Partner of ex-Abercrombie & Fitch CEO released on bail in alleged sex trafficking case Matthew C. Smith, a British citizen who has been held in jail without bond since his October arrest, pleaded not guilty.

The romantic partner of former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO was released to house arrest on a $10 million bond at his first Long Island court appearance Tuesday on federal charges that he ran an international prostitution and sex trafficking business, including in the Hamptons and New York City, that authorities said manipulated young men into having sex with the defendants through false promises of success in the modeling industry.

Matthew C. Smith, a British citizen who has been held in jail without bond since his Oct. 22 arrest after prosecutors said he was a flight risk, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to one count of sex trafficking and 15 counts of engaging in interstate prostitution.