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The partner of the ex-CEO of the Abercrombie and Fitch clothing line pleaded not guilty Tuesday in US federal court to <br>
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charges of sex trafficking and interstate prostitution and was released on $10 million bond.<br>
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Briton Matthew Smith, the ex-CEO Mike Jeffries and their <br>
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fixer James Jacobson allegedly used a "casting couch" ploy to groom aspiring male models <br>
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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 York.<br>
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Smith appeared in court Tuesday in Central Islip on Long Island, to the east of New York <br>
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Smith pleaded not guilty and was released on a <br>
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$10 million bond put up by Jeffries and his family, said a statement from the <br>
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US attorney's office for the eastern district of New York.<br>
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An AFP photographer saw Smith leave the courthouse with what appeared <br>
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to be a 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 <br>
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mode Abercrombie & Fitch, Michael Jeffries, <br>
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sort du tribunal fédéral de l'est de l'Etat de New York,<br>
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à Central Islip, le 3 décembre 2024, après avoir plaidé non coupable de trafic sexuel et proxénétisme<br>
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<u>Another hearing is scheduled for December 10 for Smith, Jeffries and Jacobson.</u><br>
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<b>Jeffries, 80, was released on a $10 million bond in late October.</b><br>
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Jeffries, who served as CEO of Abercrombie and <br>
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Fitch from 1992 to 2014, is accused of creating and maintaining a ring that recruited <br>
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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" to traffic men in a sprawling prostitution enterprise.<br>
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Charging documents detail 15 anonymous victims, but prosecutors suggest <br>
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the scale was probably much larger and have appealed for <br>
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witnesses and victims to come forward.<br>
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Prosecutors say young men were taken to the New York home of Jeffries and Smith and to hotels <br>
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in Britain, France, Italy, Morocco to have sex with them.<br>
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<u><i>Jeffries faces the prospect of life in prison if convicted.</i></u><br>
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Jacobson also pleaded not guilty to the same charges as <br>
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the other defendants and was released on half a million dollars bond in October.<br>
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