Michael Jeffries, who was CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch from 1992 to 2014, was arrested Tuesday and faces federal charges related to sex trafficking.

Jeffries and his partner Matthew Smith have been arrested in Florida and are expected to appear in court today, October 22. The New York Times reports. Another person, James Jacobson, was arrested in connection with the case while in Wisconsin. All three men will be arraigned at a later date in the Eastern District of New York.

The arrest comes a year after Jeffries was accused in a class action lawsuit of using an intermediary (Jacobson) to lure men to events with the prospect of modeling at Abercrombie. According to a BBC investigation, some men claim they were sexually exploited or abused by Jeffries and Smith at the said events.

According to the BBC, Jeffries would host the young models at events at his New York homes and hotels in London, Paris, Venice and Marrakech between 2009 and 2015. Jeffries and Smith allegedly had sex with the men or “directed” them to have sex with each other. They were allegedly presented with cash envelopes containing thousands of dollars and were often asked to sign non-disclosure agreements. CNN reported that the models were allegedly given drugs, alcohol and Viagra to perform the sex acts during said events.

“I think this experience has broken me,” Barrett Pall, a former model who accused Jeffries of groping him, told the BBC. “I think this stole every ounce of innocence I had left. It has messed me up mentally. But with the language I speak now, I can sit here and tell you that I was taken advantage of.”

Brian Bieber, attorney for Jeffries, did not immediately respond Rolling stone‘s request for comment on Tuesday’s arrest, but told the Times he would “respond in detail to the allegations” in court. Brittany Henderson, who represents plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit against Jeffries and Abercrombie, said the arrests were “monumental” for his alleged victims.

“Their fight for justice does not end here,” Henderson said The times. “Our customers look forward to holding Abercrombie and Fitch accountable for facilitating this terrible behavior and ensuring it cannot happen again.”

Following last year’s BBC investigation, Abercrombie said it was “shocked and disgusted” by Jeffries’ behavior and hired a private law firm to investigate the claims. Jacobson, who allegedly acted as an intermediary, told the BBC in a statement last year that he took umbrage at the suggestion of “any coercive, deceptive or forceful behavior on my part.”

“Every encounter I had was completely consensual, not coercive,” he told the newspaper. “Everyone I came into contact with who attended these events went in with their eyes wide open.”