Mike Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, was arrested in Florida on Tuesday on suspicion of sexual trafficking and tricking men into having sex in exchange for the chance to be a brand model.

According to the hypersexualized report, Mike Jeffries controversy, his partner Matthew Smith, and one of their staff members, James Jacobson, ran a global sex trafficking and prostitution network from 2008 to 2015, which mostly corresponded with his time as CEO from 1992 to 2014. The most recent allegations are reminiscent of the sex-tinged controversy that plagued Jeffries' tenure at the company and the managerial style that almost drove Abercrombie & Fitch downfall to its knees, despite the fact that he was removed from it nearly ten years ago.

Abercrombie started focusing on travel and outdoor enthusiast clothing and baggage in 1892. Abercrombie became the most popular teen retailer of the 1990s and early 2000s after Jeffries took control in 1992 and began rebranding the company with logo-adorned clothing and a hypersexualized preppy culture. In addition to publishing catalogs that some critics at the time said verged on soft-core porn, the company employed fit, half-naked young men at store entrances. With great success, Jeffries also introduced the surf-friendly Hollister brand in 2000.

Eventually Jeffries's habit of raising his eyebrows came out. A paper including detailed instructions on how employees were to address him on the company plane, how they were to dress, the questionable use of company funds for travel, and a major role for his partner in managing the business were all part of the news stories concerning his excesses in early 2010.

Jeffries was a leader who also had an authoritarian streak and disdain for anyone he viewed as beneath him. He made the well-known claim that Abercrombie & Fitch was just for "cool" people. That top-down management approach worked until it didn't.