--- title: Kate Upton Accuses Guess Co-Founder of Harassing Women description: The model said it was "disappointing" for the company to keep him around canonical: https://time.com/5129697/kate-upton-guess-paul-marciano-sexual-harassment-accusation/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-01T23:29:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T11:29:05.888Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Kate Upton Accuses Guess Co-Founder of 'Sexually and Emotionally' Harassing Women og:description: The model said it was "disappointing" for the company to keep him around og:url: https://time.com/5129697/kate-upton-guess-paul-marciano-sexual-harassment-accusation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt164c3a3edc1c17fe/6988fa4b22fb852fe9e24937/kate-upton-guess-metoo-sexual-harassment.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Michael Kors ACCESS Smartwatch Launch Event, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kate Upton Accuses Guess Co-Founder of 'Sexually and Emotionally' Harassing Women twitter:description: The model said it was "disappointing" for the company to keep him around twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt164c3a3edc1c17fe/6988fa4b22fb852fe9e24937/kate-upton-guess-metoo-sexual-harassment.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kate Upton Accuses Guess Co-Founder of Using Power to 'Sexually and Emotionally Harass Women' by [Abigail Abrams](/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Feb 1, 2018 11:29 PM CUT  Model Kate Upton attends the Michael Kors ACCESS Smartwatch launch event at ArtBeam, in New York, Sept. 13, 2017. Model Kate Upton attends the Michael Kors ACCESS Smartwatch launch event at ArtBeam, in New York, Sept. 13, 2017.Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock—Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock by [Abigail Abrams](/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Feb 1, 2018 11:29 PM CUT Model and actress [Kate Upton](http://time.com/4316049/kate-upton-is-engaged-to-detroit-tigers-justin-verlander/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined") has accused Guess co-founder Paul Marciano of using his power in the fashion industry to harass women. Upton, who previously worked as a spokesmodel for Guess, took to social media on Wednesday evening to call out the fashion company. “It’s disappointing that such an iconic women’s brand @GUESS is still empowering Paul Marciano as their creative director #metoo,” Upton wrote on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/KateUpton/status/958824619120693248) Upton soon followed the post with a similar one on Instagram, captioning an image of her tweet with more details. “He shouldn’t be allowed to use his power in the industry to sexually and emotionally harass women,” she wrote, adding another “#metoo” to the post. The [#MeToo hashtag](http://time.com/5051822/time-person-year-alyssa-milano-tarana-burke/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") has spread all over the internet since October 2017 when reporting about [decades of sexual misconduct](http://time.com/4981520/harvey-weinstein-hollywood-gender-history/ "undefined") allegations against [Harvey Weinstein](http://new.time.com/4979250/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-harvey-weinstein/ "undefined") spurred a wave of women to share their [stories of sexual harassment and assault](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers/ "undefined") in the workplace. After Upton posted about Marciano on Wednesday, other women also [began sharing](https://www.thecut.com/2018/02/kate-upton-accuses-guess-founder-of-harassing-women.html?utm%5F%20campaign=nym&utm%5Fsource=tw&utm%5Fmedium=s1 "undefined") their own experiences with the man behind Guess. Marciano was the brand’s CEO until 2015, and is currently its chief creative officer. Shares for Guess also fell on Thursday after Upton’s claims, with prices tumbling [more than 16%](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GES/ "undefined"). Guess has not responded publicly to Upton’s comments, but Marciano [told TMZ](http://www.tmz.com/2018/02/01/paul-marciano-kate-upton-denies-sexual-abuse-accusations-court/ "undefined") that he was surprised by the model’s accusations and said he did not know what claim she would have against him. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5129697/kate-upton-guess-paul-marciano-sexual-harassment-accusation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5129697/kate-upton-guess-paul-marciano-sexual-harassment-accusation/"},"headline":"Kate Upton Accuses Guess Co-Founder of Using Power to 'Sexually and Emotionally Harass Women'","datePublished":"2018-02-01T23:29:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T11:29:05.888Z","description":"The model said it was \"disappointing\" for the company to keep him around","url":"https://time.com/5129697/kate-upton-guess-paul-marciano-sexual-harassment-accusation/","keywords":["MeToo","sexual harassment","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt164c3a3edc1c17fe/6988fa4b22fb852fe9e24937/kate-upton-guess-metoo-sexual-harassment.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abigail Abrams","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt164c3a3edc1c17fe/6988fa4b22fb852fe9e24937/kate-upton-guess-metoo-sexual-harassment.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Michael Kors ACCESS Smartwatch Launch Event, New York, USA - 13 Sep 2017","caption":"Kate Upton attends the Michael Kors ACCESS Smartwatch launch event","creditText":"Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock—Invision/AP/REX/Shutterstock","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/metoo/","name":"MeToo"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5129697/kate-upton-guess-paul-marciano-sexual-harassment-accusation/","name":"Kate Upton Accuses Guess Co-Founder of Using Power to 'Sexually and Emotionally Harass Women'"}}]}] ```