- Kate Upton recently took to social media to accuse Paul Marciano, a co-founder of Guess, of sexual and emotional harassment.
- In the midst of these allegations, Guess announced Jennifer Lopez as the face of the company's latest campaign.
Kate Upton is amongst an exclusive set of blonde models who had their careers made by a Guess campaign. But now, she's taken to social media to speak out against Paul Marciano, a co-founder of the company.
It’s disappointing that such an iconic women’s brand @GUESS is still empowering Paul Marciano as their creative director #metoo
— Kate Upton (@KateUpton) January 31, 2018
Upton doesn't specify an incident, but says Marciano "shouldn't be allowed to use his power in the industry to sexually and emotionally harass women." It's unclear if Upton was among the allegedly harassed women; others responded to Upton's Twitter post noting they, too, had heard of or witnessed misconduct from Marciano.
The allegations came as Guess celebrated its newest face, Jennifer Lopez.
We have reached out to Guess for comment and will update with their response.
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