What did the initial BBC investigation find?published at 16:47 British Summer Time
The BBC initially spoke to 12 men who described attending or organising events involving sex acts run for Mike Jeffries, 79, and his British partner Matthew Smith, 60, between 2009 and 2015.
Eight of those men who attended the events said they were recruited by a middleman who the BBC identified as James Jacobson.
Jacobson, 70, previously told the BBC in a statement through his lawyer that he took offence at the suggestion of “any coercive, deceptive or forceful behaviour on my part” and had “no knowledge of any such conduct by others”.
The BBC also interviewed dozens of other sources, including former household staff.
Some of the men the BBC spoke to said they were misled about the nature of the events or not told sex was involved. Others said they understood the events would be sexual, but not exactly what was expected of them. All were paid.
Several told the BBC the middleman or other recruiters raised the possibility of modelling opportunities with A&F.
In the year since the investigation was published, eight more men have spoken to the BBC. The FBI also launched an investigation following the BBC’s reporting, and 20 men in total have now told us they attended or helped organise these events.