
Abercrombie & Fitch ex-CEO Mike Jeffries accused of exploiting men for sex through organized operation
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The CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch during the brand's heyday in the 1990s and early 2000s, Mike Jeffries, is facing allegations of exploitation by men recruited for sex events he hosted around the world, according to a BBC News investigation.
Two former U.S. prosecutors who reviewed the documents and first-hand accounts gathered by the British network for its report called for prosecutors to investigate whether Jeffries should face sex trafficking charges.

Felix Baumgartner, the daredevil who made a record-breaking parachute jump from the stratosphere in 2012, died Thursday in a paragliding accident in Italy, a local mayor confirmed. Firefighters who responded to the scene said they found a paraglider that had crashed into the side of a swimming pool in the city of Porto Sant Elpidio, on central Italy's eastern coast.

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