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 photographed entering the court on Long Island on Friday with his right sock raised over the tracking device.
But the attempted disguise did little to cover it up when Jeffries came in to deny sexually abusing 15 young male models between 2008 and 2015.
Also in court was her alleged fixer James Jacobson, who has a prosthetic nose.
A shocking indictment alleges that Jeffries, Jacobson and Jeffries’ partner, Matthew Smith, 61, sexually abused 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 while appearing on vile sex charges.
James Jacobson is pictured walking to court in Central Islip, Long Island, on Friday to answer charges of sex trafficking. 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 arraignment hearing.
The alleged victims say they were forced to take erection medications and had their genitals shaved against their will.
Those men, who chose to remain anonymous, were allegedly forced to disguise themselves and subjected to “high-pressure enemas.”
Some of the trio’s alleged victims were not even gay, they said. They accused Jeffries, Jacobson and Smith of giving them erection drugs so they could force them to engage in same-sex activities against their will.
Jeffries was CEO of Abercrombie, famous for its homoerotic advertising, from 1992 to 2014.
Its reputation began to crumble thanks to the Netflix documentary White Hot, which exposed the abuse that Abercrombie workers and models say they suffered.
Prosecutors say the victims were paid to travel to places including New York City, England, France, Italy, Morocco and St. Barthelemy to have sex with Jeffries, Smith and others.
Jeffries, right, was released from jail on $10 million bail by a magistrate in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday (pictured that day)
Jeffries saw his reputation begin to crumble thanks to the Netflix documentary White Hot, which exposed the abuse Abercrombie workers and models say they suffered.
Jeffries allegedly used a company he called Jeffries Family Office to hire domestic staff to “facilitate and supervise sexual events.”
Prosecutors say staff controlled entry and exit to sex parties and provided men who attended with muscle relaxants known as ‘poppers’, as well as lubricant, Viagra and condoms, among other items.
Staff also ordered the alleged victims to “wear costumes, use sex toys, or prepare for particular sexual acts,” according to court documents.
Smith and Jeffries are accused of injecting men’s penises with “a prescription erection-inducing substance” that caused painful reactions lasting hours to entice them to perform sexual acts.
The men were not informed of everything the events would entail, including some of the sexual practices they would be expected to perform, and were required to hand over their clothing and cell phones during the meetings and sign confidentiality agreements. later, the accusation said.
Jeffries worked as CEO of Abercrombie from 1992 to 2014.
Jeffries’ reign at Abercrombie & Fitch was dominated by his controversial brand image and the equally controversial comments he made about his customer base.
Jacobson is accused of traveling throughout the United States and abroad to recruit and interview men for sex parties. She allegedly used the nicknames ‘Jim Jake’, ‘Mrs. Cook’ and ‘Todd’.
According to the indictment, Jacobson would conduct “tests” on potential candidates by paying them to have sex with him. Under Smith’s direction, Jacobson also allegedly paid fees to people who recommended men for sex parties.
But prosecutors say the men were never told “the full extent and nature of the sexual activity that would be necessary,” which allegedly included “anal intercourse, the insertion of large sex toys into the anus, and high-pressure enemas administered by inserting a hose”. in the anus.’
The alleged victims say they believed that attending sex parties could lead to modeling opportunities with Abercrombie and that their careers could suffer if they did not comply.
The sex parties incorporated Abercrombie products, and victims were given itineraries that made no mention of commercial sex and “resembled those often sent to models for photo shoots.”
When witnesses threatened to expose what was happening, Jeffries and Smith used a security company to monitor and intimidate them into silence, according to a letter prosecutors filed in court.