American Apparel Founder Dov Charney Is Nearly Broke and Homeless
Dov Charney, creepy and gross founder of American Apparel, was ousted from the company (again) last week and, well, things aren't going to great for him. Today he revealed to Bloomberg that he only has $100,000 left in the bank and is crashing on a friend's couch in New York.
Dov Charney Fired From American Apparel, Again
Dov Charney is out again at American Apparel. The clothing company announced on Tuesday that the skeevy former CEO was fired "for cause" from his role as a consultant, a position he's held since July. In June, Charney was terminated as chairman after the company compiled a long list of his alleged offenses, including…
Dov Charney's Exile From American Apparel Lasted Less Than a Month
Notoriously skeevy American Apparel founder Dov Charney was fired in mid-June for a long list of reasons, including allegedly misusing company funds, engaging in and covering up sexual harassment, and leaking nude photos of the woman who claims she was his sex slave. But the Charney-American Apparel breakup apparently…
All the Reasons American Apparel Booted Dov Charney
Ousted American Apparel founder and jaunty dick-swinger Dov Charney, as anyone would expect, is mounting a lawsuit against the board of directors who terminated him from his position as chairman. The American Apparel board terminated Charney "with cause" last week, and according to the letter they sent him ahead of…
Here's Ex-American Apparel CEO Dov Charney Dancing With His Dick Out
UPDATE: The video that originally accompanied this post as been removed following a copyright claim.
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According to a company release, American Apparel founder Dov Charney has been terminated from his position as chairman by the firm's board of directors. The decision to remove Charney, the company says, "grew out of an ongoing investigation into alleged misconduct."
American Apparel's Hottest New Accessory: Farmers
Comedian Fahim Anwar — member of the comedy team that brought us this response to Ashton Kutcher's racist PopChips ad — noticed a new model on the Americal Apparel website.
Big Dubious Sex Lawsuit Against Dov Charney Tossed Out
A year ago, pervy American Apparel founder Dov Charney was sued for a quarter of a billion dollars (ha) by Irene Morales, a former employee who claimed that he forced her to have sex with him in exchange for her employment at AA. After she filed her suit, a whole bunch of X-rated text messages and photos (see pic, for…
Tucker Max and Dov Charney, Together in a Single Book
Yesterday, news broke of a massive ($500K, allegedly) book deal for 24 year-old Ryan Holiday (pictured)—whose name will be familiar to savvy Gawker readers as the spokesman for American Apparel. So what's so interesting about him?
American Apparel Lost a Mere $20 Million Last Quarter
Just weeks ago, discount sex outlet American Apparel was rescued from financial doom by kindly foreign investors. Yesterday, the company released its first quarter results. Which are good! In the sense of "slightly less horrible."
An Annotated Guide to Dov Charney's Desktop and 'Good Hookers'
During a web conference with American Apparel store managers today (topic: "store summer-ization and shitty sales in the Midwest") Dov Charney opened the browser on his personal computer. One participant took a screengrab and sent it to us. Above, an annotated guide to Dov Charney's desktop, featuring the following:
Dov Charney Sued Again, Purely for Being Sleazy
Last month, pervy American Apparel CEO Dov Charney was sued by (first one, then several more) former employees for alleged sexual harassment. As the media war over Dov's reputation raged, new facts came to light —incriminating texts, emails, and photos from his accusers—that made it seem that Dov might actually be…
Dov Charney Gets His Bailout
Teetering teenage titty tableau titillator American Apparel has been wrestling this week with the question of how to get millions of dollars to keep itself alive while still being run by Dov Charney, a crazy person. They've done it! How? They found the minute handful of people in North America who A) have millions of…
Which Is Worse: Bankruptcy, or Dov Charney?
Fashion pimp of trendy hose American Apparel is in mortal financial peril at the moment; it needs an infusion of cash to stave off a possible bankruptcy. Investors have the cash, and the interest in the brand; what they don't have, in all likelihood, is an interest in handing a huge pile of cash over to the sole…
How Dov Charney Works: Sleazily
Masturbatory American Apparel boss Dov Charney has caused a good deal of cognitive dissonance lately: on the one hand, he's institutionalized sexist objectification at his company, but on the other hand, he may actually be innocent of the most recent sexual harassment allegations against him. So it's good that Dov is…

