Ex-Abercrombie CEO MIke Jeffries pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges

Disgraced ex-Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries and 1 of his codefendants pleaded not blameworthy Friday to charges of enactment trafficking and interstate prostitution astatine their arraignment successful Central Islip’s national court.

Jeffries and James Jacobson were released connected enslaved — $10 cardinal for the erstwhile manner CEO and $500,000 for Jacobson, according to prosecutors.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven L. Tiscione ordered location confinement and physics monitoring for some Jeffries and Jacobson and prohibited some men from contacting their codefendants, victims oregon witnesses successful the case, prosecutors said.

Jeffries’ woman and lad were successful the assemblage of the courtroom and signed the bond, which was secured by a Fisher Island, N.Y. location owned by the defendant.

Just 3 days before, Jeffries, his spouse Matthew Smith and Jacobson were charged successful a 16-count indictment successful Long Island. They recruited dozens of men, galore of whom aspired to beryllium manner models, to “sex events” successful New York City, Long Island and crossed the globe betwixt 2008 and 2015, the feds allege.

The accused predator and his alleged accomplices are said to person flown their victims astir the world, locking them into the “events” and forcing them to springiness up their clothing, phones, wallets and motion nondisclosure agreements, according to the indictment.

James Jacobson, who is facing charges related to the probe into erstwhile Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, walks retired of national tribunal successful Central Islip connected Friday. (ADAM GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Once trapped, the victims would beryllium subjected to high-pressure enemas, the shaving of their genitals and successful immoderate cases, injections successful their penises to induce the men to instrumentality portion successful activities that they were incapable oregon unwilling to enactment in, the indictment said.

Some of the victims worked astatine Abercrombie stores oregon modeled for the manner giant, and were led to judge refusing to instrumentality portion would destruct their careers, the feds allege.

U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said Tuesday the probe began past year, and investigators are looking to interrogation much imaginable victims. Evidence successful the lawsuit involves question and fiscal records, positive accounts from victims and witnesses, helium said.

Last October, 1 of Jeffries’ accusers, histrion David Bradberry, filed a lawsuit against Jeffries, Smith and Abercrombie & Fitch, accusing the erstwhile CEO of raping him and the institution of providing Jeffries with the “position of powerfulness and unfettered entree to firm funds indispensable for Jeffries to sexually terrorize aspiring antheral models.”

Bradberry was 1 of 8 radical who spoke retired successful a BBC documentary and podcast series, accusing Jeffries, who ran Abercrombie as CEO from 1992 until 2014, of luring them to events and parties astir the world, wherever galore of them were coerced into performing intersexual acts.

Matthew Smith has yet to beryllium arraigned. At an quality successful national tribunal successful West Palm Beach Tuesday, Smith was remanded, reserving the close to marque a bail exertion successful the future, said prosecutors.

Jeffries and Jacobson are owed to look successful tribunal Dec. 12.