Ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, business associates arrested in sex-trafficking probe

Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries was arrested Tuesday as part of a sex trafficking investigation.

The disgraced fashion giant boss was nabbed in West Palm Beach, Florida, while two of his business associates, Matthew Smith and James Jacobson, were also arrested in the case, sources confirmed to The Post.

Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries was arrested Tuesday as part of a sex-trafficking investigation. ASSOCIATED PRESS

FBI started probing claims Jeffries allegedly orchestrated sex events to exploit and sexually abuse young male models. Getty Images

Jeffries’ business partner Matthew Smith was also arrested. AFP via Getty Images

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn were set to hold a news conference later Tuesday to announce the charges in the sex trafficking and interstate prostitution case – including the “former CEO of a major company.”

The arrests come roughly a year after the FBI started probing claims Jeffries allegedly orchestrated elaborate sex events to exploit and sexually abuse young male models during his 22-year tenure at the brand.

The claims first surfaced as part of an explosive BBC News report last year in which 12 men alleged they were lured to events at Jeffries’ upscale New York residence or luxury hotels in the world’s fashion capitals between 2009 to 2015.

Jeffries, who left Abercrombie in 2014, denied the allegations at the time.

Abercrombie & Fitch, meanwhile, said the company was “appalled and disgusted” by the claims.

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