The Dorm

I will say this from the outset.

The fact this A list business person was able to start an entire company again from scratch and exceed the original in revenue is amazing.

It doesn’t change the fact he lost his original company because he sexually abused multiple employees and was paying settlement after settlement.

That is also excluding all the “models” he coerced into taking pictures and doing things they didn’t want to.

Fast forward a few years and his new company.

For some people in his company, he provides them hotel rooms when they come to town for work.

For any women who come to town, he tells them they have to stay in his house which is a unique home.

It is also a home where you can scream as loud as you like and no one will ever hear you.

If you don’t agree to stay at his house, then you probably won’t have a job when you get back to your home city.

There is no one to reign him in this time, so he is letting loose.

Dov Charney

American Apparel offshoot company ordered to keep L.A. factory closed after 4 workers die of COVID-19; at least 300 more infected

Los Angeles Apparel was ordered to shut down its garment factory following an investigation into a coronavirus outbreak that has sickened more than 300 workers, killing four of them, officials announced Friday.

The manufacturer of casual basics — started by American Apparel founder Dov Charney shortly before that firm declared bankruptcy in 2016 — was originally ordered to cease operations June 27 after inspectors found “flagrant violations” of COVID-19 guidelines. But it soon reopened after replacing its sickened staff with new workers, the county Department of Public Health said in a news release.

The factory is located at 1020 E. 59th St. in South L.A.’s Florence neighborhood, according to Los Angeles Apparel’s website.

Inspectors say they visited the site after learning of an outbreak there that hadn’t been reported to the department, as is required for any business with at least three known cases. Los Angeles Apparel has subsequently failed to cooperate in the investigation, officials said.

“The death of four dedicated garment workers is heartbreaking and tragic,” Barbara Ferrer, the county’s public health director, said in a statement. “Business owners and operators have a corporate, moral and social responsibility to their employees and their families to provide a safe work environment that adheres to all of the health officer directives.”

Three of the company’s workers died in early June, and one died this month.

On Saturday, workers lined up outside the factory to get tested for COVID-19.

One employee said the deaths are sad and scary, but that they planned to go back to work “because that’s the way we pay our bills, rent.” – Source