Ex Abercrombie CEO Accused of Global S*x Trafficking Ring of Models - Epstein & Diddy Connection

[Music]. bada bing badao when you walk into a. store just know that they might be. watching you and there is so much that. we are telling the store owners by just. walking through a store 90% of us will. turn right once we're inside the store. that's after you get past the. decompression Zone that's what they call. it it is the zone right before the exit. that is just big enough that the average. customer walking in will transition from. being outside all the noises of the cars. honking the parking lot mess to now.

getting ready to spend money it is timed. so that you feel comfortable enough. inside this new space then most of us. turn right which means some stores will. take advantage of that they will guide. you counterclockwise through the. architectural flow of the entire layout. the First wall you hit is the high power. wall which means stores will place items. that they want to sell on the first. aisle or wall the customer stops on it's. not going to be the best items but the. good items.

the best items are actually scattered. throughout the store to make sure that. you walk through every single aisle. looking for them side note stores. intentionally put small traffic blocking. obstacles that are not a major. inconvenience but slow the customer down. so that they can encourage browsing so. you're running around the store trying. to find the best items but the really. good ones the really good products are. near the left side right before you. check out this is when our carts are. already full and we know that we already.

went over a budget but this one thing is. so irresistible that we can't even say. no I mean it's for the end that's why. they leave it there but what you really. came here for the eggs the milk it's. going to be at the very back of the. store so that you're forced to go all. the way through the back you can't just. grab what you need and go you have to. linger inside the store okay that's. crazy retail psychology yeah speaking of. if you want your customers lingering. you're going to want to play slower. music or if you want them to get. everything they need and leave or make.

impulse purchases make the tempo of the. music faster add splashes of red which. subconsciously create a sense of urgency. and remember eye Lev is by Lev meaning. whatever you want to sell the most items. with the highest margins like you're. trying to get off the shelves you're. going to want to put it at eye level. with the consumer when you walk through. the children's aisle with your children. or your nieces in my point what's at. your eye level is not what they're. trying to sell you I mean yeah they are. trying to sell it to you but what.

they're really trying to sell you is at. what its eye level with your child one. thing stores do not ever forget at least. the good stores is the smell you know. that amazing smell when you walk into a. coffee shop most of it is coffee Aroma. pumping through the HVAC systems it's. not just their coffee machines some. department stores will even pump. different scents in different sections. of their store Coconut scent in their. bikinis and vacation wear section lilac. in their longerie department but there. is one one store that takes it even.

further the mandatory number to Spritz. the cologne is 10 several inches from. the clothes every single hours Spritz. Spritz Spritz Spritz 10 sprays each. after the ninth Spritz it feels more. appropriate to just put the bottle of. cologne through a hose system and spray. down the clothes it's like a mushroom. cloud puff of smoke that every time. everybody walks in it's just the. strongest scent I mean I'm sure at first. it could be a good scent but the. employees of the store that are. surrounded by this scent 40 hours a week.

you might as well mix Windex and lemon. with musk and call it Abie Fierce they. sprad 10 times per hour the nicer stores. have a system that spritzes the perfume. automatically on a timer heavy duty. commercial machines that Spritz the. perfume but like that's 10 times at one. section yes and they do it throughout. the whole store. throughout what some employees. complained that by the end of their day. Their Eyes Were blood red and their. nails even felt like they were going to.

fall off because they're brittle just. because of how strong and toxic the. scent is and how it's filled to the brim. with alcohol in the air but that is the. price to be hot that and a button- down. shirt that's supposed to be worn with. three buttons open skinny jeans that are. cuffed at 1.25 in and hairstyles that. are supposed to be kept natural and. well-kept that is the price of hot. according to abber Combi employee. lookbook that's what they want you to. look like the store is fascinating I. mean they're no longer like this but.

back then they were known in the mall. for having two shirtless guys standing. outside the door trying to I guess. telepathically convince you to come in. through their abs Once you walk in the. clothes they're terrible quality or. maybe they're not it's hard to say when. it's completely dark inside the music is. blasting so loud you can barely hear. yourself think the smell is so. nauseating after a few minutes and the. employees who are required to say what's. up within 15 seconds of you walking in. suddenly they're standoffish they don't. really want to help you one former.

employee said at the time abari trained. its employees to purposely ignore and. not help and be snotty to its customers. it creates like a too good image and it. was encouraged that's crazy is that true. yes and they were also told to not. apologize for not having plus-size sizes. they said don't be sorry don't tell the. customer you're sorry what the whole. idea of Abra comi is the work of then. CEO Michael Jeff the quote on quote mad.

genius behind the brand who has now been. arrested for trafficking with alleged. connections to potentially Diddy but. also to Jeffrey Epstein. [Music].

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been shortened for time additionally. this case is is quite heavy in regards. to elicit Force substance abuse essay. trafficking anything we State though in. today's episode specifically when we. cover what alleged victims have stated. to the media the news outlets detailed. in their lawsuits and even the Federal. indictment they are all just allegations. right now everyone is innocent until. proven guilty in the court of law and. the people in question have pled not. guilty so with that being said let's get. started do you ever just watch someone.

and you think oh that's so interesting. why do they do something like that. Michael Jeff just is a fascinating. person he does very fascinating things. he goes through the revolving doors. twice he has to go through it twice he. can't just get off after the first round. he has to go through it twice he never. passes others on stairwells even if he's. late he doesn't like to pass them by the. side and go in front of them the. revolving doors yeah he takes a 360 plus. plus yes he Parks his Porsche every.

single day at the same angle in the same. parking spot and he wedges his key in. between the car seats and leaves the. doors unlocked he's a pair of Lucky. shoes if he has to read something. important like a financial document he. will put those shoes on he will not read. it in any other Footwear this is his. Footwear of choice but right now he's. with a journalist named benois and the. two of them are walking through an abomi. store passing all the big blown up. pictures of the shirtless ABS all over. the wall.

and he's asking benoa the journalist how. does the store look how does it feel how. does it smell these are the things that. I'm obsessed with he walks up to the. mannequins we're just not there guys. he's yelling at his employees no we're. not the music is blasting he's. practically screaming over it for some. reason they don't just lower the music. not even a deciel he's pointing at the. mannequin in the woman's clothes the. jeans are too high the jeans have to be. lower and we need to make the legs look. skinny okay should we clip the back of. the knees or something.

we need it bigger at the top and. skinnier at the legs that is muchier. okay it's going to be much much better. then he turns his attention to the male. mannequin how much more rugged and. masculine can we make this one look a. bunch of assistants run over make the. jeans look a little bit bigger in the. leg you know oh that's good that's good. he looks cooler now he's got more. attitude that's what we're looking for. more attitude and look at this look at. this we need to fix this guy's package. someone come stuff him he's talking. about that package a female talking. about a mannequin yeah a female. assistant runs over to try and poof up. the private area of that mannequin now.

lower the pants some more the pants need. to be much much lower get them as low as. we can without them falling off we don't. want him looking like some old guy it's. not really something you would do in. front of a customer but there's no. customers coming into the store because. this is not a real abomi store it's a. mock store a fake practice store inside. the massive 300 acre office for abomi. located in the middle of nowhere in Ohio. they call it the campus.

that's what their HQ is called Welcome. to the AI headquarters if you see a. drone shot of it it could honestly be. used in one of those showing FBI. training headquarters movies or some. doomsday bunker for the ultra Elite. pretty much every single person on this. campus they're wearing flipflops ripped. jeans polo shirts with mouses on the. front abra's logo you're kidding they. themselves call working at abomi the. 13th grade because that's what it feels. like an extension of high school 13th. grade.

benois is following Mike Jeff the CEO. around the campus and he kind of walks. fast for someone who's perpetually click. clacking around in flip-flops and it's. just so fascinating to listen to the CEO. everything is dude this dude that dude. dude man dude what a cool idea dude. let's make this dude look more like a. dude dude interesting you know the man. is 61 years. old and Mike thinks the worst kind of. people are Moody and cynical as opposed. to cool people who are beautiful.

masculine optimistic that's what America. needs more of and Mike Jeff he's seems. to act like he has it all I mean he acts. like it Mike Jeff is the CEO of AOC comi. but one could argue he's more like the. founder and Creator he made the brand. what it is those shirtless guys outside. spraying cologne on people that walk. past that was his idea it was also his. idea to not sell extra large or XXL in. women's clothing specifically they sell. them for men but not for women which is. interesting. because it's all about.

aspiration those are his words not mine. Mike Jeffrey says that's why we hire. good-looking people in our stores. because good-look people attract other. good-look people and we want to Market. to cool good-look people we don't want. to Market to anyone other than that in. every school there are the cool kids and. the popular kids and then there are the. not so cool kids candidly we go after. the cool kids we go after the attractive. All-American kid with a great attitude. and a lot of friends a lot of people. don't belong in our clothes and they.

can't belong are we exclusionary. absolutely those companies that are in. trouble are trying to Target everybody. young old fat skinny but then you become. totally vanilla you don't alienate. anybody but you also don't excite. anybody either this interview will later. go viral and it leads to a huge campaign. a boycott against abomi and Fitch it. leads to a YouTuber vlogging himself. buying abomi clothes from Goodwill.

handing them out to people without homes. on skid R which this is also very. controversial but he tells his viewers. that they need to Rebrand abomi into the. number one apparel for people without. homes he encourages his viewers to. donate their ABI clothes to people. without homes and use the hashtag #fit. to the homeless which that's not exactly. it either okay but listen the whole. thing is very complicated very messy but. not as messy as it's about to get in. 2024 when the feds get involved in the. former Abie CEO's life the Federal.

indictment reads from approximately 2008. to 2015 the defendants Michael S Jeff. then CEO Matthew C Smith and James T. Jacobson together with others operated. an international trafficking and. protitution business a man named Luke. tells the BBC these are just claims but. he says it was nothing like what he. anticipated he had walked in in its of. course a dimly lit room room with those.

giant photos of shirtless guys all over. the walls and everything is dark and in. the middle there's a group of assistants. Standing full head to toe in Abie. uniforms the forever recognizable polo. shirt blue jeans flip-flops just. casually folding clothes on a table the. only thing missing is likely that strong. scent of cologne Abra comi Fierce they. call it Luke was called by the supposed. executive assistant of Mike Jeff the. former CEO to come in for a photo shoot. except this is not an Abie store it's. also not the mock store it's not the.

practice store according to Luke this is. a hotel suite that has been outfitted to. look exactly like an abber cromi store. according to Luke's allegations again. these are just allegations but those. quote unquote assistants that are. folding clothes keep encouraging him to. pretend to be a shirtless greeter at the. front of the store like roleplay just do. it they allegedly kept telling him they. allegedly kept telling him now I have. two very important guests and these are. going to be customers that you need to. impressed and entertained because.

they're going to be buying a lot of. clothes from you Luke says in that. moment Mike Jeff and a man named Matthew. Smith come out from the corner of the. room he claims that they immediately. start touching him Luke alleges the. former CEO of abomi then proceeded to. perform oral on Luke while Luke. allegedly quote I tried to say no. repeatedly and then I just kind of got. convinced to do something but I was. constantly saying no I just wanted to go. and you know when you pack your suitcase. perfect for your trip everything is. stuffed to the brim and works it zips.

but the second that zipper starts. unraveling everything starts coming out. once this comes out a string of. allegations will start coming out. against the former CEO of abomi one. allegation is by John fake name he. states that he was on a cruise the Queen. Mary to that sails from England to New. York he was there because Mike Jeff. asked him to be and how do you say no to. Mike Jeff who keeps trying to allegedly. insert a quote bleeding finger into him. he thought this was a work opportunity. to potentially be a model for abomi I. was is in the bed putting on a fake.

smile crying on the inside here I am in. the middle of the ocean having this. person four times my age in that. position of power and influence belittle. me to death and literally call me. worthless simply because I said no to. something no to. advances in one lawsuit filed against. Mike Jeff the former CEO of abber comi. the lawsuit alleges this is separate. from the Federal indictment and still. nonetheless an allegation the lawsuit. alleges quote at one point a video. circulated within the ABI office which. depicted Mike Jeff sniffing what was. believed to be cocaine off a.

man's a what a line of cocaine off of a. man's private part I guess a bunch of. employees were just circulating the. video it was a video that's what it's. the allegation is yes okay the. prosecutors also alleged that the. victims were as young as 19 years old. were often subjected to painful pis. injections they were allegedly told that. it was Liquid VI the indictment reads on. more than one occasion the defendants. either directed others to or personally. injected men in their with a.

prescription grade erection inducing. substance for the purpose of causing the. men to engage in in which they were. otherwise physically incapable or. unwilling notwithstanding the fact that. these injections were not medically. injected and frequently caused the men. to suffer painful physical reactions. that lasted for several hours Mike Jeff. and Matthew Smith employed their use to. fulfill their own desires by causing men. to submit to them the indictment alleges. quote events including amongst other. things anal inter course the insertion.

of large toys into the anus and high. pressured enemas administered by. inserting a hose into the anus so an. enema allegedly given through a high. pressured hose would not only be painful. but extremely dangerous these are the. allegations set forth in the Federal. indictment it's stated that these could. potentially cause severe injury by. tearing a hole in the reum or the colon. it could cause damage to the intestinal. lining and it stated quote using a high. pressure hose for an enema would be. extremely dangerous and should never be.

attempted all these allegations are. currently being handled by the eastern. district of New York the same office. that handled the nixim cult case not to. be confused with the southern district. of New York that is the office that is. handling the Diddy case the eastern. district of New York will be taking on. former CEO Mike Jeff and they are not. here to play during a press conference. for the arrest of Mike Jeff Mike's. right-hand man Matthew Smith and Mike's. recruiter James Jacobson. the prosecutor state to anyone who.

thinks they can exploit and coers others. by using the so-called Casting Couch. system this case should serve as a. warning prepare to trade that couch for. a bed in federal prison wow which is a. very powerful statement but it's also. very intriguing because why now that has. been a question brought up by so many. netizens he was the CEO he stepped down. in like 2014 why now and they have been. busy drawing connections netizens are. drawing connections between between Mike. Jeff and a few other controversial.

figures Diddy and Jeffrey Epstein some. people think the timing of Mike Jeff's. arrest is interesting he is arrested. about a month after Diddy was arrested. this trafficking charge feels similar. and perhaps some of the allegations feel. similar to neison Mike Jeff would. allegedly host these private events at. his massive Hampton's Mansion instead of. it being filled with celebrities and. wearing all white allegedly he would. invite over aspiring male model. he would invite them to his $30 million.

home and the house staff that worked at. this massive estate said it was very. strange every Saturday between 11: to. 6:00 p.m. they all had to leave they're. like why do we have to leave I feel like. this is the day where we get the most. work done it was unspoken that this was. Mike's playtime that's one of the former. staffers said wow one alleged victim. states that the house in the middle of. nowhere in the Hamptons all you hear is. the ocean and seagulls when the homes. are so big neighbors are far apart it's. very secluded and the house is clean.

they said the house is too clean he says. quote like when I say clean I mean like. a hospital clean like almost sterile. another victim states of the Hampton's. house party I was told to undress into. my underwear and I was given a glass of. wine and was told that they're going to. come chat with me like an interview they. continue I was presented with meeting. the CEO of Abra comi and Fitch for a. party a experience there was never any. real clarification of what was expected. of me it was just like you can go there. and do what you're comfortable with and.

let it be known in a roundabout way that. the further you go the better I just was. not a human to these people I was an. animal I was a body I was being. presented to someone to do what they. wanted with which again a lot of nisin. feel very similar to the Diddy case they. comment yeah Diddy is dropping names in. alphabetical order Abron be for a. another writes the first Diddy Domino. has fallen sing Diddy sing but there is. no direct connection between abomi and. Mike Jeff and Diddy at least none that.

the public knows of but there is an. interesting perhaps stronger connection. between Mike Jeff and a Jeffrey Epstein. side note we have a whole two-part. series on Epstein and Epstein's Island. but it's rather well known that Jeffrey. Epstein and a man named Leslie Wexner. were once very very close Leslie Wexner. is a billionaire that runs L brands well. he did the parent company for Brands. like Victoria Secret which allegedly. Epstein would pose as a recruit for. Victoria's Secret to approach young.

women and try to essay them allegedly or. sometimes would fully allegedly essay. them Lesley Wexner put Epstein in charge. of his finances billions of dollars this. is how he becomes so rich Leslie Wexner. has then stated that he has been taken. advantage of by Epstein and called. Epstein sick cunning and so depraved but. nens are very suspicious of him but what. does this have to do with Mike Jeff I'll. tell you exactly what it has to do with. Mike Jeff Teddy Roosevelt hold on Teddy. Roosevelt and Ernest Hemingway were.

actually big big fans of Abra cromi. they're not wearing the polo with the. popped collars ABI is actually quite old. they didn't put 1892 on their sweaters. to appear more Collegiate they were. actually formed in 1892 they were known. primarily for Safari wear fishing gear. they had some really cool hunting gear. that people would equate to the style of. I guess like peaky blinders and like the. long trench quotes you're going hunting. they sold fishing gear guns shaving. cream books everything One-Stop shop at.

the Abra cromi but eventually Abra. cromie becomes this failing brand. they're not even just not making money. they're losing $25 million a year not in. the way that tech companies are not. profitable but like investors are very. stressed about this they're just losing. money with no end in sight until Leslie. Wexner comes around purchases abacan. Fitch for $47 million to join all his. other brands Under The Limited company. which again is no longer a part of but. when he was he was in charge of.

Victoria's Secret Express Lane Bryant. Bath & Body Works The Limited Henry. Bendle White Barn Candle Company and now. abian. Fitch Les has a few things that he's. known for one the way he builds his. businesses there's always one of two. ways he goes about it he either takes an. existing brand tries A New Concept that. lives within that existing Brand's. cohesive message and then spins it until. it becomes successful or he will take an. existing failing brand and do everything. he can to make it profitable he buys.

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shopify.com roten now to grow your. business no matter what stage you're in. shopify.com. roton Rihanna is an investigative. journalist for the BBC this was several. years ago she actually broke this case. she was the one that kickstarted the. federal investigation back in 2021 she's. scrolling on Instagram when she sees. this discourse happening between male.

models about feeling ignored during the. me too movement one model writes we've. seen it happen with # me too how about #. us2 interesting she immediately tries to. get in contact with the male model that. posts that because perhaps she could. help share the story I mean what story. does he have after an hour of talking. the male model Barrett opens up and. tells her it was the darkest experience. I've ever dealt with they had someone. come and shave me like my whole body. because that's how they like like the. boys I was butt ass nak as I was being.

asked for my ID and to sign this. non-disclosure agreement Rihanna is like. who the hell is he talking about the CEO. of abomi the one that made $70 million. in a year 70 million 70 million he tells. her that he thought he was going to get. scouted as an abic comian Fitch model. instead he ends up sa but he's not the. only one it's like a whole operation and. it all starts with the man with no nose. another alleged VI vitim of then CEO of. abomi states he explained that he has no.

nose or no skin on his nose because he. had a plastic surgery mishap with his. nose and it collapsed and it had to be. removed completely he chooses to wear. this snakes skin patch like a leather. patch where his nose once was he kind of. looks like Voldemort they were all told. you go meet with Mr no- nose first. before you can meet the CEO of Abra. Combi he's the gatekeeper this would. start a three-year hunt to look for The. Man Without the skin on his nose and.

when Rihanna finally finds him 2 years. later she manages to track down the man. with no nose tracks him all the way down. to his front doorstep knock knock the. door slowly Creeks open and here he is. on the porch steps with his head in his. hands and he tells Rihanna the reporter. I promise I'll tell you everything if. you leave my name out of it the name. everyone cares about in the fashion. industry or at least at one point was. Mike Jeff the one that turned a random. fishing brand into the only thing that. teenagers want to wear and spend $60 on.

a polo shirt on or at least convince. their parents to buy them a $60 hoodie I. mean he didn't just do that with Abra. cromie and F either he created Abra. cromie for kids for little 5-year-olds. to wear Abra cromie the regular Abra. cromie for middle schoolers high. schoolers there's Hollister the tiny. tiny bit less expensive brand that sells. the California Dream there's a lot of. spin-off Brands this is how one. journalist describes it for the middle. schoolers there's ABI for high schoolers. there's Hollister and quote it's a. wildly popular surf inspired look for.

energetic and outgoing girls and guys. perfect choice for Midwestern teens that. wish they lived in luguna Beach. California then quote when those. Hollister kids head off to college the. preppi and Collegiate abian Fitch is. waiting for them one psychologist said. they are selling the most popular people. in class the quarterback and the head of. the cheerleader that's what they're. actually selling one former employee. said they were required to say hey. what's up to everyone that walked in. they WR on Reddit you're required to say. that line to anyone within 15 seconds of.

them entering the store hey what's up. that's the simplest one one time they. changed it to hey how's it going have. you tried our jeans they'll make you. look like a star which naturally. everyone in the store hated but that is. what Mike Jeffrey wanted and what Mike. Jeffrey wants he gets the first day one. would start their job at ABI at least. back then it's likely they would have a. big binder slapped down in front of them. what is this employee lookbook if you. flip to page one it reads exhibiting the. abomi look is a tremendously important.

part of the ANF stores we are selling an. experience for our customer an. atmosphere that people want to. experience over and over again our. people in store are an inspiration to. the customer this is what you need to. look like hairstyles neatly combed. attractive natural classic hairstyle. there are two pictures on the lookbook. the acceptable side shows an image of a. white model and of course the. unacceptable side shows a black model. with dreadlocks as for jewelry gold. pains are not acceptable for men but a.

thin short delicate silver necklace on. women is perfectly okay women are. allowed a maximum of two earrings per. ear and should not be bigger than a dime. and should not dangle underscored and. bolded men are not allowed to wear. earrings even fingernails it reads. finger nails should not extend more than. a four of an inch beyond the tip of the. finger although Natural Nails are. preferred if polish is worn it should be. clear or natural in color managers and. recruiters were told the best way to. find the employee is just go straight to. the best fraternity on each campus and. recruit the best looking guys there.

likely that guy is going to do well in. the store just standing shess at the. door but he's probably already popular. in meeting if he's wearing Abra cromie. everyone else will want to wear Abra. cromie so it's perfect there's even a. manual for the crew on the Abra cromie. company jet a 47 page manual some. interesting Parts read the male staff. should Spritz their uniforms with Abie. cologne upon arrival at the household. and throughout the duration of the shift. even here with private planes he's very. picky Mike Jeff is writing hats should. be worn when the temperature is below.

40° make sure that the brim of the hat. is 2 in thick the brim should be pulled. so that it is approximately in the. middle of the forehead he is meticulous. he even cares about how many cushions. were on each office chair or on the. private jet plane chairs even bringing. dogs onto the plane Mike Jeff has a. protocol upon arrival the Houseman will. direct the bags to the captain the. Houseman will take the dogs on board the. aircraft leaving the dogs on their. leashes once on board the Houseman will. hand the dogs to the steward to tend to. them from there the Houseman will then. carry all the carry-ons on board to be.

taken directly to the crew rest area. where Ruby and trouble travel these are. the dogs names Ruby will sit opposite. Michael in the cabin as for meal service. one medium tray liner should be laid 3. and 1/2 in from the edge of the table. one dinner napkin should be centered on. the tray liner so that the embroidery at. the bottom of the napkin lines up with. the embroidery at the bottom of the tray. liner one lunchin fork should be placed. on the left of the tray liner half an. inch from the bottom of the tray liner. one lunch and night should be placed to. the right of the lunchin forks half an.

inch from the bottom of the tray liner. one white wine glass should be placed. above the tray liner there's even a. section for language and tone when. Michael or a guest makes a request. respond by saying no problem this should. be used in place of phrases like sure. just a minute right away yes sir which. if you remember from the Epstein episode. galain Maxwell had some weird manuals. for house employees and these like. saying no problem these things she was. very particular about mhm so the. connection is very strong even preparing.

reports for Mike Jeff to read on the. plane is detailed it reads set up the. whole punch by pulling out the silver. calibrated side so that the edge of the. whole punch lines up with the fifth mark. on the silver calibrated slider he's. even detailing how you need to punch. holes and it's not just an arbitrary. little booklet that he creates for. everyone to read a nod he actually holds. people accountable for these things it's. called a corporate Blitz unannounced. store visit. in the sense that the stories will.

probably find out that someone from. corporate potentially even Mike Jeff. himself is coming but maybe a few days. ahead one former employee said that they. would find out a corporate Blitz is. happening on a Friday that means Monday. Tuesday Wednesday Thursday everyone is. doing overnight shifts non-stop this is. abomi this is not I don't know the World. Health. Organization they not only check to make. sure that the shelves are completely. dust free the moose head that's hanging. on every store wall has to be super. clean Mike is very detail oriented and. honestly kind of a micromanager one.

former employee writes online I worked. as a quote model folding clothes at the. front of the store and it was my job to. greet people who walked in and the only. greeting I was allowed to use at that. time was hey how's it going because I. guess it seemed more cool and laid-back. or whatever I literally got yelled at by. my manager once for going off script and. saying hey welcome to ABI another former. employee says during orientation we were. told not to interact with customers our. jobs were wear two-fold clothes and look. good in. clothes another said men had to wear.

their jeans one waist size bigger so you. could see their underwear line and the. logo on the underwear our shirts also. had to be one size smaller so it was. tight in the chest and arms so you could. see our muscles oh when we had to wear. our belts extra long to hang in front. like a. penis yeah that's what they said mhm but. the most important thing according to. one former manager during a corporate. Blitz is the thing that mattered the. most though was who was working the day. of the visits there were some people. that we kept on staff just for those.

visits AKA they have to go above and. beyond the lookbook the former manager. said it was never hey your store is not. hitting the number or doing this it was. you got to get better-looking people in. here one employee said I remember a girl. walking in once and asking me if we're. hiring we were but somehow the manager. overheard and told me in the headset to. tell her that we weren't the manager. said she didn't have to look one former. ANF store manager went on to CBS to say. I was sick of getting my schedule about. back every week with lines through names. essentially telling people that they're.

not good enough to work here I can't. look the people that work for me that. want to be there in the eye and say you. know lie to them and say oh we don't. have ours when it really was because. they weren't pretty enough how is that. okay for such a big brand to. discriminate like that for that long. period of they found a loophole did you. catch the loophole no the employees are. called models. oh so they can judge based on looks. you're saying mhm wow abomi was just.

overall a menace to society I mean they. had graphic te's just playing te's with. little slogans on there which just. started off normal and cute abian Fitch. established this day blah blah blah it. looks very Collegiate but somehow they. end up escalating one shirt reads I had. a nightmare that I was a brunette it's. just mean for no reason okay but they. keep going blondes are adored brunettes. are ignored Mike Jeff is indeed blonde. they have girls shirts that read on the.

chest who needs a brand when you have. these or I see that you already met the. twins okay not great or another one that. reads Gentlemen Prefer take old bitties. saying no brains do I make you look fat. whoa It's all relative in West Virginia. Which apparently the governor of West. Virginia did not approve of that message. was very upset by it or good girls drink. quickly or just a shirt that says. Freshman 15 that's sold in the woman.

section Freshman 15 with a list of 15. boys names so Freshman 15 is typically. known as the 15 pounds that you gain. when you go into college as a freshman. right but this one reads a bunch of boys. names so it's indicating that as a. freshman in college she slept with these. 15. boys but it's not until they mess with. the swifties that they actually end up. in a bit of a trouble with most of these. shirts they made a t-shirt that reads. more boyfriends than TS TS for Taylor. Swift Swifty start protesting to which.

ABI responds very sincerely and very. professionally issuing a statement on. Twitter Hey # swifties so we no longer. sell the shirt we hear Taylor's music. and think that she's. awesome if you called the Abie customer. service line you would hear the new. updated message on the phone thank you. for calling Abie and fit public. relations if you are calling regarding. the Taylor Swift t-shirt please note. that it is no longer available heinous. but it somehow gets worse they start. selling these t-shirts with a don. wearing a sombrero and holding a taco in.

his hand next to him are the words Juan. Moore for the road then they release. another shirt it shows stereotypically. racist caricatures of East Asians with. slanted eyes and the T-shirt reads Wong. Brothers laundry service two Wongs can. make it white that is crazy there were. protests outside of abomi after that. people were rightfully so pissed off. asian-americans did not find this funny. this shirt would actually cause so much. problems for the brand people started. protesting outside the stores holding up.

posters reading two Wongs don't make it. white but two Wongs can make a fight. educate americon institutional racism. I'm not Asian but I recognize racism. when I see it which side note with all. of this going on SNL decides to be. racist about it Tina Fay acting as a. news reporter States the protest was. nonviolent and orderly but the same. could not be said for the parking lot. when they all went to drive home saying. Asians are bad at. driving in response to all of this a. spokesperson for abber cromie said we. personally thought Asians would love.

this t-shirt we are truly and deeply. sorry for everyone that we've offended. we never single out any one group or. poke fun at anyone we poke fun at. everybody from women to flight. attendants to baggage handlers to. football coaches to Irish Americans to. snow skiers there's really no group that. we haven't teased Mike Jeffrey says we. have a whole morals committee for. t-shirts sometimes they're on vacation. listen do we sometimes go too far. absolutely but we push the envelope and. we try to be funny and we try to stay. off authentic and relevant to our Target. customer I really don't care what anyone.

other than our Target customer thinks. one former employee guessed it's because. controversy brings free publicity and. the shirts are supposed to be cool and. what's cooler than something your. parents don't want you to wear probably. the more honest reason though is another. former employee States they kept making. those graphic T-shirts because um quote. the kids left wearing them so we just. kept making them and they were cheap you. could sell te's for like an 85% markup. and I guess people were because they. want to fit that image of the guys on. the.

abats most of the pictures of all the. shirtless guys laying down on the sand. showing off their armpits they're known. for their armpit ads it's always like. aggressive armpits do you know what I'm. talking about and one of them literally. States in an interview oh I I'm the armp. pick guy because that's one of the most. iconic pictures to come out of abomi. that is all all the photography is the. work of one man named Bruce Weber in the. photography and fashion world it's said. that you could spot a Bruce Weber from a. mile away they say the aesthetic is. quote joyful group shots young people.

Americana golden retrievers out in the. countryside he was one of the highest. paid photographers at one point he. worked with Brands like Calvin Klein. Rath luren Revlon Versace Vogue GQ. Vanity Fair L Rolling Stone you know. those underwear ads for Calvin Klein. they basically started do in part. because of Bruce they were very. controversial at the time but also very. groundbreaking to some people they said. the photos look like softcore the. National Coalition for the protection of.

Children and Families and another group. called focus on the family they both. launched boycotts of the brands because. of Bruce Weber's photos but criticism. aside Bruce was killing it in the. industry so it doesn't really matter. because being in the same room as Bruce. meant that your career is going to. advance it's going to Skyrocket abomi. models remember going out to a photo. shoot where Bruce was he's not even. taking pictures all day of everyone he's. looking for the right moment the right. people to take pictures of they just. told them models be natural do whatever. feels natural and Bruce will take a.

picture if he likes it one model says. guys would just be climbing up a tree. being like hey Bruce it's a tree and I'm. in it look at. me or they would start doing push-ups on. the curb to get his attention Bruce is a. very fascinating character one model. remembers that he was called for a. potential shoot with Bruce Weber but. instead of meeting at a photo shoot. location he goes up to meet with Bruce. at a jewelry store uh hi Bruce hi nice. to meet you I'm Bruce won't even look at. him won't even acknowledge Him nothing.

so now he's just standing awkwardly to. the side uncomfortably while Bruce for. quote at least 10 minutes picks out. jewelry for his wife it was all very. strange it's like a power play or. something but still it's Bruce this is. what one model has to say about working. with Bruce I couldn't sleep the night. before I was like I am going to shoot. with Bruce Weber oh my God I'm going to. shoot with Bruce Weber my star could. turn I could take off from here and. everybody is like you're shooting with. Bruce that's awesome because he is the.

brains behind the image of abomi skinny. richy white one former employee said all. that mattered was that the employees you. took pictures of and sent back to. headquarters were hot that's it that's. at the store level they're taking. pictures of everyone working in the. store sending it back to corporate and. these people need to look like they. could potentially be in a Bruce Weber ad. one supposed former manager of abian. Fitch did an AMA on Reddit where they. said there's a thing called the cast of. insert store tracker you submit your top.

10 most attractive and outgoing sales. floor staff it is okay and encouraged. for an ugly or quote chubby employee to. only work in the back or with the night. crew and not be on the sales floor every. year the cast of gets their photo taken. and submitted to corporate calendars and. video propaganda are made and dispersed. congratulating the seest store locations. it was weird and the process of that is. just uncomfortable you have to take. shirtless pictures of guys that work. there to send to coret they write it was. so weird to take a guy into the back.

room make him take off his shirt pull. his jeans right down to his pubes and. then take his picture we have to do this. to search for. greeters it was awkward of course with. everyone in the company having OCD they. made us do it like 10 different times. with the same people off the clock just. constantly taking weird photos another. former manager States the thinner more. conventionally attractive you were the. closer you were to the front that is so. crazy because this wasn't even that long. ago too no ethnic minorities and. overweight people most of the time just.

went to the work in the stock room along. with anyone who wasn't tall or facially. symmetrical enough to fold. t-shirts wait what yeah yeah another a. completely different former manager she. says you have to rank your employees on. a level of cool to rocks if they aren't. at least cool you have to zero them off. your schedule they have to be fired it. didn't matter what your sales were all. that mattered was that the employees. that you took pictures of were hot which. is clearly that's illegal right that's. what they say one of the former managers. also said it was something of a sport.

amongst the floor managers and employees. to make fun of overweight Shoppers who. came in looking for clothes as we. generally didn't carry about a size 12. in most items and we were encouraged not. to apologize for this one manager even. told me as his biceps strained the. sleeves of his moose and blazen shirt. that wearing ABI was a privilege not a. right okay bro what and any employee who. gained a significant amount of weight. was fired with little explanation the. Supreme Court Hears A lot of interesting. cases and then there's cases that.

honestly honestly why why did this. happen why did somebody feel compelled. to do this and now we have to go to the. Supreme Court why couldn't we just all. have basic human decency and we would. save everyone a lot of time heartache. and even money in 2015 scotus hears a. case of a woman named Samantha she says. in 2008 she applied for a job at abomi. but she was denied a position because. she wore a hijab that's the only reason. she was denied the position not because. she was under qualified if anything she. was likely overqualified no other reason.

than her religious garment they told her. it went against their quote look policy. which is the quote classic East Coast. Collegiate style Samantha rightfully. files a complaint with the equal. employment opportunity commission which. then files a lawsuit against abomi and. they double down abomi reps say what's. kind of like a baseball cap what's kind. of not but they double down and they. keep going we ban all types of head care. regardless of religious affiliation. because of abber crom's stubbornness on.

being discriminatory the case goes all. the way up to the Supreme Court the case. Was Heard by scotus and like I said if. abomi and all the employees just had. basic decency it wouldn't have gone up. all this way which side note that's not. me saying Samantha shouldn't have. brought it to scotus that's like if we. don't punch people in the faces we don't. have to have these trials about assault. I think Samantha did amazing scotus. rules 8 to1 in favor of Samantha stating. that ABI has violated the Civil Rights. Act which states that employers must. provide quote reasonable accommodation.

without undo hardship which honestly. Samantha is amazing she quite literally. helped make the country better but again. nobody had to do that and go through all. this anxiety had Abra Ki just not been a. bad person and they were also just flat. out racist to everyone they're just. discriminating after a corporate Blitz. in Irvine California which is heavily an. Asian Community they fired almost. everyone in the store because they're. Asians yeah W and they pointed at the. white guy on the poster and said you. need to have more staff that looks like.

that that's crazy cuz probably most. customers are Asians too yes mhm which. is just outright corporate. discrimination and racism another Asian. employee said he asked the assistant. manager about rehiring him because he. does well for his job he's qualified why. can't he work his job and the assistant. manager allegedly straight up told him. my manager said we can't rehire you. because we already have too many. Filipinos working in the. store he said I was like are you serious. she looked pretty uncomfortable and was. like yeah which leads to a class action.

lawsuit of discrimination the attorney. representing all the plaintiffs said it. was visually very easy to see what the. plaintiffs were saying in this case they. say in this case I could go to the mall. and verify what our client had told us. and so I did that I would go into the. abber cromie store and look at all the. retail workers there and then I would go. across the hall to another retail. establishment Old Navy Banana Republic. or the Gap and the contrast was just. striking one one former employee said. online I cut my hair into a Short afro.

and the next day at work my manager. immediately told me to go home because. my hair no longer fit the approved. Styles in the company lookbook they. showed me all the approved Styles all of. which I obviously couldn't replicate. with a 1-in curly Afro it was very clear. that when my hair was chemically. straightened it was approved but that. when I allowed my hair to grow naturally. it became a problem as a young black. woman it definitely hurt to think that. my natural look wasn't quote acceptable. they essentially refused to schedule me. until I made my hair look white again so. I just kind of never showed up again.

allegedly ABI attorneys tried to argue. that they were not fired due to racial. discrimination they were fired because. for a lack of better words they were. ugly they just weren't good enough to. work the floor ultimately ABI settled. and they never admitted guilt ABI did. settle for $40 million they paid out to. thousands of people so they didn't. really make that much money but Abra. comi however was forced to sign a. consent decree basically agreeing to. change their recruiting hiring and. marketing practices meaning that they.

would have to report to a court. appointed monitor for 6 years which. sounds very serious it sounds very. committed but it's not nothing happens. if they miss a benchmark they just had. to hire a VP of diversity to promote. diversity training for all employees. with hiring Authority which again. doesn't really change anything because. they just start calling frontof house. retail employees models this is the. loophole I'm telling you about because. if you call them a model you can. technically discriminate on aesthetic. models have to aesthetically look a. certain way that fits the Brand's image.

whereas everyone working in the back of. the store stocking shelves or in the. back stock rooms they were called impact. employees what does that mean I guess. they're impacting the store but also. impact that's like basically saying. diversity higher W impact employee. that's crazy so they got a lawsuit for. discriminating yes and they're like okay. I'm sorry here's some money and I'm. going to do it again yeah yeah yeah yeah. yeah but smarter this time quote unquote.

MH it's a legal loophole one former. employee says the idea was that calling. their minimum wage retail employees. models abomi could get away with. anything that a modeling agency could. get away with they had to add an updated. Clause to their lookbook for employees. that now reads for example head. coverings including baseball caps are. not permitted for certain purposes such. as religion or disability however. Associates may be permitted to wear. approved head coverings and another. statement that reads diversity Aon. employes represent American Style. America is diverse we want diversity in.

our. stores which is like the dumbest. diversity blurb I've ever read in my. life a few netizens who allegedly work. at abomi during this time said nothing. really changed by adding those Clauses. one writes I got written up for having a. sunburn when I worked there the. seriousness of it all just for me to be. standing at the front of the store. saying hey what's up is. absurd another nutzen writes I got a $20. class action settlement for working here. during this policy LOL crying face which.

another nut is in response all that for. 725 in an hour to ring up some cloth. there were petitions at the time stating. abac's brand is discrimination they. rooted themselves in discrimination at. every single level side note they really. do they were also sued for not having an. accessible entrance to their store one. of their sister's stores Hollister. violating their Americans with. Disabilities acts which side note they. try to argue technically it's fine okay. there are steps there's no ramp there's.

steps which nobody that is wheelchair. bound could potentially ever possibly. use safely but it's fine because quote. Hollister is like a fantasy of Southern. California it's all about hot lifeguards. and beautiful beaches young and fun. Hollister never takes life too seriously. the reason that that specific store has. no way for anyone with a wheelchair to. get inside is because quote well the. entrance is supposed to look like an. entry to a house in SoCal that you would. walk up onto the porch or walk down onto. the porch to enter like you do at a. beach house what are these arguments the.

company's attorneys argue the stepped. porches aren't discriminatory because. they're visual displays that all. customers even disabled ones can enjoy. the judge do not care they are truly out. here to offend and discriminate every. single person known to existence except. a small group of super skinny super rich. white people who probably hopefully were. so offended that they don't want to be a. part of that either the alleged former. manager that did the AMA on Reddit said. if a person talks looks or acts gay. they're not supposed to be hired this.

company builds itself on people people. are its only advertisement they say the. people they put on a pedestal are. straight clean young usually white. people with clear skin and natural looks. yeah they that means they must act and. dress straight that is crazy yeah I. still like all of that and they were. hyped so hyped for so long yes is it. because like maybe social media wasn't. that events back then so nobody can talk. about issues I do think we have come a. long way I don't know if people who grew.

up in minority dominated areas can. resonate but growing up in a white. dominated area I definitely think that. it was very normal to feel the pressure. to be a part of that group fit in yeah. but then nowadays it's like oh I love. being me right right right okay but. eventually this all catches up to them. and the first to fall is Bruce Weber. some say the main photographer for abui. at the time Bruce Weber they don't call. him creepy Santa Claus for no reason. those working with ABI would later State.

and allege that there's something called. being brucified it's when a model gets a. call to come to Bruce's hotel room. privately to talk about future modeling. opportunities where you go on a long. walk with Bruce you know when that. person gets a call for a long walk. they're getting brucified wait is. brucified in this lawsuit as well Bruce. is not Bruce is not but he has his own. lawsuits pending civil lawsuits yes many. like over a dozen allegation of. salt yeah one model who worked with.

Bruce claims it's presented as an option. but it really isn't even nudity on sets. quote the model that didn't go nude were. always cut on day two and those who did. would stay for additional shoot days the. boys who would socialize with Bruce. after the shoots alone in his hotel room. would get booked for longer with a. carrot of major campaigns being dangled. in front of them sometimes models didn't. even know why they had to be nude on set. it didn't even make sense one model who. worked with Bruce said it unfold it. slowly he's directing you and the peak. of the moment is when you're fully.

exposed and being told to hold it hold. that pose and you're wondering what are. these pictures even for because you're. not on set you're thinking this is not. what I'm getting paid for unfortunately. it does indeed get worse Bruce allegedly. had these breathing exercises many male. models have come forward to say yeah. that's not what the breathing exercises. were let's be real they alleged that. Bruce would have the model remove all. their clothes the model would then place. his hand on his own chest Bruce would. put his hands on top of the male model's. hands like they're in a strange naked.

prayer except Bruce is fully clothed. Bruce Weber would allegedly have each of. the models go lower and lower with their. hands as he's allegedly guiding them but. he's not I guess if you really want to. be technical he's not really touching. them but allegedly he said the purpose. of the exercise was so that the models. could breathe and see how the energy. flows in their body and the energy. seemed to always allegedly flow straight. to their. privates once they start rubbing their. own gen by coercion by force by choice. it's unclear Bruce would allegedly take.

the male model's hand and eventually. move it over to his own. trousers it's claimed he would have the. male model rub his genitals through his. pants by guiding their hands one model. States I remember him putting his. fingers in my mouth and him grabbing my. privates we never had or anything but a. lot of things happened a lot of touching. a lot of. molestation but the models were told. this was to help keep them vulnerable in. a photo shoot and that if they're. vulnerable they're going to go a lot. further in their modeling career if. you're not vulnerable you can imagine. what happens one former model says that.

he was on a photo shoot site he gets a. call day three photo shoot there's a. bunch of models there he says it was day. three all of a sudden the phone rings. and I'm like oh I know what that is hey. Bobby so I'm sending a car for you to. come over and uh it's Bruce I want you. to come over to the hotel and we can. talk and at this moment the moment is. like I'm not going like I'm going to go. home or not right so I tell him yeah so. I'm not going to be able to make it he. was like what no you have to come it's. going to be great for your career so I'm. like yeah no I'm cool Bruce but thank.

you very much and all of a sudden we. hang up my phone rings in probably 1. minute let's just say less than 2. minutes it rang again and I was like. hello I pick it up and it's like hey. Bobby unfortunately you're going to be. cut and your flight is ready get your. bags ready and then you have a flight. out tonight it was just like that. instant it was done one male model filed. a lawsuit against Bruce Weber for. inappropriate touching during a casting. session he said he was 28 Bruce was 69 a. full 48 years older he alleges that he. goes to Bruce's house and Bruce. immediately pressures him to take off.

his clothes and ultimately the lawsuit. alleges Bruce forces the model to rub. his own privates because he looks too. quote tense while the suit claims Bruce. is sitting there Whispering creepy. things like if you just had the. confidence you would go really far how. far do you want to make it how ambitious. are you then Bruce allegedly put his. fingers into the male model's mouth and. kissed him on his way out of the. apartment that is not the only one. that's spoken out about alleged. misconduct by Bruce another male model. alleges that Bruce kept telling him to.

dress completely nude for Calvin Klein. which the model didn't think made sense. because what do you mean he later. realized the nude photos were for Bruce. to show Calvin of Calvin Klein I guess. to approve or not approve I don't know. but he alleged that it was very. uncomfortable and Bruce would get mad. when he said no also he asked him if he. and his brother could pretend to be. boyfriends during a photo shoot which. they both refuse because that's. disgusting. they claimed that when they said no they. were subjected to verbal abuse and they.

believe Bruce blacklisted them from the. industry after that which I'm not saying. this as a fact I would not be able to. tell you that but a female photographer. Jesse English who spent a few years. assisting famous male photographers said. the attitude at the time on sets was. insane it was like this if I need to. touch you between your legs or grab your. breast so that you have the right look. on your face that's just the way it is. for example one alleged victim states. that after a casting he left in sheer. Terror because allegedly Bruce tried to. stick the mail model's hands down.

Bruce's pants when he tells Bruce's. agent the response was not what he was. expecting the agent just States that's. all he did you should have gone further. Bruce has since denied all the. allegations but the number of. accusations neisens are quite suspicious. additionally they're wondering did Mike. Jeff really not know and if he did how. much did he know one former model States. and we can infer from his statement that. Mike Jeff allegedly knew it all he says. it felt like they were always. implementing a new step in the process. at abber cromi like during the photo. shoots one of which was you had to go.

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was making around $71 million making him. one of the highest paid Executives in. the world at the time one journalist. describes Mike Jeff as the Willy Wonka. of the fashion industry they State. quirky perfectionist control freak one. person says you want to look at this guy. I mean a lot of people say look he's. weird certainly he's probably insane but. he's also unbelievably brilliant and. extremely driven another industry expert. says I think he is one of the greatest. merchants in the United States in fact. other merchants and designers and. everybody honestly were trying to get in.

front of Mike to have him say yes this. is that was the goal people who work. directly with Mike Jeffrey said he was. tireless the guy was very energetic and. boisterous he just never stopped working. for the brand thinking about the brand. he would wear Abie blue jeans a navy. blue polo shirt leather flip-flops with. a leather belt he was an incredibly big. personality he would explode in a room. but is he a mad genius aby's whole. approach isn't particularly original not. saying it doesn't work but the brand is. a mixture of two it's a mixture of.

Calvin Klein and Ral Lauren Calvin Klein. was one of the first Brands to merge. youth culture and their selling Ral. Lauren is selling the All-American. preppiness so they merg the two That's. Mike Jeff's great idea I guess word. association would be fraternity boarding. school wasp upper cross preppy with. money one former employee would say just. aspirational enough but not so expensive. that it was Out Of Reach the fundamental. idea is that fashion is selling us. belonging confidence cool appeal you.

know in so many ways the very last thing. that it's selling is actually the. garments Abie sold a dream it was almost. like your fantasy like a Young Person's. fantasy even the bags had the half naked. ripped guys on there do you remember in. black and white you would see people. walking around the mall with those bags. some girls would cut out those guys from. the bag and post them on their lockers. oh my God yes or cover their textbooks. with them I mean he is at the end of the. day a pretty good marketer he would have. these posters in his office that had a. line down the middle this is what Abra.

comi is this is what it isn't what ABI. is the dog is a golden retriever it is. not a standard poodle the abber comi. college kid drives a Jeep he does not. drive a sedan he would host little. meetings around the fire pit to discuss. how much money the company is making the. beginning years were around 165 million. then 235 million then 335 522 8116 and. finally billions of dollars of sale per. year One retail marketing consultant. said it is one of the best examples of a.

brand that is incredibly focused and. disciplined about its retail execution. it's very targeted precise executed and. nothing is left to chance and obviously. SS Mike Jeffrey says I think what we. represent is healthy it's playful it's. not dark it's not degrading and it's not. gay and it's not straight it's not black. and it's not white it's not about labels. that' be cynical and we're not cynical. it's all depicting this wonderful. camaraderie friendship playfulness that. exists in this generation and candidly. does not exist in the older generation.

but then like how did it all went. downhill like it was so hot back in the. days and then all of a sudden yes it got. it was gone oh yeah okay we're going to. get in there they used to have this. abomi quarterly magazine which was just. a picture book of very photos it said. that in one quarterly you could not see. a sweater or a garment until page. 122 yeah they just had a magazine what. does that mean you you don't see it. until everyone's naked until page 122.

you might see one sweater I see I see. and HR rep told employ I mean you could. write abomi with dog on a baseball hat. and sell it for $40 that's where we're. at right now it's. awesome fascinatingly enough Mike Jeff's. career was not doing great until Leslie. Wexner hired him as a CEO of abomi which. is interesting because it makes you. wonder why did he hire him then the. company that Mike Jeff was CEO of was. failing would you really want want to. make him a CEO of a company that you. just purchased that is also failing. unless there's another reason maybe you.

guys have a deep deep friendship and. connection or something I'm not saying. there is I'm just saying it's very. intriguing prior to abomi Mike Jeff was. the president of Alcott and Andrews. positioned itself as an upscale. professional clothing line for women. they were failing for a lot of reasons. and it's just fascinating why bring a. failing president to take over a. currently failing brand maybe he saw. something special in Mike Jeff if you. ask Mike Jeff he'll probably give you a. very PR answer Mike would say that it. all started when he was 5 years old he.

was growing up in La where his dad owned. a party supply store Mike was obsessed. with organizing reorganizing designing. the windows and the counters he would. scream at his parents we need another. store we need another store I always. wanted to expand and get bigger and I. would get off on saying why do we why do. we do the fixtures like this why don't. we do it this way that totally turned me. on seemingly working at ABI would be the. best career choice of Mike jeffy's life. not for everybody else but for him. he's selling SE meets the ivy league. that's the vision and they're bringing.

it all to the other sub brands that Abra. comi creates they start selling these. little triangle push-up bras that's what. they called them push-up bikini tops. they're striped they come in black red. blue just triangles and strings for. $24.50 this becomes a whole controversy. because the problem is this is in the. newly launched abomi kids section for. little girls 8 to 14 years old which is. not even the worst Scandal they were on. on the contrary they actually sold. thongs for literal children they had.

thongs and the phrases on there would. say I candy wink wink wow what the hell. is going on right now parents are upset. they're saying this gets young girls to. think that about themselves in that way. before it's even developmentally. appropriate to which abomi released a. statement saying yeah okay we will take. out the push-up part of the bikini but. you can still buy them and the company. responds you think it's weird you think. it's weird that children wear stuff like. this you're weird they state that the. underwear was created with the intention.

of being light-hearted and cute and if. you think it's weird then it's quote. purely in the eye of the beholder Mike. Jeff would even later say that was a. bunch of people said we were. cynical that we were socializing little. girls but you know what I still think. those are cute underwear for little. girls and I think everybody who gets on. a bandwagon about thongs for little. girls is crazy just crazy there's so. much craziness about in this country. it's nuts I can see getting upset about. letting your girl hang out with a bunch. of old perves but why would you let your. girl hang out with a bunch of old perves.

just such a weird response one. journalist writes about Mike Jeff and. for a man obsessed with creating a and. emotional experience for his customers. he comes off as oddly seual he has. touchy feely with some of his employees. both male and female but the touch is. decidedly paternal Mike Jeff has a wife. and a son the son is full grown and I. believe he and his wife live separately. they're pretty separated because uh one. person talking about Mike Jeffrey said. when he ran abomi he always sold clothes. to women and girls but I think most.

people saw and responded to was the male. image in the male form and it appears. that Mike Jeff is included because it's. a well-known secret that Mike Jeff is. gay he is a blown up torso of man's ABS. hanging over his fireplace some people. said you just knew he was gay and he. sort of became a gay icon in the Fashion. World him and his partner Matthew Smith. Matthew Smith is a very very private. person there's probably a handful of. pictures of him out there here's what. the public does know about him he is.

British interesting right another. Jeffrey Epstein connection glain Maxwell. perhaps 60 years old now Mike Jeff was. 20 years older than him he's kind of. seen as Mike Jeff's Shadow he doesn't. actually work for abber cromi but he was. very influential in every decision in. the company which is fascinating. considering he's not an employee. executive or a board member but he. allegedly held considerable power he was. involved in all the internal meetings. one former employee says I can't think. of a time where Mike went anywhere.

independently without Matthew he was the. one that allegedly created the manual. for the executive ABI jet which included. 40 pages of highly detailed instructions. including what kind of underwear. aircraft staff should wear which again. reminiscent of galain Maxwell which side. note some employees were nervous about. this they said they were concerned. because if Matthew Smith made a decision. that would negatively impact the company. technically he would be cleared of. responsibility. aside from that nobody really knew. anything about Mike Jeff and Matthew. Smith and their private lives they say.

if he has a life outside of work it's. not something people knew about and they. didn't until decades later when he and. Matthew Smith along with James Jacobson. the man with no nose are arrested for. trafficking so where does Abra cromie. fall in 2001 a new Spider-Man movie with. Tony Maguire comes out in the movie. there's this school bully he's not even. the villain of the movie he's just a. school bully he's an obnoxious dumb loud. jock like a caricature interestingly.

enough in every single scene he is. purposely dressed head to toe in abomi. one former employee at abomi said that's. when he knew the brand was going to fail. that's when he knew because that's not. looking good that's no longer a cool. person really however one expert. disagrees and believes that Twilight was. the start of the downfall of abomi they. said that after that movie quote pale. skinny hipsters were in trend not beef. cake. dudes which is kind of a wild statement. to make but the point being nobody cared.

for Logos in branding anymore in fact. wearing giant logos made you uncool made. you someone with no Style with your own. personal taste bad quality probably. didn't help either one former employee. said we were forced to wear their. leather sandals with no supporter. padding over time employees feets. actually flattened and then I hated. wearing those tight pants or jeggings. they were so tight and you would get. yeast infections and you can't move well. enough to do your job the diee on the. jeans would actually make your legs turn. blue if you wore them long enough that's.

how the products were feeling but. they're asking for premium prices on top. of that another former employee States. at some point those kids that learned it. wasn't cool to be bullied growing up. they grew up and they decided they. didn't want to spend money at a place. that made them feel bad exclusion just. stopped being. cool there were these criticisms that. Mike Jeff is losing touch with keeping. up with the customers changing taste he. didn't lower prices at all during a. recession abui and Fitch no longer felt. cool and exclusive it just felt.

expensive the brand was becoming frankly. irrelevant and shareholders were not. happy that Mike jeffre was leading the. brand into irrelevancy but was still. paying himself $40 million a year and I. guess he could feel it that he was going. to get outed because he just quit out of. nowhere after 22 years he resigns nobody. hears from him. again his 22e reign of the company is. over and he's not even walking away. empty-handed he leaves with a $27. million retirement package and now he is.

being charged with trafficking there are. civil suits filed against him as well. and appears that he is going to be. fighting all of them he is pled not. guilty and I think likely the argument. is going to be that everybody consented. what's so Insidious about all of this is. I believe there will be a lot of victim. blaming coming from the defense on this. one during the BBC investigation they. reached out to Mike Jeff for comment his. attorney said Mike Jeff is an. 80-year-old man and retired in the years. past he has chosen not to comment on.

media reports documentaries and stories. of any kind as they relate to his. personal life and does not plan on doing. so now since his arrest his attorneys. have kept the same tone stating we will. respond in detail to the allegations. when appropriate but plan to do so in. the courthouse not in the media many of. the male models feel like it's going to. be a very upill battle Barrett one of. the victims says I mean no one was. forcing me there with chains and pushing. me into a room and ripping my clothes. off the way that we often think of SE. abuse and it being violent right I wish.

it was that simple to say no did I want. to kiss Mike Jeff no did I want to. engage in activities in front of him no. I mean did I just want to leave yes I. think part of me disassociated so yeah I. didn't say no but I didn't say yes. either I didn't have control this. experience I think it broke me I think. this stole any ounce of Innocence that I. had left it mentally messed me up but. with the language I now have today I can. sit here and tell you that I was taken. advantage of another victim States on.

one hand I guess I could have left at. any point right there was nobody there. with a gun to my head but on the other. hand it was like this guy is the. gatekeeper and he's telling me he has. the keys I was so scared I just wanted. it to be over I was like what do we do. so that I can get this over with so that. I can leave additionally it's very hard. for victims to come forward because they. felt like it makes them look bad one. alleged victim States there's an immense. amount of Shame associated with the idea. that you're not a masculine man if. you've been molested or taken advantage. of by another man one legal expert says.

it's very normal that many of the. victims went back it's extremely common. you know the reasons you normally see. for returning is one I already did it I. did it they broke me down I have no. self-worth anymore I have no self-esteem. I feel worthless number two is the money. okay I got money sometimes they were. paid like. $2500 I want to make sure I can justify. what happened to me and the third is the. carrot you've already come this far. you've already gone through something so. terrible but if you turn back now you're. not going to get the reward you're not.

going to get the campaign one male model. turn journalist said the industry Grooms. you for this kind of stuff he says. you're told over and over and over again. that if people don't want to have with. you how could you be a good male model. that means they don't find you beautiful. which means your whole career is kind of. pointless because you're not a beautiful. model to the point where he says I. always wanted people to like me I would. almost get offended if they didn't want. to have me that's how I got groomed. that's how it worked worked in my mind I. didn't even realize how bad it was until. I got out wow and when it happens the.

models hate it they don't want it but. they try to reason with themselves when. casting director States models are. treated like just because some. model posed for an overly cized picture. that doesn't mean he or she is who that. picture is it's a complete insult to. anyone who has ever been put in a. compromising position to say anyone. could have just walked away gotten up. that is not true one victim States Jeff. was the Kingpin in if it wasn't for him. like none of this would have existed. from what I can tell it's alleged that. this is what Mike Jeff wanted he was the.

king of the castle Matthew Smith was the. one coordinating all of it and James. Jacobson The Man Without the nose was. like a recruiter like a little. recruiting agent he never formally. worked with abber comi he was the. intermediary he would reach out to. models and say hey you want to meet the. CEO But first you got to meet me in a. hotel room before I let you go meet them. and he will essay them too allegedly yes. one alleged victim said it flowed like a. business would flow it seemed very.

professional I would wager that this. involved a few hundred people if not. more to coordinate all these fake. casting calls hotels flights in a. lawsuit from the victims they alleg The. Venture had everything a Trafficking. Organization needed funding. infrastructure the appearance of. legitimacy and a complicit corporate. institution and I guess the feds are. coming down now one of the victims David. was asked by the BBC what message he. would have for Mike Jeff and Matthew. Smith if they're watching and he says. was it worth it was all of this worth it.

did you get what you needed do you. remember me ABI the company has stated. that they were not aware of the. allegations of misconduct and that their. new leadership had transformed the. company into quote values-driven. organization that we are today some of. the victims are not so certain they. believe there are allegations out there. that Abra be at least many of the. employees knew that was some hush money. paid out to some victims through abra's. funds but it's unclear side note abomi.

has shifted its brand Imaging they now. sell women sizes up to 32 when Mike was. in charge they did not go above a 10 and. it's working interestingly enough ABI. was doing really well last year in 2023. their stock performed better than Nvidia. in 2023 what yeah no way fascinating. they were the top performing stock in. the S&P 500 index for 2023 you're. kidding I'm being so for real what do. you mean yeah they perform better than. Nvidia so what happened like the store.

came back just start killing it they. went viral with their sizing inclusivity. and their new branding they said that. they were in a very interesting position. because everybody already knew the name. abian fit so they didn't need to bring. awareness they just needed campaigns to. show the shift in. branding wow yeah it's it's very. interesting people say that they were. are intrigued to see how it shifts again. because their Target demographic right. now their main audience are millennials.

and they wonder how that'll work to now. include gen Z into their. marketing yeah Mike Jeff has pled not. guilty which means like I said there's. going to be a trial and he has. interestingly enough been released on a. $10 million bond which is a fifth of. Diddy's bond proposal that has been. rejected multiple times I will say. there's likely a few reasons why Mike's. Bond was accepted while did's was not. first being I mean yeah we do have to. factor in race didd he is a black man. Mike Jeff is a white man but a few other.

reasons could be severity of charges. they both have trafficking charges which. honestly I don't think anyone should be. let out on bond for but Diddy's. indictment list a whole list of other. severe charges including reter and. kidnapping I mean they're both serious. but Mike Jeffrey's indictment seems a. little bit more limited in terms of. scope not I'm not saying that the. victims were less victimized but I'm. just saying in terms of the indictment. and what the feds have it seems Limited. in scope there's also a belief I guess. this is the discretion of Judges that.

Diddy poses a stronger Flight Risk and a. danger to the community I mean. technically both are flight risks. considering the amount of wealth that. they've amassed but I'm sure the video. of Diddy in the hotel did not help his. chances of getting Bond if you're going. to do that in a hotel hallway I mean. it's very hard for a judge to say you're. not a danger to society and lastly age. some legal experts think because Mike. jeffre is in his 80s now it was easier. for him to get bonded honestly I don't. know if these are the reasons it's hard. to say when it's just two different. judges it could just be one of the. reasons or many of them or all of them I.

don't know but Mike Jeff has been. released on bond with an electronic. monitor until his trial the judge states. to him Mr Jeff you putting your family. at a Financial Risk if you do not return. to court if the defendant does not show. up to the court your house will go into. foreclosure and you will owe the. government $10. million most netizens are shocked that. it took this long for something to be. done they comment never realized he was. exposed long before he was arrested poor. victims falling like dominoes this is.

just the tip of the iceberg another. comments Cat Williams wasn't joking. about 2024 or all these Elites seem to. have skeletons in their closet it's only. a matter of time till they fall from. their Ivory Towers why are they just. arresting all these people now all these. rings and crimes have been going on for. a long time now which another nzen feels. frustration that Mike Jeff is so old and. he's just now being charged they write. I'm guessing he had been doing that for. years they always wait until they're on. their dying beds to arrest them he's got. like two full years of life left anyway. another writes a billionaire who is.

corrupt and does deplorable things. secretly what else is new all these rich. guys look like they would be into some. weird things side note I don't know if. Mike Jeff is a billionaire some neans. are more focused on his looks he looks. like the monster Dr Frankenstein created. he does have some botch plastic surgery. and fillers and they comment this this. is the guy that said ugly people. shouldn't wear his company's clothes he. looks like one of those creatures off. the hills of eyes innocent till proven. guilty but very guilty of bad plastic. surgery is another comment some nens.

think that Diddy is the reason that he's. going down which just to clarify the. three in the indictment are just like. Diddy innocent until proven guilty in. the court of law but also there's no. proof that Diddy is involved in any way. shape or form but netizens are. suspicious they say it's surreal when. you realize the conspiracy theories. weren't conspiracy theories at all one. comment reads well looks like Diddy has. a new cellmate another n is and brings. up his connection with Epstein writing. just say no to anyone named Jeffrey or. jeffre one comment reads people like.

Mike Jeff and Shan Combs aren't the only. ones out here participating in this type. of inappropriate predator and deviant. Behavior there are others out there they. just haven't been caught yet or another. comment reads the bigger story is why. cops ignored this for 30 years this. freak prayed on young men for over 20. years and y'all wait until he's 80 years. old to prosecute him out of here they. are facing 15 years to life in prison. Mike Jeff is 8 years old his partner. Matthew Smith is 61 and James Jacobson. is now 71 yes if you or anyone you know.

are victims of this case call the FBI. they are still Gathering leads and. Witnesses 1 1800 call FBI 1 1800 call. FBI is the tip line but that is what is. going on with the ex CEO of Aban. Fitch yeah well like he's 80 so it. sounds like he's been doing this his. whole life yeah and he almost got away. with it and yeah he he might still just. get away with it right that is crazy and.

then like you said like if even one. operation hundreds of people know that. means in his whole life like how many. people know it's just sounds like the. whole industry is there's so so dark and. there's so much of these type of things. going on I it just feels like Hollywood. the entertainment industry the fashion. industry there's these reckonings that. keep happening and I don't know if. anything's getting fixed it doesn't seem. like it it just seems like you just wait.

until the next one Falls and then it. becomes a whole conversation discourse. of like we can't let this happen and. then it just happens again until the. next one I mean I don't know I don't. know what an alternative would be like. we're just all on the outside thinking. how can this not happen again what are. your thoughts leave it in the comments. and please stay safe and I will see you. in the next one.