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Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries, leaves court <br>
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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 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 fixer James Jacobson allegedly used a "casting couch" ploy <br>
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to groom aspiring male models to attend sex parties at which victims <br>
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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 <br>
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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,<br>
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said 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 <br>
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appeared 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 <br>
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américaine de mode Abercrombie & Fitch, Michael Jeffries, 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,<br>
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Jeffries and Jacobson.<br>
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Jeffries, 80, was released on a $10 million bond <br>
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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 <br>
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and maintaining a ring that recruited young men to have <br>
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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 <br>
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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 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 of Jeffries and Smith and to hotels in Britain, France, Italy,<br>
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Morocco to have sex with them.<br>
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Jeffries faces the prospect of life in prison if <br>
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convicted.<br>
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Jacobson also pleaded not guilty to the same charges as the <br>
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other defendants and was released on half <br>
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a million dollars bond in October.<br>
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