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Ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries arrested in scheme to sexually exploit male models: feds

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Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, his romantic partner and a middle man preyed on and horrifically abused more than a dozen young aspiring male models as part of twisted sex-trafficking and prostitution ring, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

Jeffries, 80, allegedly wielded his “power, wealth and his influence” to traffic scores of men for his own sexual pleasure for nearly a decade – often dangling the promise of modeling careers in their faces, according to the feds.

The disgraced fashion boss and his partner, Matthew Smith, 61, used a middle man, James Jacobson, 71, to recruit and lure their victims to sick sex parties across the world from 2008 to 2015, according to the indictment.

Jacobson — who was previously described by some accusers as missing his nose and covering the gap with snakeskin — “required that prospective candidates first participate in a sexual encounter or tryout, with’’ him, court papers say.

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