Posted by Red Beyer.
Mike Jeffries, former CEO of the Abercrombie & Fitch brand, has recently been accused of running a sex-trafficking operation involving abuse of the company’s male models. On Friday, October 27th, 2023, a lawsuit was filed claiming that “the CEO allegedly used promises of a job at Abercrombie to lure young men to locations around the world and coerced them to have sex with him and others” (Fox Business).
Actor and model David Bradberry, who initiated the lawsuit, claims that the former-CEO would purposely seek out college-aged men, coercing them into sexual activity and subjecting them to various forms of assault. In regards to his personal experience with the company, Bradberry was approached by Jeffries himself in 2010, where he was told he would not be allowed a meeting with the brand’s modeling scout unless the two were to engage in an act of ‘oral sex.’
Even after this event took place, Bradberry alledgedly continued to be forced into sexual situations in promise of a job. However, even after allegedly being drugged, raped and sexually abused by Jeffries and his team, Bradberry’s lawyer states that he was still never hired for the job.
Jeffries stepped down from his position in 2014, just four years after his encounter with David Bradberry due to a “a string of poor results” within the company. However, despite his current lack of authority, Bradberry is still determined to take legal action against Jeffries for the abuse he imposed upon his workers.
Red Beyer is a business and finance major attending the Stillman School of Business in Seton Hall University, Class of 2026.
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