Hugo Tillman, a photographic assistant, said Testino had once grabbed him on the street and tried to kiss him and, a few weeks later, pinned him down on a bed until he was removed by another person.Īnother assistant, Roman Barrett, said Testino had masturbated in front of him, and added: “Sexual harassment was a constant reality.” Ryan Locke, a model who worked with Testino on Gucci campaigns, accused him of being aggressive and flirtatious throughout shoots, adding: “He was a sexual predator.” Some said the Peruvian photographer’s behaviour, going back to the mid-1990s, included groping and masturbation, the paper reported. Testino, who took the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s official engagement photos and was given an honorary OBE in 2014, was accused by 13 male assistants and models of subjecting them to sexual advances. Anna Wintour, the artistic director of Condé Nast, which publishes magazines including Vogue and GQ, said the publisher would not work with the pair for the “foreseeable future” following Saturday’s report.
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