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Briton Matthew Smith, the partner of former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries, leaves court in Central Islip, New York on December 3, 2024<br> <br> <br> <br> The partner of the ex-CEO of the Abercrombie and Fitch clothing line pleaded not <br> <br> guilty Tuesday in US federal court to charges of sex trafficking and <br> <br> interstate prostitution and was released on $10 million bond.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Briton Matthew Smith, the ex-CEO Mike Jeffries and their <br> <br> fixer James Jacobson allegedly used a "casting couch" ploy to groom aspiring male models <br> <br> to attend sex parties at which victims were plied with alcohol <br> <br> and drugs.<br> <br> <br> <br> After his arrest in October in Florida with Jeffries, Smith was held in custody <br> <br> in New York. Smith appeared in court Tuesday <br> <br> in Central Islip on Long Island, to the east of New York City.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Smith pleaded not guilty and was released on a $10 million bond put up by Jeffries and his family, said <br> <br> a statement from the US attorney's office for the eastern district of New York.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> An AFP photographer saw Smith leave the courthouse with what appeared to <br> <br> be a large electronic surveillance bracelet attached <br> <br> to his ankle.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Le Britannique Matthew Smith, compagnon de l'ancien patron de <br> <br> l'enseigne américaine de mode Abercrombie & Fitch, Michael Jeffries,<br> <br> sort du tribunal fédéral de l'est de l'Etat de New York, <br> <br> à Central Islip, le 3 décembre 2024, après avoir plaidé non coupable de trafic sexuel et proxénétisme<br> <br> <br> <br> Another hearing is scheduled for December 10 for Smith, Jeffries <br> <br> and Jacobson.<br> <br> <br> <br> Jeffries, 80, was released on a $10 million bond in late October.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Jeffries, who served as CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch from 1992 to 2014, is accused of creating and maintaining a ring that recruited <br> <br> young men to have sex with him and Smith.<br> <br> <br> <br> Prosecutors allege that between December 2008 and March 2015 Jeffries, <br> <br> Smith and Jacobson used a combination of "force, fraud and coercion" to traffic men in a sprawling prostitution enterprise.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Charging documents detail 15 anonymous victims, but prosecutors suggest the scale was probably much <br> <br> larger and have appealed for witnesses and victims to come forward.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Prosecutors say young men were taken to the New York home <br> <br> of Jeffries and Smith and to hotels in Britain, France, Italy, Morocco to have sex with <br> <br> them.<br> <br> <br> <br> Jeffries faces the prospect of life in prison if convicted.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 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> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> my site - ร้านดอกไม้หนองจอก - https://ecuadortenisclub.com/736633
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