Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is returning home on a special flight from Dubai, ending four years of self-imposed exile as he seeks to win the support of voters ahead of parliamentary elections due in January.
03.10.2023 - 21:13 / perezhilton.com
The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch is under fire after some serious allegations have been made against him!
Mike Jeffries and his partner Matthew Smith have been accused of sexual exploitation after eight men claimed the two facilitated their recruitment for sex events they hosted between 1992 and 2014 — the year he resigned. Buckle up, Perezcious readers, because the details of their operation are pretty horrific.
According to a new bombshell report from BBC, Jeffries and Smith ran a “well-oiled machine” in which they used “recruiters” to bring young men, many of whom were aspiring models, to sex events in London, Paris, Venice, and Marrakesh. The “middleman” or “casting agent” involved in the scheme was Jim Jacobson, who allegedly found all of the young men — and was paid as much as $1,000 for every referral.
Half of the guys said they were recruited by Jacobson — but were misled about the nature of the parties or were not informed that sex was involved. Others said they knew what was going on at these parties but were unaware of what was expected of them. All of them were paid to attend and hoped by doing so that they would get a modeling gig with Abercrombie & Fitch.
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But even before the event, the victims allege Jacobson often sexually “auditioned” them by either asking or offering to perform oral sex — only afterward, he would introduce them to Jeffries and Smith. Some of the young men were then sent to a personal “groomer” and had their body hair shaved off before going to the party – an experience some of them said was “dehumanizing.” All of them were forced to sign non-disclosure agreements, stating that
Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is returning home on a special flight from Dubai, ending four years of self-imposed exile as he seeks to win the support of voters ahead of parliamentary elections due in January.
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