Abercrombie & Fitch’s disgraced ex-CEO Mike Jeffries has been arrested on sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn announced Tuesday.
The arrest comes after a cascade of public allegations against Jeffries accusing him of sexually abusing and trafficking young men during lavish events he and his partner, Matthew Smith, hosted in America and abroad.
In October, one of his accusers, actor David Bradberry, filed a lawsuit against Jeffries, Smith and Abercrombie & Fitch, accusing the former CEO of raping him and the company of providing Jeffries with the “position of power and unfettered access to corporate funds necessary for Jeffries to sexually terrorize aspiring male models.”
Bradbury was one of eight people who spoke out in a BBC documentary and podcast series, accusing Jeffries, who ran Abercrombie as CEO from 1992 until 2014, of luring them to events and parties around the world, where many of them were coerced into performing sexual acts.
Smith and another man, James Jacobson, were also arrested by federal authorities, prosecutors announced.
The details of the charges against them have not yet been released. Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Breon Peace is planning a noon press conference Tuesday.
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