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19 Jun 2014

Author:
Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress (USA)

American Apparel Just Fired Its CEO After Years Of Defending Him From Sexual Harassment Charges [USA]

American Apparel has fired CEO and founder Dov Charney, citing “an ongoing investigation into alleged misconduct” by Charney, who has been repeatedly accused of sexually harassing employees in the past...Charney had been accused of sexual harassment by seven different employees in the past, including allegations of harassment by phone and sexual assault in person. Some of the lawsuits that sprung out of those claims had reportedly been settled without payment or otherwise found to be without merit. At one point the company had backed Charney aggressively...