Condé Nast is ending their relationship with fashion photographers Mario Testino and Bruce Weber following a New York Times article compiling allegations of sexual exploitation from over 24 male models, many of which go back to the 1990s.
Model Ryan Locke even called Testino a sexual predator and shared a story in which the photographer sent everyone out the room during a shoot and locked the door.
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“Then he crawls on the bed,” Loche alleged. “He climbs on top of me and says, ‘I’m the girl, you’re the boy.'”
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“I went at him, like, you better get away. I threw the towel on him, put my clothes on and walked out.”
Weber and Testino deny any wrongdoing.
“I’m completely shocked and saddened by the outrageous claims, being made against me, which I absolutely deny,” says Weber.
Testino’s lawyers claim his former employees are “shocked” by these allegations and “could not confirm” any of them.
Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour released a statement about the decision, saying:
“We are deeply disturbed by these accusations and take this very seriously. In light of these allegations, we will not be commissioning any new work with Bruce Weber and Mario Testino for the foreseeable future.”
She also wrote her own personal statement:
“The past several months have been an extraordinary time of reckoning and change, and I, like so many others, have been astonished by the courage of those who have come forward to tell stories of sexual misconduct.”
She later says she believes “strongly in the value of remorse and forgiveness” but takes the accusations “very seriously.”
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The publishing house has been working on a new code of conduct since October, with new rules going into effect later this month.
Four new rules effective immediately:
Models must be over 18; alcohol and drugs are forbidden on sets; photographers can’t use Condé Nast sets for their own freelance work; and models must approve any shoot “involving nudity, sheer clothing, lingerie, swimwear, simulated drug or alcohol use, or sexually suggestive poses”.
alfred
“famous gay photographers”? Where? Bruce Weber is married to a woman, and Testino for the longest time refused to be ‘labelled’…maybe he has since ‘come out’ IDK
Danny595
If the allegations are true, then he 1) sought sex with multiple men, 2) had no regard for conventional norms regarding sex in the workplace and consent, and 3) proclaimed “you’re the boy, I’m the girl.” That’s a trifecta of promiscuity, queerness and effeminacy. To the editors at Queerty, he’s a role model.
irbaboon
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING MEAN LIKE THAT?
Kangol
Get help, girl! You’re clearly off your rocker again!
BGinBigD
Bless your heart! Is your nickname “Pitiful Bitch”?
Paco
‘I’m the girl, you’re the boy.’”
That would turn me off too.
Jaxton
None of them are gay-identifying photographers. In any case, what Conde Nast did was nasty. More proof that liberals are losing it.
Apolodorus
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BGinBigD
CLUELESS!!
dash_board1
Who writes these headlines/articles? As others have said, neither of these men identify as gay.
Brian
I wonder how many times Conde Nast used Terry Richardson after the floodgates opened on his abhorrent behavior a few years ago? I am so tired of all these people and companies taking this fake moral high ground when they enabled all this stuff for decades.
surreal33
The hypocrisy of comments here is stellar. Testino and Weber are two the biggest, fem-bot queens in the history of fashion!!! Ray Charles could see they both queer as a three-dollar bill. Also, I have no doubt that is common knowledge that Testino and Weber sexually molested male models. They have been in the industry for decades and are extremely powerful and abused said power. Now the publishers and editors feign surprise that male models were molested? Bullshit!!!
Bopper1
“Brian,” you got it right…if Webber and Testino are guilty, so are the people and institutions who employed them…
SiamSam
Make unproven allegations and destroy someone’s livelihood. What could possibly go wrong?
Notright
“Then he crawls on the bed,” Loche alleged. “He climbs on top of me and says, ‘I’m the girl, you’re the boy.’”
Any proof? Or is a simple accusation enough to end a man’s career?
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Brian
Dude, knock off this spamming, it’s pathetic.
BGinBigD
Get a life, and a real job, girl!
DCguy
What a shock, 3 of Mo Bros screenames are on here outraged that somebody should be fired for sexual harassment. I remember they were also furious that Kevin Spacey got fired.
Funny how much the GOP trolls hate the idea of a safe workplace.
draven
I met Bruce Weber about 30 years ago I was invited to a interview with him and his wife I arrive at their apartment and they just kind of stared at me like they didn’t know what to say they were cordial and nice I must say but I felt strange after I left and to this day. I actually looked like a black male Brooke Shields and I think that took them by surprise. I felt weird after I left though. I also had my experiences in the fashion world in New York City 30 years ago as a
black male model. No one would hire me. It was very strange and funny to me. I wasn’t from nyc but I would go there and there were these people who were so full of themselves. I would just laugh to myself. . I was the perfect male model but back then the agencies didn’t hire black male models only a few. That was policy. It was so creepy to me. Now….today looking at all the black male models I laugh. I was successful though. I would find my own fashion work in nyc and elsewhere. I even got to go to Jean Paul Gaultier mens boutique opening at Bergdorf Goodman’s and even sat with him and his entourage at the Palladium nightclub. I had and still have lots of fun as a fashion model and I have matured but basically my looks have stayed the same. I’m 57 in March 2018. Maybe Bruce should have used me instead of giving me the door………
BGinBigD
Can I have whatever drugs you on, girl? Bless your heart!