Here are five key allegations from the indictment:

• Jeffries and Smith spent millions of dollars building infrastructure to support their international organization, whose operations included a security guard. Much of the money paid for the victims' domestic and international trips and hotel rooms.
• Victims and witnesses were required to sign non-disclosure agreements to prevent them from revealing information about the events and to discourage them from seeking help. When witnesses threatened to expose or sue, a security company was deployed to monitor and intimidate these individuals to obtain their silence.
• The indictment says Jeffries and Smith hosted “sex events” in which men were pressured to use alcohol and drugs.
• Prosecutors said Jacobson recruited and interviewed men for the events by holding “tryouts” in which he had sex with the men before they were invited. Jacobson also paid men who successfully referred others who were eventually invited to the events.
• The victims, including one who was as young as 19, say they engaged in sexual acts under the guise of getting a modeling opportunity at Abercrombie. Prosecutors said the victims also believed declining an invitation to the parties “could harm their careers.”

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Attention, the following document contains graphic descriptions of an alleged prostitution ring.

Contribution: Reuters