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He made Abercrombie and Fitch a millennial megabrand, marketing "sexy clothes on sexy people鈥�, as one former colleague of Mike Jeffries put it.

At home he had model-like men washing his cars and staff to chauffeur his dogs around. But what else was going on at his Hamptons mansion? 鈥淭here was something about it that was strange,鈥� according to a former staffer, 鈥渨hy wouldn鈥檛 anyone talk about it?鈥� Rianna decides to investigate.

Have you got a story to tell? Email rianna@bbc.com. Let us know what you think of the season using the hashtag #WorldofSecrets

This podcast refers to sexual abuse and contains interviews that some listeners may find upsetting, as well as some occasional strong language.
If you've been affected by any of the issues in this series, please contact support organisations in your own country. For a list of organisations in the UK that can provide support for survivors of sexual abuse, go to bbc.co.uk/actionline.

World of Secrets: Season 1 - The Abercrombie Guys is presented and investigated by Rianna Croxford
Series Producers: Ruth Evans and Alys Harte
Senior Producer: Emma Close
Development Producer: Hannah Livingston
Investigation Editor: Ed Campbell
Podcast Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Executive Editor: Emma Rippon
Studio Engineers: Neil Churchill, Andy Fell, Gareth Jones, and Ali Rezakhani
Production Coordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill
Commissioning Editor: Dylan Haskins
Commissioning Executive: Louise Kattenhorn
Assistant Commissioner: Natasha Johansson

Archive:
CBS: Sharon Chin report (9th May 2013)
Warner Bros: Ellen DeGeneres - (May 2013)
大象传媒: Sophie Hutchison news report (24th Jun 2009)
大象传媒: Hugh Schofield news report (26 July 2013)
International Business Times: A&F Company outlook (24th May 2013)
Bloomberg: Report on Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries to Step Down (9th Dec 2014)
Bloomberg: Jeffrey Hayzlett joins Trish Ragen and Adam Johnson on Bloomberg's Street Smart (9th Mar 2013)
NBC: Report on 鈥榟alf-naked models鈥� (30/11/2002)
Fox News: The O鈥橰eilly Factor Report on Abercrombie & Fitch marketing (1st Dec 2015)
大象传媒: 大象传媒 4- Love Thy Neighbour (14th Oct 2008)

This podcast is made in collaboration with 大象传媒 Panorama.

If you are in the UK, you can watch Panorama: The Abercrombie Guys: The Dark Side of Cool on 大象传媒 iPlayer now, or on 大象传媒 Select if you are in the in the US.

World of Secrets: Season 1 - The Abercrombie Guys is a 大象传媒 Long Form Audio production for 大象传媒 Radio 5 Live and 大象传媒 Sounds.