Lovelyish

I’ve been in that specific store,
In fact, I may have slept with her once before.
The reason why she walked out that door,
Had nothing to do with her being a whore.

I felt like rhyming after I realized my first two sentences did.

But uhh, yeah, that’s quite the story. Gah.

Wow. That’s incredibly sickening. I hope that man goes to jail or something. How awful, doing that to a young woman. While I agree with you that she should’ve quit earlier, this type of behaviour is 100% unacceptable. /:

The man is horrible, but why, oh why, keep that job after all of those things? Why not bring it to someone’s attention beforehand? 

Girls, listen. If this happens to you, talk to your superiors about it immediately and, if you need to, quit.

Anyone who lives in this city knows how hard it is to afford being here. We don’t know her situation, how her finances were, or if she had any help from her parents, etc. If you’re incredibly broke and trying to afford your sky-high rent, sometimes you will do anything rather than risk being completely jobless. Especially back in ’08 when the huge crash happened and thousands of people were losing jobs by the minute.

It sucks she had to go through this and I deeply hope that, if it’s true (sounds like it is), she will get the compensation she deserves.

What a creep!

I think his creepy clothing website is his sick way to get off or a good excuse to get young females to pose in provocative positions that are suppose to be artistic(which is subjective but it leans more on the porn side than art) because he is a photographer. and to top it off, he has a very creepy mustache/beard. so far, his reputation isn’t working in his favor.

AA doesn’t even pay THAT much. she could’ve easily worked at urban, starbucks, gap, old navy etc etc. retail is always hiring especially with experience. the breach of the contract she signed could be the only way she’ll lose the case. they might just have to settle it.

Ugh, that guy has too many hipster trends going on at once.

I don’t know if I can believe this so easily, but I do feel sorry for her if it’s true.

that’s insane!

He is absolutely unforgiven and should be punished but what about the amount of being sued by the girl??? and why she came back to work after all that horrible experience? her moral value??? Is she really innocent in the name of justice??

I can’t bring myself to completely side with that girl.

Yeah, it’s horrible that something like that happened to her, but she could’ve very easily left that job the second that man asked for her naked photos at age 17.
She didn’t have to press the send button on her phone, computer, wherever she sent the photos from. And she could’ve just NOT shown up at his apartment.

From the looks of it, he didn’t necessarily…FORCE her. He only threatened to fire her from the job, but he didn’t use physical force. She should’ve left immediately, instead of going through letting him have her naked photos, and doing sexual favors for him.

I know I definitely would’ve left that job in a heartbeat, if I were in the same situation. I don’t care how much I needed the money, my respect for my body is much more important.

Ugh.. -_-

Whyyy am I not surprised? This story sounds fishy to me though. He does look like a total creeper but she’d have to be totally stupid to comply rather than just quit and sue for sexual harrasment. 

if the company is as trashy as their advertising then this is not even remotely surprising

Quite a story, but how do we know that he did such a thing? Remember: innocent until proven guilty, and these sorts of cases need actual, concrete evidence. 

Ew. There’s not enough money in the world to make me do anything remotely sexual with that dude.

She did that willingly. If someone told me they would fire me if I didn’t sleep with them on my b-day, I would have reported it immediately and started looking for another job that same day. I also don’t get why she sent him naked pictures of herself as a MINOR. That was the first warning sign that she should have taken to start looking for another job. If she was 17 going on 18 in oh eight then the girl is 20 going on 21. It’s been three years and now she wants to complain? All her broke ass sees are dollar signs.

Doesn’t surprise me whatsoever. That guy has had so many sexual harassment accusations against him as well as hiring illegal immigrants to work in the factory that makes the clothing and all. I’m still surprised this store is even still standing.

The prices for the clothes are ridiculous as well and the clothing isn’t even anything spectacular. I went in there recently because I needed something to wear for a Gaga show and they were the only store that had what I was looking for. But seeing the rest of the crap they had there was stuff you could easily find at any secondhand store for a third of the price or less. 

just looking at him gives me the creeeps

Fuckheads like that should be lined up, shot, and used for dog food.

I think it’s bogus. Like someone said, AA doesn’t even pay that much, mind as well get a job at Starbucks and at least get some stock options and free coffee. Pssh.

Actually in NYS the legal age of sexual consent is 17. Something isn’t right here. Even in NYS he could be charge with a sex crime regardless of the age of the victim. Something isn’t right here. 

@airbornerose@xanga - I think everybody who replies “just find another job” should read your comment.

That’s HORRIBLE. I hope he gets what he deserves.

She consented, she could’ve just quit bewhore- err…beforehand.

Employment rates aren’t that extreme to the point where you should do humiliating acts just to keep your job. Come on.

Stop treating her like a victim, it’s not like she was raped.

If someone threaten to fire me if I didn’t sleep with them, then I’d report him and then quit.  It’s strange how she put up with it for a couple of years before coming forward….fishy… 

@airbornerose@xanga -  exactly. we don’t know her situation. victims of sexual abuse sometimes come forward years later or say nothing at all because they’re ashamed.

judging by most of the ADs that AA usually uses… I’m not suprised the dude’s a sleaze ball -__- 

I actually went to the highschool he graduated from!
And ohhh my god dirty rumours ’bout him and employees were always floating around.
I had a friend who modeled for them and he apparently approached her repeatedly when she was underage.

Ahhh I fuckin hate this guy

the poor girl probably was afraid she couldn’t get another job. 

I’m not surprised. Their advertisements are all degrading and I already refuse to buy anything from there. I hope they do go under.

she was the one dumb enough to go through with all of it. . . if she actually showed up to his door and went through with everything, she definitely wasn’t forced. I can’t say I really feel sorry for her if she didn’t try reporting or doing anything about it sooner.

@Arsenik17@xanga - Totally agree. Sometimes it’s not as simple as “just go find a new job.”  People piss me off sometimes.

A few years ago I might have said I don’t feel that sorry for her because she complied with it and stayed at the job after the incident.  However, after experiencing some really shitty financial times over the past few years and seeing the incredible struggles of educated, hard-working people that I know who are unable to find work, I do feel bad for her because sometimes you really CAN’T just go find a new job a week after losing yours.  And in the meantime, how are you going to pay for rent, food, car, and any other bills?  Maybe her other alternative was even more bleak (though I’m not sure it could be too much worse than having sex with that ugly sleazeball).  I can’t believe that on a site where most of the commenters are women, so many people would side with AA.

It doesn’t surprise me that this happened…they say they’re all about presenting a “classy” image (classic clothes, won’t hire fat girls or girls they perceive as trashy, or girls that don’t fit their “image” blah blah blah), but then in their ads they have these chicks lying around spread-eagled or bending over wearing thong bodysuits, and it just doesn’t match up or make sense with the image they say that they’re portraying.  Not to mention the exorbitant prices for what I think are plain, boring clothes.  No thanks.

If this had really happened to her, which I’m not doubting that it did, why wait until now to file a lawsuit? I completely agree with @PervyPenguin@xanga. She put herself in this position and while I do understand that jobs can be hard to come by, she fully consented to sleeping with him allowed him to sexual harass her.

That’s pretty sickening, but I’m getting the vibe that the girl went through with all that willingly for the potential to sue… I mean, she wasn’t physically forced or threatened and there’s no reason why should could not quit.

@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - I wouldn’t buy my dog creeper food.  If this is true, he doesn’t deserve to be eaten by my Domino. 

HAAAAAA finally, I hate AA.

I hate American apparel & I sure hope justice gets served in this case!

I hope American Apparel goes out of business or at least cleans up it’s act(literally)!

@airbornerose@xanga - I so agree!

Their defense is moot. She was under 18 so the contract was not binding.

@PervyPenguin@xanga - Employment rates are and were that extreme – especially during the crash.

@Arsenik17@xanga - that reply – “just find another job” – sets me off to the extreme. I can’t think of many other things that make me as angry.

@HeLLo_Bianca@xanga - you’re 100% right. She probably felt incredibly humiliated and ashamed, even though she had nothing to be ashamed of. It’s very, very hard to come forward and go after your attacker, especially one who is very rich. Can you imagine what she must’ve been thinking? “I’m just a minimum wage girl; everyone will think I’m a whore and no one will believe me”. I really feel for her.

I don’t mean to sound insensitive, but why is she just now saying doing something about it?  And why did she stay there for so long?  I think someone is desperate for money….

Regardless, that’s sick.

Wow.  I find it hard to believe, all this “blame the victim” mentality.  It’s disgusting.

@airbornerose@xanga - I completely agree with you. During that time jobs were SO hard to come by, that my brother-in-law couldn’t find a job until recently, even though he had two varying bachelor degrees in business and had loads, and I mean

LOADS,

of experience and an outstanding GPA. Not every situation is black and white. Many are so complex and layered that it just becomes all the more confusing especially when one doesn’t have access to clear-cut facts and/or evidence, like most of us, I’m assuming, commenting here. 

It honestly wouldn’t hurt to show a little of compassion :/.

i worked for this company and had a verbally abusive boss that i wish i knew the right people to report him to. everyone that works in this company who’s a higher up is an asshole, at least the ones i’ve come in contact with. totally unprofessional group of teenagers who still act like it’s high school and feel the need to push people around or go on power trips.

my friend also worked for aa and upon meeting dov, he first mimicked her and then forcibly put his arm around her and forced her to take a picture with him. crazy much? 

Can’t really give a proper judgement without more information. Could be a really poor girl…could be that she’s just one of many horrible people who try and extort from the rich by playing victim.

I always thought American Apparel was a little creepy :l

Translation – “Slut slept with her boss and is now using it to squeeze millions of dollars out of him”.

No way in hell did he force her to do anything and she just kept voluntarily showing up for work to put up with more of it.

@xxSHhHxxBExxQUiETxx@xanga - Yeah, I agree.

If it were true that he did threaten her job if she did not have sex with him, then she could have easily filed some kind of report immediately. I think she purposely set herself up so that she could turn around and claim that she was forced to be a sex slave.

I don’t have a great deal of sympathy for her. She did consent. She was seventeen, probably living with her parents, being without work probably would not have been the end of the word for her and if it was, she could have sued him after he asked her to send him naked pictures and probably would have gotten enough money to pay for college… and beyond. 

@pika_whoosh@xanga - Same here

@cHiCoLaTe@xanga - This comment made me laugh out loud. Yeah, he’s HIDEOUS.

if she was smart , she would’ve had a great lawsuit against him at 17 if she had proof of him demanding naked photos.

@airbornerose@xanga - 100 percent agreed

it’s tough out there in the world

I’m not going to take any sides on this until more information is out. It could be the story is just as it’s being told and in that case I feel for the woman and hope the guy gets some jail time and loses the suit. If she’s just a girl whose trying to take advantage of a situation I hope the truth comes out and it hurts her for years to come.

American apparel freaks me out, they are just too vivid about sexuality and in my opinion there is a limit. The fact that they have a pervert leader is probably why. I don’t understand how a store like this got so large in the first place.

For anyone that says “she should have quit” at seventeen you’re still a child. And a child is easily influenced and captured by adult influence. This creep did it to others, so he forced her through manipulation to consent, which is rape.

honestly i think shes fucking dumb. she shouldnt have come to his place at all and should have quit. 

It sounds to me as if the girl let this go on for so long all so she could build up a case and sue the fuck out of an incredibly wealthy man. I mean, $250 MILLION is a huge chunk of change. If I had the “unwanted” attention of an incredibly wealthy man who was threatening me for sex, well.. I might just play along so I could sue the fuck out of him too. Come on, it’s not like it would be too hard considering this isn’t the first time he’s been accused of sexual harassment. It just seems downright fishy to me. 

not sure if i buy all of this, i think its when i saw the $250,000,000…. sounds like she’s trying to get her wage to be honest… did someone just say out of court settlement?? she sould have filed the suit before she (willingly) went to his place like a normal women would??
However, a grown man taking advantage of his position and power not neccesarily by actual force to seduce and influence an 18y girl is also sleezy and low..

SACK HIMMM

@P0RCELA1N_D0LL@xanga -

“and to top it off, he has a very creepy mustache/beard.” <–BEST.

I suspected something was going on when you see highly sexual, raunchy advertisements for their stuff.