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Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries smiles as he posts  million bail after being arrested on sex trafficking charges

Accused sex trafficker and former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries was released from court on Tuesday after posting a staggering $10 million bail – and grinned for the cameras as he strolled away.

The ex-CEO posted a $10 million bond after appearing before a judge.

Jeffries looked like he couldn't care less as he left the federal courthouse in West Palm Beach, Florida, with his legal team, all smiles and looking like a real A&F in dapper white shorts and a navy sweater with a polo.

The 80-year-old is accused of using “power, wealth and influence” to sell male models for his sexual pleasure over more than a decade when he ran the fashion company.

Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announces the arrest of former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries at a press conference Michael Nagle

Jeffries' “romantic partner” and alleged criminal cohort Matthew Smith, 61, also had a court hearing in Florida on Tuesday for the same sex trafficking and prostitution rapes and was jailed. He is British.

A third defendant in the explosive case, James Jacobson, 71 – who is accused of recruiting the other men's victims and then sexually “testing” them beforehand – appeared in court in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was held on bail released on $500,000.

Mike Jeffries was the CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch. AP

Federal authorities requested that both he and Jeffries be sent to house arrest with ankle monitors.

By Vanessa

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