Former Abercrombie CEO's partner pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges, is freed on bond
The partner of former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries who was indicted on sex trafficking charges along with Jeffries and another man has been released on $10 million bond
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Matthew Smith, the partner of former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, was released on $10 million bond Tuesday in their sex trafficking case with conditions including home detention and GPS monitoring.
Smith, 61, pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and prostitution charges in a federal court on New York's Long Island.
Smith was arrested Oct. 22 along with Jeffries and a third man, James Jacobson, on charges of luring men into drug-fueled sex parties by dangling the promise of modeling jobs with the trend-setting retailer.
Prosecutors said in court papers that the men were induced by “force, fraud and coercion” to engage in sex parties between 2008 and 2015 in which they were sometimes directed to wear costumes and endure painful erection-inducing injections.
