Last year, the BBC released a report finding that eight men had attended events hosted by Abercrombie & Fitch ex-CEO Mike Jeffries where sexual abuse and exploitation took place (some of the men alleged that they were victims). A new investigation by the BBC has uncovered several more men who have come forward with allegations of sexual exploitation at events hosted by Mike Jeffries and Matthew Smith. One of these men, identified only as Luke, recounted a disturbing experience in a Madrid hotel room in 2011.
Luke, then 20 years old, told the BBC he was lured to the event with the promise of appearing in an Abercrombie & Fitch advertisement. Instead, he found himself in a presidential suite designed to mimic an A&F store, complete with assistants dressed in the brand’s signature uniforms.