Former Abercrombie CEO Charged With Sex Trafficking

CNBC reports:

Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries was arrested in Florida and faces sex trafficking-related charges, a spokesman for federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York told CNBC on Tuesday. Two of Jeffries’ associates, Matthew Smith of West Palm Beach, Florida, and James Jacobson of Wisconsin, have also been charged.

The criminal case comes a year after Abercrombie, Jeffries and Smith were sued for allegedly turning a blind eye to sexual misconduct by the former CEO. Jeffries was accused in that federal civil lawsuit of operating a sex trafficking ring that exploited young men who had hoped to become models for the company.

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Mike Jeffries, former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, has been arrested on charges related to sex trafficking, sources

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