American Apparel Has a Dossier of Complaints Against Former CEO It Can Use

American Apparel Inc. has a dossier of employee complaints about former Chief Executive Officer Dov Charney abusing them -- sometimes physically -- that it may use in a legal fight against its founder.

The retailer has assembled e-mails, videos and audio recordings documenting complaints by those who worked for Charney. One e-mail to the human resources department in 2013 reported that he threw a medicine bottle at an employee, according to internal documents obtained by Bloomberg News. In a separate e-mail, a female worker said he called her a “slut” and a “whore.” In a resignation letter, an employee said, “I’m afraid to return to work and face further abuse.”