The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch has pleaded not guilty in New York

TOWN OF ISSLIP, NEW YORK. Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries appeared in a Long Island courtroom Friday to face charges of sex trafficking and prostitution.

He pleaded not guilty.

The judge granted him a bail package of 10 million dollars. Jeffries pledged his country house in New York as collateral. Conditions of his release include house arrest, electronic monitoring and no contact with co-defendants, witnesses or alleged victims.

Some of his alleged victims were also in the courtroom. Jeffries looked back at them.

He is due back in court on December 12.

Jeffries was arrested earlier this weekalong with her romantic partner Matthew Smith and another man, James Jacobson. Jeffries and Jacobson are scheduled to be arraigned Friday afternoon in Central Islip.

The 16-count indictment alleges that Jeffries, Smith and Jacobson operated an international sex-trafficking and prostitution ring from approximately 2008 to 2015.

Prosecutors say Jeffries and Smith paid dozens of men to travel around the country and the world “for the purpose of performing commercial sexual acts.”

“They spent millions of dollars on a massive infrastructure to support this operation,” said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Breon Peace. said earlier this week.

If found guilty, they face 15 years to life in prison.

The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch has been arrested

Jeffries is accused of using his position as CEO to lure young men into sex by offering them to become models for a fashion company. Abercrombie published a statement on social networks after the arrests, saying he was “stunned and disgusted” by the allegations.

Prosecutors say Jeffries, Smith and Jacobson used “force, fraud and coercion to traffic these men for their own sexual gratification.” They say the victims were not told about the sexual acts that would be required at various events.

According to the indictment, employees allegedly gave attendees of the events non-disclosure agreements and confiscated their phones to keep them secret, then plyed them with alcohol, muscle relaxants known as “poppers,” Viagra, lubricants and condoms.

Prosecutors went on to say that in several cases the victims did not or could not consent, and Jeffries and Smith “violated the bodily integrity of these men by subjecting them or continuing to subject them to invasive sexual and violent contact with body parts and other objects.”

Matthew Smith and James Jacobson

Jeffries and his partner, Smith, were arrested Tuesday at Jeffries’ home in Palm Beach, Florida. Jacobson was taken into custody in Barron County, Wisconsin.

Prosecutors allege that Jacobson acted as a recruiter and conducted “trials” with potential candidates that “typically required the candidates to first engage in commercial sexual acts with him.”

Jacobson also appeared in court and pleaded not guilty. He was released on bail of 500,000 dollars. Smith was ordered detained after prosecutors raised concerns about his dual US-British citizenship.

Federal authorities are asking other victims to come forward

The indictment lists 15 victims, but prosecutors say “dozens and dozens of men” are involved in the case.

Former model Barrett Pell says he auditioned for a model for Jacobson and was delivered to Jeffries’ home in New York.

“I thought I was given Abercrombie clothes to go to an interview with Abercrombie and it wasn’t the interview I expected. And it was the darkest experience in my life,” he said.

Pell added: “I didn’t feel free. I didn’t feel like I could say no or just walk away. I felt trapped.”

The FBI is asking anyone who believes they are a victim or has information to call 1-800-CALL-FBI.

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