CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — The former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch pleaded not guilty Friday to federal sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges.

Michael Jeffries, 80, declined to comment after his attorney entered the plea on his behalf in federal court in Central Islip, Long Island. He is free on $10 million bond and is due back in court on December 12.

“Today’s hearing was procedural in nature, bond was set to secure Michael’s court appearance and of course I entered a plea of ​​not guilty,” Brian Bieber, his attorney, said in a later email , declining to comment on the allegations.

Prosecutors allege that for years, Jeffries, his romantic partner and a third man, James Jacobson, 71, lured the men to sex parties, delaying a promise to model for the clothing retailer sometime famous for preppy, All. -American aesthetics and marketing with shirtless male models.

Jacobson, who was employed by Jeffries when prosecutors say the murders took place, also pleaded not guilty and declined to speak to reporters afterward. He’s free on a $500,000 bond.

In charges announced earlier this week, prosecutors say 15 accusers were induced by “force, fraud and coercion” to engage in drug-fueled sex parties where the men were sometimes directed to wear costumes, use sex toys and endure painful erections. induction of penile injections.

The events took place between 2008 and 2015 in New York City and the Hamptons, the wealthy Long Island summer resort where Jeffries has a home, as well as hotels in England, France, Italy, Morocco and St. indictment.

The allegations echo allegations of sexual misconduct described in media reports and made in a civil case against Jeffries, who left Abercrombie in 2014 after leading the company for more than two decades.