Former fashion boss and partner charged with sex trafficking
Daily Express|October 23, 2024
Arrest at Florida home after 10-month probe
Christopher Bucktin
Former fashion boss and partner charged with sex trafficking

AN ex-fashion chain supremo and his British partner have been arrested by the FBI on sex trafficking charges.

Former Abercrombie & Fitch chief executive Mike Jeffries, 80, and Matthew Smith, 60, were detained at their home in West Palm Beach, Florida, yesterday following a 10-month investigation.

A third man, Jim Jacobson, 71, was arrested in Wisconsin.

The three are accused of sexually exploiting and abusing young men at parties they hosted in the US, the UK and around the world.

This story is from the October 23, 2024 edition of Daily Express.

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