Kimbra Lo, Dov Charney Sexual Harassment Accuser: 'I Was Terrified' (VIDEO)

Update: Friday afternoon, a series of e-mails and texts containing graphic photos and language surfaced, as allegedly sent from Irene Morales to American Apparel CEO Dov Charney. Morales is the first woman suing Charney for $250 million.

Gawker has the rundown of it all; we were forwarded a disturbing amount of pictures of what looks like Morales accompanied by subject lines like, "smile for me daddy," and "A few now...more later, yeah? A lot dirtier too..." They're expected to be submitted as evidence at a hearing in Brooklyn Supreme Court.

Charney's lawyer lawyer, Stuart Slotnick, told the New York Daily News that the correspondences "show she was stalking Mr. Charney and acted inappropriately by offering him sex acts in exchange for material possessions and money."

BNET got a hold of the document that American Apparel employees must sign in order to be hired, which prevents them from taking Charney to court, public arbitration or going to blogs with information. You can read that here.

Previously: Kimbra Lo, 19, the latest former-American Apparel employee to press sexual harassment charges against CEO Dov Charney, sat down with "The Today Show" on Friday morning to talk about her lawsuit.

She recalled that last December, when she visited Charney's house to discuss modeling: "He instantly attacked me. And I made it very clear for him to stop. I said, 'No, please don't touch me,' and he became more aggressive....Honestly, I don't think there was a way for me to leave safely. I was terrified."

American Apparel released a statement that read, in part:

"The company is in possession of love letter that Ms. Lo sent to Mr. Charney after she left the company. The company also has 'smoking gun' photographs undermining her false accusations of unwelcome harassment. "

Lo fired back, saying "I have not written a love letter to him." And of the photographs, she acknowledged that some were taken during the night in question but that, "Everything [Charney] was doing, I asked him to stop."

They also talk about another pending sexual harassment lawsuit against the clothing chain boss filed by Irene Morales, who alleges that Charney forced her to perform sex acts. She's suing for $250 million.

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Comments

[PaulBunyun]

01:26 AM on 03/29/2011

www.kimbralo.blogspot.com

[hema333]

08:45 PM on 03/28/2011

so where is the truth ???

[TheBigLebowski]

05:38 PM on 03/28/2011

Great article on street carnage.

http://streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/blog/american-apparel-lawsuit-kimbra-lo-photos/

[PaulBunyun]

07:37 AM on 03/27/2011

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/worker_sat_for_shutterbug_dov_E49qGFUMpK4yWS8hDqZWHO

Everyone in New York picks up a copy to read on the subway. It's about Kimbra Lo.

[PaulBunyun]

07:36 AM on 03/27/2011

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/worker_sat_for_shutterbug_dov_E49qGFUMpK4yWS8hDqZWHO

I think you guys should read the New York Post article. I'm surprised HP has been lagging on the story.

[PaulBunyun]

07:37 AM on 03/27/2011

hahaha

[Balzac]

01:35 AM on 03/27/2011

It's not looking too good for Kimbra Lo either. I think both suits will fail.

[TheBigLebowski]

12:22 AM on 03/27/2011

Anyone else notice that Irene Morales and Kimbra Lo are wearing only American Apparel clothes for their Today Show interviews?

Hilarious.

[FPhoebe]

11:05 AM on 03/27/2011

When you work there, they give you INSANE discounts on all the clothes. I'm also pretty sure you get a stipend every season to get clothes because they only want you wearing their stuff on the job, and you can't wear the same thing everyday. So to be honest it's not surprising if they were wearing AA clothes, it often happens that when you work there long enough, that's all that is in your wardrobe.

[TheBigLebowski]

12:13 AM on 03/27/2011

Agreed. The articles on fashionista and the New York Post explain a lot.

http://fashionista.com/2011/03/american-apparel-shake-down-continues-internet-smear-campaign-launches-against-dov-charneys-accusers-2/#respond

Yes, maybe it is an elaborate PR stunt by Chareny. He is very unusual.

[Balzac]

12:07 AM on 03/27/2011

Irene Morales' lawsuit can be considered scurrilous and without merit.

[Miiiike]

12:00 AM on 03/27/2011

Now that it these gal's charges are proving to be nonsense, doesn't this look like a publicity stunt for Charney? I wouldn't put it past him. He's getting all this press and will soon be vindicated. Just my two cents.

BTW I do think this is both insulting and degrading to anyone, male or female, who has suffered sexual abuse.

[TheBigLebowski]

11:28 PM on 03/26/2011

These women are insulting TRUE VICTIMS of sexual harassment all over the world. They are asking for 250 million each? Come on. It's not like they are planning to donate the money to charity to help the people in Haiti, Japan, and other assault victims. Usually, like in the OJ trial, a criminal trial comes FIRST to put the defendent away for life and protect potential future victims AND THEN the CIVIL trial begins to sue for all the money you can wring out out the guy. Notice that they are not pressing criminal charges.

Also Irene Morales wasn't even working for the company when she sent all those e-mails at age20. How do you lose a job you don't even have? Kimbra Lo also left the company on her own . If they were so afraid of him, why did they both fly to LA fromNY to visit him in his home? '

We send 18 year olds to war to die. We send 18 year olds to prison for life. You vote at 18. You are a legal adult at 18. When are we going to hold these ladies hitting the talk show circuit responsible for their actions?

[TheBigLebowski]

11:23 PM on 03/26/2011

In the New York Post, it states that Irene Morales was 20 the last time she worked for American Apparel and she was 20 when she those e-mails. And she was not even employed by the company when she sent those e-mails. She started working when she was 17. She quit three times. Went back three times. Wrote to him and asked for money, clothes , and a computer. And she says she was afraid to lose her job so she was compelled to send over 40 erotic shots of herself? To phone sex him? Really?

We send 18 year olds to die in war. We send 18 yr olds to life in prison for heinous crimes.
You can ruin your credit at 18. Vote for president. Perform in porn. Think about it.

[FungusAmungUs]

08:48 PM on 03/26/2011

Check the links for the NSFW photos:

http://fashionista.com/2011/03/american-apparel-shake-down-continues-internet-smear-campaign-launches-against-dov-charneys-accusers-2/

[Morgantheaxe]

02:36 AM on 03/27/2011

Wow I challenge anyone to view these photos and tell me these lawsuits aren't doa.

[374662]

03:52 PM on 03/26/2011

Morales suit is toast and she harmed any other women who may have legitimate claims.

[Aitch5]

09:32 PM on 03/26/2011

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