Former Abercrombie and Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries has been arrested for sex trafficking and interstate prostitution.
Jeffries, 80, and his British partner Matthew Smith, 61, were arrested in West Palm Beach on Thursday, according to ABC News. A third man, Jim Jacobson, was arrested in the same case in Wisconsin.
The three men are accused of sexually exploiting and abusing young men at parties they hosted in the US and around the world.
Prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York said in January they had launched a criminal probe after several men publicly claimed they were abused by Jeffries and his partner.
Jeffries and his long-time boyfriend were last year accused in a bombshell BBC documentary of engaging in sex trafficking between 2009 and 2015. They have denied the allegations.
The partners are expected to appear in federal court later on Tuesday.
Accusers Barrett Pall and David Bradberry claimed they were recruited for 'modelling opportunities' through a middleman - Jacobson - but found themselves sexually exploited.
More than a dozen men have said they were approached and coerced into attending sex parties curated for Jeffries' entertainment. …
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