Vogue suspends photographers Mario Testino and Bruce Weber following sexual misconduct claims

Peruvian fashion photographer Mario Testino (R) chats with fashion editor Anna Wintour
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Vogue and other fashion magazines have announced they will not work with acclaimed photographers Mario Testino and Bruce Weber "for the foreseeable future" after a Saturday New York Times report in which more than a dozen male models and former colleagues accused each man of sexual exploitation.

"I remember him putting his fingers in my mouth, and him grabbing my privates," said model Robyn Sinclair of Weber. "We never had sex or anything, but a lot of things happened. A lot of touching. A lot of molestation." Testino is accused of similar behavior, including forced "groping and masturbation."

Weber categorically rejected the accusations, saying he is "shocked and saddened by the outrageous claims being made against me, which I absolutely deny." Testino's representative argued his accusers could not be trusted, stating the photographer's former employees were "shocked by the allegations" and "could not confirm any of the claims."

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.