American Apparel CEO Dov Charney is certainly an interesting man. His list of recent accomplishment include driving his previously successful company into the ground and masturbating constantly in front of his employees and journalists. Charney’s latest merit badge is a real doozy, however. He’s being sued by a former AA employee Irene Morales, who claims he started sexually harassing her while she was still in high school, then forcibly raped her on her 18th birthday:
Charney allegedly began harassing Morales in August 2007 — when she was just 17, a high-schooler working as a sales associate in an American Apparel store — telling her that she would be fired if she did not detail her sexual history, engage in “increasingly explicit” sexual functions and send him sexually explicit pictures, according to the lawsuit.
And, he told her that in order to keep her job and be promoted, she would have to have sex with him as soon as she turned 18, the suit says.
The pressure of Charney’s demands caused Morales to become “increasingly nervous and depressed,” forcing a hospital stay after an “emotional breakdown,” the suit alleges.
After her release, she told Charney of her breakdown, which he then used to increase the pressure, the quarter-billion dollar lawsuit against Charney, American Apparel and members of the company’s board of directors alleges.
He forced her to work longer hours and perform personal tasks without extra pay leading up to the alleged attack on the day she turned 18. Afterward, he continued to demand sexual service and communications in exchange for her continued employment at American Apparel, the suit says.
Well that’s interesting. I’m sure his well documented history as a self-admitted pervent who enjoyed making his employees suck his cock and who reportedly help company meeting in the nude will help sway a jury that he’s completely innocent. Regardless, I sure do love those V-Necks!
