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Fashion Network
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Riccardo Tisci faces sexual assault allegation
has been accused of sexual assault and is facing a newly-filed lawsuit in the US. A New York man, Patrick Cooper, claims that in June last year, the former Burberry and Givenchy creative chief drugged his drink at a restaurant and the next thing he knew he was waking up, naked, in the designer's townhouse in SoHo, NYC. He has also accused Tisci of sexually assaulting him while he was drugged and completely disorientated. UK newspaper The Independent first broke the story this week and said Cooper had told it that after leaving the house he went to hospital for rape kit testing and then contacted the police. Tisci didn't comment when the newspaper contacted him, nor did his agent and a spokesperson for the NYPD wouldn't confirm or deny any details. The Italian is a highly respected designer and a celebrity favourite. He spent 12 years at the creative helm of LVMH 's Givenchy until 2017. He then joined Burberry in 2018 after Christopher Bailey 's long tenure and stayed there until September 2022 ahead of Daniel Lee 's arrival. He's also undertaken a number of creative collaborations, including with Nike. The most recent one of these was the launch this year of a luxury handbag.
Fashion Network
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Riccardo Tisci faces sexual assault allegation
has been accused of sexual assault and is facing a newly-filed lawsuit in the US. A New York man, Patrick Cooper, claims that in June last year, the former Burberry and Givenchy creative chief drugged his drink at a restaurant and the next thing he knew he was waking up, naked, in the designer's townhouse in SoHo, NYC. He has also accused Tisci of sexually assaulting him while he was drugged and completely disorientated. UK newspaper The Independent first broke the story this week and said Cooper had told it that after leaving the house he went to hospital for rape kit testing and then contacted the police. Tisci didn't comment when the newspaper contacted him, nor did his agent and a spokesperson for the NYPD wouldn't confirm or deny any details. The Italian is a highly respected designer and a celebrity favourite. He spent 12 years at the creative helm of LVMH 's Givenchy until 2017. He then joined Burberry in 2018 after Christopher Bailey 's long tenure and stayed there until September 2022 ahead of Daniel Lee 's arrival. He's also undertaken a number of creative collaborations, including with Nike. The most recent one of these was the launch this year of a luxury handbag.
Fashion Network
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Riccardo Tisci faces sexual assault allegation
has been accused of sexual assault and is facing a newly-filed lawsuit in the US. A New York man, Patrick Cooper, claims that in June last year, the former Burberry and Givenchy creative chief drugged his drink at a restaurant and the next thing he knew he was waking up, naked, in the designer's townhouse in SoHo, NYC. He has also accused Tisci of sexually assaulting him while he was drugged and completely disorientated. UK newspaper The Independent first broke the story this week and said Cooper had told it that after leaving the house he went to hospital for rape kit testing and then contacted the police. Tisci didn't comment when the newspaper contacted him, nor did his agent and a spokesperson for the NYPD wouldn't confirm or deny any details. The Italian is a highly respected designer and a celebrity favourite. He spent 12 years at the creative helm of LVMH 's Givenchy until 2017. He then joined Burberry in 2018 after Christopher Bailey 's long tenure and stayed there until September 2022 ahead of Daniel Lee 's arrival. He's also undertaken a number of creative collaborations, including with Nike. The most recent one of these was the launch this year of a luxury handbag.
New York Times
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Riccardo Tisci Accused of Sexual Assault in Lawsuit
Riccardo Tisci, the former creative director of Givenchy and Burberry and an Italian fashion designer whose name continues to surface when top industry jobs open up, was accused of sexual assault in a state lawsuit filed in New York this week. Patrick Cooper, 35, said in the lawsuit that he was assaulted last June after he met Mr. Tisci in a Manhattan nightclub. Mr. Cooper said that he and Mr. Tisci, along with one other acquaintance, went to an East Harlem soul food restaurant called 2 Sisters 4 Brothers Restaurant & Lounge, where Mr. Cooper claims Mr. Tisci, 50, slipped a substance into his drink without his consent or knowledge that left him 'so disorientated as to no longer know where he was' or what other people, particularly Mr. Tisci, were doing to him. Mr. Cooper said that woke up naked in Mr. Tisci's SoHo apartment, with Mr. Tisci naked next to him, and that he had been sexually assaulted. A spokesman for Mr. Tisci said in a statement: 'These allegations are categorically untrue. Riccardo looks forward to clearing his name of these false and malicious accusations. He will obtain vindication through due process.' News of the 11-page lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court was first reported by The Independent. Mr. Tisci, who is well known for his close celebrity friendships with the likes of Kim Kardashian and Naomi Campbell, left his role as creative director of the British luxury brand Burberry in 2022 after almost five years at its helm. He had previously been at the French house Givenchy from 2005 to 2017. His name was recently linked to the top job at Versace, which was bought by Prada last month. Instead, Donatella Versace was replaced by Dario Vitale in April. In the lawsuit, Mr. Cooper said that after his interaction with Mr. Tisci, he went to hospital the next morning and later filed a police report. According to the lawsuit, which accuses Mr. Tisci of assault, battery, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and violations of New York's Gender-Motivated Violence Act, Mr. Cooper 'sustained, and will continue to sustain for an indefinite period of time, physical, psychological and emotional injuries.' Mr. Cooper is seeking damages from Mr. Tisci to be determined in court. 'I just went out to have a good night,' Mr. Cooper said in an interview with The Independent. 'My intentions were never to end up in Riccardo Tisci's bed. I remember sipping the drink, and I don't remember anything else. To this day, I still don't remember anything.' A lawyer for Mr. Cooper did not immediately respond to a request for further comment. The fashion industry has been rocked by a series of sexual assault and exploitation scandals in recent years, with accusations levied at other notable figures including the photographers Mario Testino and Bruce Weber and the fashion designer Alexander Wang.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Fashion Designer Riccardo Tisci Accused of Drugging, Sexually Assaulting New York Man in Legal Complaint
Italian fashion designer Riccardo Tisci has been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a New York man. In an 11-page legal complaint filed in the New York Supreme Court on Tuesday, first reported by The Independent, Patrick Cooper claims Tisci 'discretely put a drug' in his drink when he was not looking after they met at the 2 Sisters 4 Brothers Restaurant and Lounge in East Harlem on June 29, 2024. More from The Hollywood Reporter Mikey Madison's Fashion Stylist Jamie Mizrahi Talks New Toms Collab, Kit Essentials and Packing Hacks Cozy Earth's Oprah Winfrey-Approved Pajamas Get a Steep Mother's Day Discount Wrangler's Second 'The Last of Us' Capsule Just Dropped, Rounding Out the Rugged Collab Once Cooper became 'disoriented, confused, impaired, intoxicated, unaware of his actions and surroundings and unable to comprehend what was going on,' the complaint states that Tisci allegedly brought him back to his home and prevented him from leaving and 'sexually assaulted him.' Cooper claims he was not conscious during the sexual assault and only realized what had happened when he woke up next to Tisci naked. 'As a result of the drug(s) given to Plaintiff by Defendant, Plaintiff was unable to reject, fight, stop or defend himself from Defendant's predatory, sexual and unlawful assault and battery of Plaintiff,' the complaint states. In response, a spokesman for Tisci said in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, 'These allegations are categorically untrue. Riccardo looks forward to clearing his name of these false and malicious accusations. He will obtain vindication through due process.' Tisci has dressed numerous A-listers throughout his fashion career, including Kim Kardashian, Beyoncé, Adele, Rihanna, Meryl Streep, Madonna and Cate Blanchett. He previously served as the creative director of Givenchy before he left in 2017 after 12 years with the luxury fashion house. He was then appointed chief creative officer at Burberry in 2018, until he parted ways with the company in 2022. Best of The Hollywood Reporter Hollywood's Most Notable Deaths of 2025 Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Highest-Profile Harris Endorsements: Taylor Swift, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen and More
