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The Deepwater Horizon actress has decided to sever ties with a Taiwanese company after a number of employees accused bosses of sexual and physical abuses.
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Kate Hudson and her Fabletics partners have severed ties with a manufacturing plant in Lesotho amid claims of sexual and physical abuse against bosses.
Almost 40 employees have come forward, accusing Hippo Knitting officials of abuse, with female workers alleging they were often stripped naked during routine daily searches, while three accusers claim male supervisors sexually assaulted them. Another worker claimed she was forced to urinate on herself when a supervisor wouldn t let her use the bathroom during her shift. Hudson, who co-founded the activewear brand, insists she had no knowledge of what was going on and has cut ties with the Taiwanese company behind the factory in Maseru, following the Time Magazine expose, published on Wednesday.