Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries tried unsuccessfully to hide his ankle monitor when he appeared in court on vile sex charges.
Jeffries, 80, was caught Friday walking into a Long Island courthouse with his right sock pulled over the tracking device.
But the attempted disguise did little to hide it as Jeffries went in to deny sexually assaulting 15 young male models between 2008 and 2015.
Also in court was his alleged fixer James Jacobson, who has a prosthetic nose.
A shocking indictment alleges that Jeffries, Jacobson and Jeffries’ partner Matthew Smith, 61, sexually assaulted 15 men between December 2008 and March 2015.
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, 70, was seen leaving the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York on Friday as he appeared on vile sex charges
James Jacobson walks into court in Central Islip, Long Island, on Friday to answer sex trafficking charges. His prosthetic nose is visible
Jeffries tried unsuccessfully to hide his ankle monitor when he appeared in court Friday
Smith also denies the allegations but was not part of Friday’s hearing.
The alleged victims say they were forced to take erection pills and had their genitals shaved against their will.
These men, who have chosen to remain anonymous, had to disguise themselves and be subjected to ‘high-pressure enemas’, it is claimed.
Some of the trio’s alleged victims weren’t even gay, they said. They accused Jeffries, Jacobson and Smith of supplying them with erectile dysfunction drugs so that they could be forced into homosexual activity against their will.
Jeffries was CEO of Abercrombie, famous for its homoerotic advertising, from 1992 to 2014.
His reputation began to fall apart thanks to Netflix’s White Hot documentary, which exposed abuse. Abercrombie workers and models say they have suffered.
Prosecutors say the victims were paid to travel to New York City, England, France, Italy, Morocco and Saint Barthelemy, among other places, to have sex with Jeffries, Smith and others.
Jeffries, right, was released from jail on Tuesday on a $10 million bond by a magistrate at the federal courthouse in West Palm Beach, Florida (photo that day)
Jeffries saw his reputation fall apart thanks to Netflix’s White Hot documentary, which exposed abuse. Abercrombie workers and models say they have suffered
Jeffries allegedly used a company he called the Jeffries Family Office to recruit domestic workers to “facilitate and supervise the sex events.”
Prosecutors say staff controlled the entrance and exit of the sex parties and provided the men attending with muscle relaxants known as “poppers,” as well as lubricant, Viagra and condoms, among other items.
The staff also instructed alleged victims to “wear costumes, use sex toys or prepare for certain sexual acts,” according to court documents.
Smith and Jeffries are accused of injecting men into their penises with “an erection-inducing drug” that caused painful, hours-long reactions to induce them to engage in sexual acts.
The men were unaware of all that the events would entail, including some of the sexual practices expected of them, and were required to give up their clothing and cell phones and sign non-disclosure agreements during the meetings. afterward, the complaint said.
Jeffries worked as CEO for Abercrombie from 1992 to 2014
Jeffries’ reign at Abercrombie & Fitch was dominated by the controversial brand image and the equally controversial comments he made about his customer base
Jacobson is accused of traveling in the US and abroad to recruit and interview men for the sex parties. He would go by the nicknames ‘Jim Jake’, ‘Mrs. Cook’ and ‘Todd.’
According to the indictment, Jacobson would conduct “tryouts” with potential candidates by paying them to have sex with him. At Smith’s direction, Jacobson also allegedly paid fees to individuals who referred men for the sex parties.
But prosecutors say the men were never told “the full extent and nature of sexual activity that would be required,” which reportedly included “anal intercourse, the insertion of large sex toys into the anus and high-pressure enemas administered by inserting a tube. in the anus.’
The alleged victims say they believed that attending the sex parties could land them modeling opportunities at Abercrombie and that their careers could suffer if they didn’t comply.
The sex parties used Abercrombie products, with the victims given itineraries that made no mention of commercial sex and “resembled the itineraries often sent to models for photo shoots.”
When witnesses threatened to reveal what was going on, Jeffries and Smith used a security company to monitor them and intimidate them into silence, according to a letter prosecutors filed with the court.
