Welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. The former ceo of Global Fashion brand Abercrombie Fitch and his british partnerface allegations of exploitation from men recruited for sex events they hosted Around The World. A bbc investigation found a highly organised operation running the events, with a Middleman Finding Young Adult men for mikejeffries and his partner matthew smith. Jeffries is regarded as the modern day founder of abercrombie and fitch, which also owns the Hollister Brand. Eight men told the bbc they attended these events, some of whom alleged they were exploited or abused. Two former us prosecutors who independently reviewed evidence uncovered by the bbc have called for an investigation to determine whether charges for Sex Trafficking could be brought. Mrjeffries and mr smith did not respond to requests for comment. In the early to thousands, sexualised imagery and provocative billboards turned the teen retailer,
This time, it is a civilfraud trial. Hes accused of inflating the value of his assets by billions of dollars to secure better loan and insurance terms. Before entering court, mr trump berated the us Justice System and the new York Attorney general who is bringing the case. He described Letitia James as racist and a horrow show. And he dismissed the case as a sham and a scam. He also denied the claims against him. We have a great company. I built a great company. Its got tremendous value. Its got some of the greatest real estate assets in the world. And now i have to go before a roguejudge, as a continuation of russia, russia, russia, as a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time, and i dont think the people of this country are going to stand for it. If i werent leading in all the polls, or if i werent running, i wouldnt have any of these cases, i wouldnt be seeing you this morning. But ill be seeing a lot of you, because this is a horrible thing thats happening to our co
Years as chairman. Lee had been living with cancer for sometime. City say, as a mark of respect, flags around the Etihad Stadium and citys Football Academy will fly at half mast. Liverpool have now made a formal request to the referees governing body for Audio Conversations between officials from saturdays defeat at totttenham to be released. Its after var failed to overturn a wrong decision to disallow a luis diaz goalfor offside, with the pgmol saying it was down to a significant human error. In a statement, liverpool say that explanation is unacceptable and sporting integrity has been undermined. Former referee Keith Hackett believes the audio should be released. I think that they have to release it. You know, ithink i think that they have to release it. You know, i think its important that when an error of this magnitude is made, that there is transparency and we do get the full detail of whats happened. Theres one Premier League match this evening, the south london derby. Chelsea
trip to atlanta taking on a whole new significance. the president will offer his support for the aaip community in georgia and across the country. they ll look into what led to a mass shooting spree that left eight dead including six asian women. it has been such a challenge, we re actively looking at guidance to update it. the president promised 100 million shots in 100 days. it s outpacing the ability of our vaccines to work. welcome to our view ers in the united states and all around the world. it s 6:00 in new york. alisyn is off. erica is here. just here to help. this morning vice president harris will meade with asian-american leaders in atlanta, offering support to their community grappling with fears and frustration after a deadly shooting spree in three spas around the city. police are working to determine the gunman s motive and they say nothing is off the table in the investigation. the shooting sparks a rise. protesters outside one of the spas call
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