Fashion retailer American Apparel has released details pertaining to sexist and racist misconduct allegations against the company’s ex-boss and founder Dov Charney.

Evidence in the court filings show that sexually explicit emails were sent to female staff as well as racially derogatory ones.

Keith Fink, the lawyer representing Mr Charney said: "The company has engaged in an invasion of Mr Charney's privacy in a shameful attempt to extort him and gain leverage over him," adding that a lot of the statements given weren’t true.

The court papers said that Mr Charney "repeatedly engaged in conduct that violated the company's sexual harassment and anti-discrimination policy," and the board added "Given this set of facts... it would be hard to find any board of any company... that would be willing to hire Mr Charney as its CEO, executive, or employee. The risk to the company and its shareholders would just be too great."

Earlier this month, Mr Charney was the subject of a court order that prevented him from making any negative statements about American Apparel to the media.
Mr Charney is not expected to return to American Apparel.