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The partner of the ex-CEO of the Abercrombie <br>
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and Fitch clothing line pleaded not guilty Tuesday in US federal <br>
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prostitution and was released on $10 million bond.<br>
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Briton Matthew Smith, the ex-CEO Mike Jeffries and their fixer James Jacobson allegedly used <br>
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a "casting couch" ploy to groom aspiring male models to attend sex parties at which victims were plied with alcohol and drugs.<br>
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After his arrest in October in Florida with Jeffries, Smith was held in custody in New <br>
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Smith pleaded not guilty and was released <br>
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on a $10 million bond put up by Jeffries and his family, said a statement from the US attorney's <br>
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An AFP photographer saw Smith leave the courthouse with what appeared to be a <br>
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large electronic surveillance bracelet attached to his ankle.<br>
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Le Britannique Matthew Smith, compagnon de l'ancien patron de l'enseigne américaine de mode Abercrombie & Fitch, Michael Jeffries, sort du <br>
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tribunal fédéral de l'est de l'Etat de New York, à Central Islip, le <br>
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3 décembre 2024, après avoir plaidé non coupable de trafic sexuel et proxénétisme<br>
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Another hearing is scheduled for December 10 for Smith, Jeffries <br>
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Jeffries, 80, was released on a $10 million bond in late October.<br>
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Jeffries, who served as CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch from 1992 to 2014, is accused of creating and maintaining a <br>
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ring that recruited young men to have sex with him and Smith.<br>
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Prosecutors allege that between December 2008 and March 2015 Jeffries, Smith and Jacobson used a combination of "force, fraud and coercion" <br>
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to traffic men in a sprawling prostitution enterprise.<br>
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Charging documents detail 15 anonymous victims, but prosecutors suggest the scale was probably <br>
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much larger and have appealed for witnesses and victims to come forward.<br>
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Prosecutors say young men were taken to the New <br>
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York home of Jeffries and Smith and to hotels in Britain, France, Italy, Morocco to <br>
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have sex with them.<br>
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Jeffries faces the prospect of life in prison if convicted.<br>
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Jacobson also pleaded not guilty to the same charges as the other defendants and was released on half a million dollars bond in October.<br>
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