsealed and when appropriate, we will respond in detail to the allegations, but plan to do so in court – not in the media.”
-Additional reporting by Reuven Fenton
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