Lawsuit accuses Abercrombie & Fitch of enabling ex-CEO to groom young men with modeling promises

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Source: Daily Mail
Lawsuit accuses Abercrombie & Fitch of enabling ex-CEO to groom young men with modeling promises
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Abercrombie & Fitch is facing a lawsuit accusing the company of enabling former CEO Mike Jeffries' alleged sexual abuse of male models. The lawsuit alleges that Jeffries and his partner, Matthew Smith, groomed young men with promises of modeling jobs and forced them into intimate acts at sex events around the world. The lawsuit, brought by alleged victim David Bradberry, claims that Abercrombie & Fitch had a willingness to enable a sexually abusive and exploitative environment for profit. The lawsuit seeks class-action status and alleges that dozens, and possibly over a hundred, young models could be victims.

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