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NYT report investigates the alleged culture of harassment and misogyny at Victoria's Secret

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Based on interviews with 30 employees and court documents, the investigation details the rampant bullying and harassment of employees and models that allegedly takes place at the company.

Based on interviews with 30 employees and court documents, the investigation details the rampant bullying and harassment of employees and models that allegedly takes place at the company.

  1. Victoria’s Secret defined femininity for millions of women. But inside the company, 2 powerful men presided over an entrenched culture of misogyny, bullying and harassment, a New York Times investigation found.

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  2. Problems inside Victoria’s Secret came into focus last year when the deep ties of the company’s chief executive, Leslie Wexner, to Jeffrey Epstein became public. Epstein lured some young women by posing as a recruiter for Victoria’s Secret models.

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  3. Interviews with 30 current and former executives, employees, contractors and models reveal harassment by the company’s leaders. Ed Razek, a top executive, tried to kiss models and he touched a model's crotch during a fitting ahead of the 2018 Victoria’s Secret fashion show.

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  4. Women who complained often faced retaliation. Andi Muise, a model, said the company stopped working with her after she rebuffed Razek’s advances. Monica Mitro, a public relations executive, said she was placed on leave after she complained of harassment.

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  5. In response to questions from The New York Times, Ed Razek said “the accusations in this reporting are categorically untrue.” A spokeswoman for L Brands, which owns Victoria’s Secret, said the company is “fully committed to continuous improvement and complete accountability.”

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    The company’s longtime #2 executive was the subject of repeated complaints, including trying to kiss and touch models backstage. HR was warned; nothing happened. Employees and models spoke to on the record for the first time to describe what happened.

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    Some aspiring models were so eager to curry favor with Victoria’s Secret that they agreed to pose nude for a prominent photographer, who published their photos (w/ the models’ permission) in an $1800 book. Some execs worried about the appearance of exploitation.

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    We shared a long list of our findings with . They didn’t dispute a single point. Instead, the company’s independent board members said they are trying to do better and expressed “regret” about past mistakes.

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  9. Read our full investigation here:

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  10. This story makes me want to vomit—imagine an executive leisurely watching models get their crotch measurements taken to meet broadcasting standards—yet isn’t at all surprising.

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  11. Another excellent investigation by my colleagues, this time about Victoria’s Secret. As is so often the case: “The atmosphere was set at the top”

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    Because of course how could anyone have known that a company which made massive revenue from literally parading half naked ‘perfect’ women was morally problematic in any way 🙄

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