American Apparel CEO Faces Controversial Charges In Court
josh hunter
- December 02 2008
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American Apparel CEO Dov Charney (above) is no stranger to controversy, but the latest developments in the case brought against him by former AA employee Mary Nelson take the cake. While the charges are complicated, the basic synopsis of reports on the case so far is that Nelson sued for sexual harassment, and American Apparel agreed to settle for $1.3 million under the condition that she allowed the company to send out a press release saying that Charney had been found not guilty in court.
The news leaked and now there are all kinds of developments being reported on. One article on Hollywood Interrupted says Charney is the victim, and reports that Nelson’s lawyer, Keith Fink, (below) has been “plaguing a wealth of celebrities for years.”
According to the post Fink is a “serial settlement seeker.”
From Hollywood Interrupted: “The lawyer concocts lurid allegations that he leaks to the media to leverage settlements from his name-brand targets: He has sued Marilyn Manson (for using the band’s money to purchase ‘Nazi skeletons’); Brad Pitt’s agent (for “conducting meetings in the nude,”) and Ellen DeGeneres (for breaking a dog adoption agreement over which she later cried on national TV). In Dov Charney’s case, he alleged that Dov wore a “cock sock,” held meetings in the nude (clearly a recycled claim from a previous case) and supposedly told plaintiff Mary Nelson that she could “come over to his house, watch TV, have a drink, even masturbate and leave,” and he would still have faith in her.”
According to the article, the court ruled that Nelson—having claimed that being wrongfully terminated by AA forced her to take a low paying job— failed to disclose her full earnings in court. As a result, Nelson was sanctioned for $7,500 and Fink is under investigation by the California State Bar.
There’s even a link to the court documents.
Regardless, American Apparel’s vertical integration seems to be paying off. Charney announced in a press conference in September that AA had reached several milestones during 2008. He says the company is the largest garment factory in the US, has hired more than 3,500 employees in 2008, and topped 10,000 employees world wide this year.
Charney also announced American Apparel has granted of roughly 1.9 million shares of the firm’s common stock to its factory employees, worth approximately $18 million. The company will distribute another 800,000 shares in the near future, Charney said.
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December 2nd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Take your stereotypical, bad name lawyer. Add some grease and snake oil. Next, roll him around in the mud for a good week. Then you’ll have Keith Fink. This guy is the sleaziest sounding attorney I can think up. If you’re not on OJ’s Dream Team and I still know your name, you’ve got to annoy me.
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:40 pm
The sleaziest attorney for the sleaziest of sleaze. Dude looks just like cheech as the owner of the car wash in Things Are Tough All Over.
http://jackwolak.com/12pd/337.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6X9W3_erKk&feature=related
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Dude looks like Cheech as the car wash owner in Things are Tough All Over.
December 2nd, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Haha! “cock sock”! Haha!
December 2nd, 2008 at 4:41 pm
does american apparel sell cock-specific socks?
December 2nd, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Yup! Merry Christmas
http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2008/6/20jun7-cock-sock.jpg
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:56 pm
You guys are wrong, Charney is a fuck and should fry. The dude is a freak, look into all his past cases against him. He’s a total perv, pretty much like the borat character but he knows what he is doing.
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Based on looks alone, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Dov on an episode of Dateline’s “To Catch A Preditor”.
December 4th, 2008 at 9:21 am
so what?
bitches in the workplace killed the double manhattan power lunch…
December 9th, 2008 at 12:25 am
What evidence are you basing that off? I have a feeling it’s much like the lawsuit above - based off fabrications and lies.
December 22nd, 2008 at 4:41 pm
You are hating this dude cuz he’s greasy??? arent all the american apparel customers the same people?? Im a dude and I know charney, I would knock that dude out in a cold second if I ever saw him in the street, that’s how much I like that prick. Lets all blame the lawyers for that dumb ass’s behavior. and the first couple of posters are employee’s for sure. funny sh*t.