Watch Online American Apparel CEO Dov Charney says teen who accused him of coerced sex threatened extortion
BY Oren Yaniv
Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 10:05 PM

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The American Apparel honcho sued for forcing a teen employee to have sex with him turned the tables on his accuser Wednesday, asking a Brooklyn judge to fine her for trying to fleece the apparel giant.

Irene Morales, 20, claimed in a Brooklyn lawsuit that Dov Charney, 42, once held her captive in his pad in 2008 and made her sexually gratify him. She suing for $260 million for eight anguished months of coerced sex.

But the clothing company said in court papers Wednesday that her complaint "is an improper attempt to garner media attention and exert pressure."

Charney's lawyer, Stuart Slotnick, said Morales "made a number of extortion-like threats to expose the company to a threatened avalanche of litigation and negative publicity."

A judge signed an order that puts the suit on hold until March 25, when a hearing will determine whether the case will be decided in court or through arbitration.

Charney's lawyers submitted two documents purportedly signed by Morales agreeing not to sue the company. They asked the court to sanction her for illegal conduct.

Slotnick called the allegations in the suit - which recount lewd phone messages and oral sex between the store manager and her boss - "baseless."

Morales' lawyer could not be reached.