(VOR News) – Mike Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch for a significant amount of time, is set to be arraigned on Friday.
This position will need a substantial amount of time. He is suspected of taking part in a conspiracy that involved prostitution and the cross-border trafficking of sex products when he was in control of the clothes company.
In front of a federal judge in Central Islip, New York, which is in Suffolk County in that state, Mike Jeffries, 80, the former CEO of Abercrombie from 1992 to 2014, is scheduled to enter a plea to sixteen felony charges. The case in the state of New York will be heard by a judge.
Mike Jeffries is due to come before the judge and make his plea.
Another person who will be pleading on his behalf is James Jacobson, who works for him. Matthew Smith, a dual citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom, has been placed in detention. It will be later in the proceedings that he will make his plea. In addition to Jefferies, who faces the same charges, both of them are facing the same counts.
According to the prosecution’s claims, the alleged conspiracy was carried out from 2008 to 2015. In his capacity as a recruiter, Jacobson paid guys to have sex with him and then chose the men who would be paid to travel to the Hamptons, Manhattan, and several other places across the world to have sex with Mike Jeffries and Smith.
The accusations that have been made are consistent with this. The prosecution claims that the plan’s primary goal was to satisfy Jeffries’ and Smith’s sexual desires without having any negative effects on Jeffries’ reputation. This was the method’s main objective.
In actuality, the scheme’s ultimate goal was to satiate Mike Jeffries’ sexual needs, but the victims were led to believe that their efforts could result in employment in the modeling industry. The indictment states that the victims were compelled to utilize sex toys, consume wine, Viagra, and muscle relaxants, and participate in sexual acts, all against their will.
Moreover, the indictment states that they were compelled to sign contracts that forbade them from revealing any information. These agreements forbid them from disclosing any information.
In contrast to the fifteen male victims listed in the indictment, the prosecution claimed that there were roughly a dozen more male victims.
The indictment also named fifteen of Mike Jeffries’ male victims.
If someone is convicted of sex trafficking, they could be sentenced to 15 years to life in jail. Conversely, those convicted of interstate prostitution may be sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in jail. Both of these sentences are widely regarded as being extremely serious.
Similar claims were made in private lawsuits against people who have accused Jeffries of engaging in sexual misconduct, as well as in a 2023 BBC investigation. These charges bear similarities to those made in these two cases.
A lawsuit has been filed against Abercrombie even though the firm has denied knowing anything about the alleged inappropriate activities that Mike Jeffries engaged in. The corporation with its headquarters located in New Albany, Ohio, was not accused in the criminal case that was launched against individuals.
One of the strategies Jeffries used to make Abercrombie a well-known clothing brand that catered to teenagers was the use of gaudy, sexually suggestive advertising that featured models in semi-naked poses.
One of Mike Jeffries’ marketing tactics involved using models who were only half dressed. The target market that Mike Jeffries sought to reach was consumers who were considering buying clothing.
Declining sales and accusations that he was losing touch in terms of adapting to changing client tastes led him to decide to leave his position. In addition, he decided to leave his position.
SOURCE: USN
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