{"id":61467,"date":"2018-01-14T22:20:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T03:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/28-male-models-and-assistants-accuse-mario-testino-and-bruce-weber-of-sexual-abuse\/"},"modified":"2018-01-14T22:20:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T03:20:25","slug":"28-male-models-and-assistants-accuse-mario-testino-and-bruce-weber-of-sexual-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/28-male-models-and-assistants-accuse-mario-testino-and-bruce-weber-of-sexual-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"28 Male Models and Assistants Accuse Mario Testino and Bruce Weber of Sexual Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

28 Male Models and Assistants Accuse Mario Testino and Bruce Weber of Sexual Abuse<\/b>
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Mario Testino by Walterlan Papetti<\/a> (CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In December we reported that\u00a0photographer Bruce Weber was being sued by male model Jason Boyce<\/a> for sexual harassment and discrimination over Weber\u2019s behavior during a 2014 photo shoot.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the New York Times<\/em> reported<\/a> that they spoke with 15 current and former male<\/a> models who accused Weber of sexual harassment and abuse of power.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the paper spoke with 13 models and assistants who accused photographer Mario Testino of sexual abuse as well.<\/p>\n

\"BruceWrote the NYT<\/a>: \u201cThe men<\/a> recalled, with remarkable consistency, private sessions with Mr. Weber in which he asked them to undress and led them through breathing and \u201cenergy\u201d exercises. Models were asked to breathe and to touch both themselves and Mr. Weber, moving their hands wherever they felt their \u201cenergy.\u201d Often, Mr. Weber guided their hands with his own.\u201d<\/p>\n

It added: \u201cIn accounts going back to the mid-1990s, 13 male<\/a> assistants and models who have worked with the photographer Mario Testino, a favorite of the English royal family and Vogue, told The Times that he subjected them to sexual advances that in some cases included groping and masturbation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Head over to the NYT for the sad and disturbing report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anna Wintour, artistic director of Cond\u00e9 Nast, said the company would no longer be commissioning work from the two photographers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fashion labels have also begun dropping the pair<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Burberry also said it had no plans to work with Testino again in the foreseeable future and there were reports that other brands including Michael Kors were reconsidering their relationship with the men<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A Burberry spokesperson said: \u201cWe take allegations of this nature very seriously. Burberry is committed to providing a just, safe and fair working environment and we have a zero-tolerance policy against any form of harassment, abuse or discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both men<\/a> have denied the claims.<\/p>\n

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28 Male Models and Assistants Accuse Mario Testino and Bruce Weber of Sexual Abuse<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n