Briton Matthew Smith, the partner of former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries, leaves court in Central Islip, New York on December 3, 2024<br>
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The partner of the ex-CEO of the Abercrombie and Fitch clothing line pleaded not <br>
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guilty Tuesday in US federal court to charges of sex trafficking and <br>
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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 <br>
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After his arrest in October in Florida with Jeffries, Smith was held in custody <br>
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in New York. Smith appeared in court Tuesday <br>
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in Central Islip on Long Island, to the east of New York City.<br>
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Smith pleaded not guilty and was released on a $10 million bond put up by Jeffries and his family, said <br>
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a statement from the 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 to <br>
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be a large electronic surveillance bracelet attached <br>
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to his ankle.<br>
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Le Britannique Matthew Smith, compagnon de l'ancien patron de <br>
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l'enseigne américaine de 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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Another hearing is scheduled for December 10 for Smith, Jeffries <br>
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and Jacobson.<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 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, <br>
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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 the scale was probably much <br>
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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 York home <br>
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of Jeffries and Smith and to hotels in Britain, France, Italy, Morocco to have sex with <br>
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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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