Partner of ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO pleads not guilty to sex trafficking

Briton Matthew Smith, the ex-CEO Mike Jeffries and their fixer James Jacobson allegedly used a "casting couch" ploy to groom aspiring male models to attend sex parties at which victims were plied with alcohol and drugs. After his arrest in October in Florida with Jeffries, Smith was held in custody in New York. Smith appeared in court Tuesday in Central Islip on Long Island, to the east of New York City. Smith pleaded not guilty and was released on a $10 million bond put up by Jeffries and his family...