

He said he was already in the hotel lobby. As soon as I went up to my hotel room, Paul started calling me asking to come up and see how my room is. The next Guess shoot I worked on was about a month later. I was so relieved and felt like I had barely escaped. Thankfully, Yu Tsai stepped in and insisted he’d do it. The only thing I was thinking is if he touches me like that in public, I can’t imagine what he’d try to do in private. Then Paul insisted that he walk me up to my hotel room.

I had two options: do everything I could to wiggle away and avoid his pursuit, or punch the CEO of Guess. I remember not wanting to say “Get off of me” because I didn’t want to open my mouth to say anything because I didn’t want him to be able to put his tongue in my mouth.

I was extremely shaken, surprised and scared.Īt one point he forcibly grabbed the back of my head so that I could not move and started kissing my face and my neck. He did, but that did not stop Paul’s constant grabbing. I was able to send a quick text to Yu Tsai asking him to stay. After I pushed him away, he said, “I’m making sure they’re real.”ĭespite doing everything I could physically do to avoid his touch throughout the meeting, he continued to touch me in a very dominating and aggressive way, grabbing my thighs, my arms to pull me closer, my shoulders to pull me closer, my neck, my breasts, and smelling me. As soon as I walked in with photographer Yu Tsai, Paul came straight up to me, forcibly grabbed my breasts and started feeling them - playing with them actually. Kate Upton: After the first day of shooting the Guess Lingerie campaign, Paul Marciano said he wanted to meet with me.
