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Italian fashion designer Riccardo Tisci is facing allegations of sexual misconduct, according to a new lawsuit that claims he drugged and assaulted a man in 2024.
The complaint, filed on behalf of a man named Patrick Cooper in New York Supreme Court on April 29, alleges that Tisci, 50, spiked Cooper’s drink before taking him back to his residence and sexually assaulting him.
“These allegations are categorically untrue. Riccardo looks forward to clearing his name of these false and malicious accusations,” a spokesperson for Tisci wrote in an email to USA TODAY May 2. “He will obtain vindication through due process.”
USA TODAY has reached out to Cooper’s lawyers for comment.
Tisci, the former creative director of Givenchy, is accused in the complaint of “predatory, nonconsensual sexual acts,” and deliberately drugging Cooper’s drink so he would be “disoriented, confused, impaired, intoxicated, unaware of his actions and surroundings, and unable to comprehend what was going on for the duration of the drug’s effect.”
The assault is alleged to have taken place in June at 2 Sisters 4 Brothers Restaurant and Lounge, a casual eatery and dance venue in New York City’s East Harlem neighborhood.
Alleging he has, in the wake of the assault, suffered “serious and severe psychological and emotional distress, mental anguish, embarrassment, humiliation, and economic damages,” lawyers for Cooper are demanding compensatory damages.
Tisci is accused of violating New York’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law, intentionally inflicting emotional distress, battery, assault and false imprisonment.
Key to that final allegation is an argument that after drugging him, Tisci prevented Cooper from leaving his apartment, which Cooper knew at the time but to which he was unable to object, given the effect of the drugs.
A notable name in the industry since the early aughts, Tisci spent over a decade at Givenchy before nabbing a spot as Burberry’s chief creative officer, a position he held for four years until 2022.
Carving out a niche in haute couture, particularly, Tisci’s designs have been worn by the likes of Kim Kardashian, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna.
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