After several days of silence amid several allegations of sexual misconduct, fashion designer Alexander Wang released a statement denying all allegations against him.
“In recent days, I have received unfounded and grotesquely false accusations,” Wang said. “These allegations have been unfairly amplified by the infamous social media accounts for posting defamatory material from undisclosed and / or anonymous sources, with zero evidence or any verification of the facts. He saw these lies about the fact that I am perpetuated as truths was enraged. I have never engaged in the atrocious behavior described and I would never behave as claimed. I intend to get to the bottom of this and hold anyone responsible for initiating these claims and spreading them violently online. “
The industry’s surveillance account on Instagram, @ShitModelMgmt, first posted anonymous stories about the New York designer who drugs and harasses or sexually assaults male and trans models. These stories came after a model named Owen Mooney claimed that a “really famous fashion designer” groped him inside a club in 2017.
“I was alone at one point and the guy next to me obviously took advantage of the fact that no one could move and started, as if, was touching me,” Mooney said. “And fully, standing, standing, as if it had completely frozen me because I was in such a shock.” He later confirmed that the man he was referring to was Wang.
@ShitModelMgmt spent much of this week posting screenshots with anonymous direct messages, where writers accuse Wang of being a predator. Some of the defendants share a similar theme: these victims claim that Wang offered them bottles of water that they did not know were related to MDMA. These stories remain unverified.