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he's a. >> we're here today charging ofe defendants. >> it was ann abercrombie and fitch, michael jeffries, matthew smith and james jacobson, the fo america's most celebrated brands, abercrombie and fitch, arrested along with his 2008 until early 2015. theypent millions of dollars onasucture to support ts operation, and maintain its secrecy. >> jeffries, who stepped down from abercrombie in 2014, is accused by law enfce sexually et

more than a dozen young men around the trafficking and prosn at the heart of the case. the allegations of 15 john doe's. >> so it'surn of this case, we've seen r kelly go down on of the reckoning that i think we are starting to see in this world of arts entertainment moving forward. >> therrests are a relief to those who have alleged in civil lawsuits they re villain, continue to use his power to harm a lot of people using the so-called casting couch florida.

jeffries is now released on a $10 million bond, while smith remains detained. their attorneys issued identical statements, saying we will in the courthouse, not the media. jacobson was arrested in wisconsin. he appeed and their business associate, jacobson, used to lure young men to sex events around the globe, from new would use the allure of a modeling career, or being associated with abercrombie and fitch, to seduce and also allegedly rape many of these men. sent to models for photo shoots. jacobson allegedly acted

as a recruiter for jefie >> jacobson engaged in, quote, tryouts with acts with him. >> the federal indictment allegesen genitals without advance notice. >> there are two things that stood out to me to the indictment one, the network that was made and used to facilitate the sex drugs to induce erections so that people who could not or would not poppers, during the sex events. >> at the sex events, the indictment alleges staff controlled the entry and exit and directed men to wear costumes and u sex toys. prosecutors claim the victims were sometimes paid for attending the events and forced to sig a staggering

fall for the once highly successful ceo of abercrombie abercrombie and fitch from a mae enterprise throughout the world. >> jeffries helped turn the brand into abercrombie and fitch was everywhere. it was very, very preppy, very country clubby, very much the campaigns in commercials like these selling the lexicon. so what you saw in these advertisementsf

clothing. >> the abercrombie look, immortalized in songs llf to loa model at abercrombie was influential in our music, to the way that people dress and the way that lawrence, olivia wilde, and heidi klum. >> for an aspiring model to lanf the penultimate, especially if you're a as they are for documentary, white hot the rise and fall of abercrombie and fitch, former model spoke out

that we weren't good looking enough. >> in today's criminal indictment, abercrombie and fitch is reached out to the company, it declined to comment. in 2023, the bbc aired a documentary featuring several former mod and not for the bett. >> as a young person, you tell yourself this is just part of what the industry is. >> paul was a model when he says he crossed paths with jeffries, smith and jacobson in 2011. >> being able to get into a meeting with the ceo meant you had a very good chance of becoming one of the models and you know, this was the draw. this is why i was an easy person

to prey upon. >> he claims he was invited to attend an event at jeffries estate in the hamptons. paul thought it was a chance to audition to be an abercrombie model. >> you know, i was told that there could be some things that were not your normal interview. however to get another one like this. and i was given abercrombie and fitch underwear to put on. i walked into a scene that would make mostab, extremely nervous. scared. there is not with. and then there's other men in there happs him. >> i a

piece of meat. >> for years,hee stay worried st would ruin his career. now he'st least dozens who claim abercrombie's crucial support allowed jeffries to successfully rape, sexualss claims and filed motions to dismiss the civil lawsuit and the claims made by paul. >> i think that there is no doubt that the criminal case never would have been op our ci. >> brad edwards is one of the lawyers on that civil case. >> this males, and the perpetrator was a maleweave head

from more and more >> if found guilty, they can face 15 years to life for the sex trafficking charge and believe they are victims to come forward. >> we are waiting to hear from you and we're here paul hopes y can give others courage. >> we are absolutely getting closer and closer to a tipping point where i know more men are going to feel comfortable saying, me too. too. i don't daily hiv pills.

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