American Apparel founder Dov Charney sued for sexually abusing teen employee

My daughter dragged me to their store here in Chicago. Maybe I'm old or stupid, but it reminded me very much of old-school GAP clothes at three times the price... I guess it's all made in America (supposedly...), but still.

she is showing waaay too much booty!

OMG...American Apparel should be boycotted by ALL women (Small,Medium&Large)...To actually write such an INSULTING add towards women in general it's just DEHUMANIZING...We're NOT pieces of meat...I can honestly say I will NEVER buy American Apparel...I would NEVER spend my money on a company that NOT ONLY INSULTS women but does NOT even honor the RIGHTFUL (Nancy Upton) WINNER of the contest...Thank You Nancy Upton for standing up for what you believe in...

He's an ethic perv and legally getting away with his fantasies! Doesn't take rocket science to figure it out!

I meant to say, "ethnic perv" - my bad spelling!

these photos look more like child porn to me

bulloney

And my point is also,,some women, will do anything for a buck...sluts..or hooker...

I guess it's ok in America to rape,, kids young enough to be your kid..Where has this world gone?? with these old perverts..and cho-mos....Does that truly, make you feel young?? I think you look like a god-damm fool...

The guys a scumbag, but this is a suburban mall in 2011, not a sweatshop in Warsaw in 1911. The most it should be - and this is a stretch - is statutory rape, because of her age. Sexual harrassment is a real crime committed daily against real victims in the workplace. Claims of harrassment should not to be used as punishment by an angry teenage girl playing grownup games with sleazy men. Had this been a case of unwanted advances, she could have certainly given up the $6/an hour sales gig and gone next door to the Gap. Unless she has a developmental disability we aren't being told about, lewd remarks and requests don't turn into BJs in the stockroom, followed by several sexual encounters in various locations. The deal is that Lolita here got very, very mad at her very, very rich Humbert wannabe because she didn't get as big a birthday gift for her "hard work" as she thought she deserved. A very, very hard lesson, indeed.

Any man who wears those creepy 1980's glasses has to be a creepy perv. LOL.
Men like this deserve to be behind bars for sexual harassment and exploitation. What a piece of trash he is. I hope his balls get caught in a meat grinder. I believe the girl. Why would she risk embarrassment and having people know she slept with this scum? She is young and inexperienced and didn't know any better. He knew that and took advantage of her. DONE.

aaaahhhhhhh!!!

American Apparel clothes are cheap and ugly. Period. If you want to "look like" a loser or a skank... that's where you shop. I don't know WHY you would want to look like that but hey, to each his own.,..

Excuse my French, but WTF was that girl thinking going back? This will never fly in a court of law. Its absolutely disgusting that these females even let themselves work at a place when they even hear of these allegations!!! If it were me, the minute I saw that man and if he acted weird with me I'd be outta there!!! My momma taught me right, sorry!

He deserves a lengthy stay in prison, but I think the lawsuit is just asking for too much. She checked herself into a hospital, and then went back to work for him? She should have never went back to work for the company after such abuse occurred. Yes, she is a victim, but no psychiatrist at a hospital would spend months treating you only to tell you to go back to work for the abuser. I can understand being a teenager and scared of someone enough to do what appeases them, but after you gather your senses enough to seek out help, there is no reason to go back to the abusive work conditions. She could have went to the police then and there. She is really naive.

the fact that this is not the first time he's being accused of such things leads me to believe "her" more than "him". He's a total CREEP, has suspect business practices and will likely be convicted as a sex offender eventually when he goes after someone too young. he's obviously sexually deviant -- he masterbated in front of a reporter during an interview? disgusting. and not that this would make his behavior AT ALL acceptable -- he's not even good looking! in fact, he's AWFUL! gross.

i knew there was some kind of weirdo running this clothing line! the pictures on the website for their clothing makes me think like its kiddie porn. the girls are like 13 and pretty much naked.

its sad... hope this guy goes to jail and gets a pipe rammed up his a**

AJ, it should actually be "girls'", plural and possessive...
and on the story, what a gnarly creep, but I'm a big believer in being responsible for your own actions. Anybody asks you to send them a naked pic, just don't. You never hear from those people who are really glad that they sent a naked pic to someone do you? Wonder why that is...

I will never shop there!

This is ridiculous. WHY is the media putting these girls and women on trial instead of the perpetrator of this horrible behavior? What he did to that employee is RAPE. Rape is rape is rape, and a rose by any other name will still cut you with its thorns. Why did she go back, you ask? First, she probably needed a job. Second, you have NO IDEA what kind of psychological damage is done to women in this type of abusive situation. The perpetrator makes you think that you are worthless, that (in this case) you could never get a job anywhere else, and that you somehow DESERVE the treatment they are giving you. HELLO! Joanna, why in HELL are you contributing to this poor girl's trauma? In this country, victims of sexual assault are raped more than once: by the perpetrator, by the legal system, and by society/the media.

Would you blame the victim of a home burglary? What about a car theft? NO! Then WHY are you blaming the victim of a rape? MY guess is that women do this to reassure themselves that they are somehow TOO SMART for rape to happen to them. They need to tell themselves, "If I do x, y, and z, I can prevent rape from happening." Well you know what? You CAN'T. If we would stop blaming the VICTIMS of OTHER PEOPLE'S actions, we MIGHT start to get somewhere in stopping rape. When you actually hold the PERPETRATOR accountable, you get them off the streets so they CAN'T RAPE AGAIN. DUH. WHY is this not obvious???

As to why this girl is asking for so much money, that probably has something to do with the fact that the courts NEVER award the full amount being asked for by the victim of a crime. If she wants ANY sort of compensation, she HAS to start high. However, with attitudes like the one expressed in this article and in many comments, she will likely get NOTHING except for the blame and shame and deep psychological scars from treatment both from her aggressor, and people like YOU.