{"id":3347,"date":"2024-10-23T09:06:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T09:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/?p=3347"},"modified":"2024-10-24T01:00:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T01:00:42","slug":"us-fashion-mogul-hit-with-gay-sex-trafficking-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/2024\/10\/23\/us-fashion-mogul-hit-with-gay-sex-trafficking-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"US fashion mogul hit with gay sex trafficking charges"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former Abercrombie & Fitch chief Mike Jeffries and his partner are suspected of coercing men into erotic parties<\/strong><\/p>\n Mike Jefferies, the former CEO of American fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch, has been arrested in the US on federal sex trafficking charges. The fashion mogul is suspected of drugging and sexually exploiting vulnerable men.<\/p>\n Jeffries, his romantic partner Matthew Smith, and their employee James Jacobson were all detained on Tuesday in a case involving 15 unnamed accusers.<\/p>\n While Jeffries and Jacobson were released on $10 million and $500,000 bonds respectively, Smith, who holds dual US-British citizenship, remains in custody.<\/p>\n According to an indictment cited by the media, the defendants had for almost 20 years lured young men into coercive sex parties with the promise of a modeling career for the retailer.<\/p>\n The victims were allegedly paid to accompany Jeffries and Smith to locations in New York as well as in the UK, France, Italy, Morocco and St. Barts between 2008 and 2015, where they would supposedly be forced to participate in hours-long sex parties. Prosecutors say they believe that the alleged victims, some as young as 19 at the time, had not been told in advance that they would be expected to perform sexual practices.<\/p>\n \n Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n