Male Models Accuse Iconic Photographers Weber, Testino of Sexual Misconduct

The fashion photography icons are latest subjects in midst of #metoo movement.

Photographer Mario Testino and model Lily Aldridge attend a party to celebrate the Bvlgari Flagship Store Reopening on October 20, 2017 in New York City.  (Photo by Venturelli/WireImage)
Photographer Mario Testino and model Lily Aldridge attend a party to celebrate the Bvlgari Flagship Store Reopening on October 20, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Venturelli/WireImage)

There is an ugly scandal brewing in the modeling industry.

Iconic fashion photographers Bruce Weber and Mario Testino have each been accused of sexual misconduct in an explosive new report in The New York Times.

Fifteen current and former male models who had worked with Weber, a fixture in the business for his sexy advertisements for companies like Calvin Klein, accused the photographer of pushing them into unnecessary nudity and uncomfortable acts. Testino, trusted enough to photograph the English royal family, has been accused by 13 male assistants and models with groping and masturbation among the claims. In statements from their lawyers, both photographers denied those claims, but the brewing scandal is putting them on the wrong side of camera lenses.

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