It all went down when Kate Upton made sexual harassment allegations against Guess co-founder Paul Marciano. Upton, a one-time Guess model, took to Instagram this week and shared her experience with the brand, writing, “It’s disappointing that such an iconic women’s brand @GUESS is still empowering Paul Marciano as their creative director #metoo."
After she spoke out, Vee then recounted her own alleged experience working with the brand and meeting Hadid, also on Instagram.
"I met with paul at his @guess headquarters that is actually a apartment where he sexually harassed me & after that passed me on to his friend mohammed who was going to meet me for “coffee” i thought it was a professional meeting but It was just me, him & champagne where he date raped me in a apartment. All to get a test shoot for guess. LAST year when I tryed to speak out about it they found out & made me sign a NON-disclosure agreement & I only agreed to sign because paul threatened me & said he would get me disappeared if I ever say anything. #TIMESUP Why should we have to stay quiet because they have the power? #METOO"
The father of supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid also told TMZ that he plans to file a defamation suit against the 23-year-old model, and noted that she should go to the proper authorities and not social media to address her allegations.
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