Riccardo Tisci faces sexual assault allegation
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.
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