BLOOMINGTON, Minn.- abercrombie and fitch was fined $115,264 for refusing to let a teenager help her autistic
sister try on clothes at its Mall of America. The store was found on the charge of discriminating against a
disabled person.
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights was abercrombie and fitch satisfied that the Apple Valley family of the disabled teen
received settlement after the four years of fighting this case.
The fine was considered a hefty penalty but abercrombie and fitch the Department of Human Rights was pleased to finally resolve
this case after the retail store refused to apologize for the incident and even questioned the disability of
the girl.
Michael K. Browne, the department’s abercrombie and fitch legal affairs manager, said the size of the penalty is the largest in at
least two years. “We don’t want anything abercrombie and fitch that happened in this case to repeat itself,” Browne said.
