Well-known fashion designer Alexander Wang has flatly denied allegations of sexual abuse leveled against him in recent days, which he described as ‘grotesque’ in a statement sent to local media.
‘Over the past few days, I have been the subject of unfounded and grotesque false accusations. These claims have been erroneously amplified by accounts on social media known for posting defamatory material from undisclosed and / or anonymous sources without any proof or verification of information, ‘Wang said in a statement sent to various media outlets.
‘Seeing how these lies are perpetuated about me as if they were truth has been infuriating,’ the text notes.
The American seamstress’s statements come after the Instagram accounts ‘Shit Model Management’ and ‘Diet Prada’, known for exposing the darker side of the fashion world, shared the Owen model’s allegations. Mooney, who reported this month that he had been the victim of inappropriate touching by Wang.
Mooney assured the social network TikTok that he suffered abuse at the hands of the renowned designer during a chance encounter with him at a New York nightclub in 2017, although he initially declined to reveal his name.
‘At one point I was alone and a man next to me took advantage of the fact that no one could move and started touching me. Raising my leg, then my crotch, which made me completely paralyzed because I was in shock, ’Mooney said in a video.
The model explained that when she looked to her left she saw that the person touching her was a ‘very famous designer’ and that she could not ‘believe’ that she was ‘doing this to her’.
After denouncing the incident, and in the face of comments in the post suggesting that it was Wang and recounting other episodes of harassment by the dressmaker, Mooney confirmed the identity of his assailant.
Wang, who maintains close friendships with models the likes of sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid, Hailey Baldwin, Kendall Jenner or Kaia Gerber, is known for his extravagant catwalks and subsequent parties.
The ‘Prada Diet’ account also highlighted the fact that Wang hired singer R. Kelly for a 2017 advertising campaign with the aim of ‘blurring the boundaries between fantasy and reality’ shortly after he was acquitted of child pornography charges filed against him.