Ari Perilstein/Getty Images for Guess(NEW YORK) -- Guess co-founder Paul Marciano has resigned from the company after being accused of sexual misconduct, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing by the company on Tuesday. The company filed an 8-K form with the SEC, a requirement to announce major news to shareholders. The form not only confirmed that Marciano stepped down, but also detailed the allegations against him. The company had announced in February it would be conducting an investigation into multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, including "inappropriate texts and comments, and unwanted advances including kissing and groping." He will leave the company next year, according to the SEC document. The investigation was presented to the company's board on June 7 and 11, and Marciano announced his resignation to the board on Monday. Among those who accused Marciano of improper conduct was supermodel Kate Upton, who told "Good Morning America" in February that she came forward because she "wanted to prevent that from happening to other girls." Upton also reiterated allegations to "GMA" that Marciano fondled her breasts during her first photo shoot for the brand in 2010 when she was 18 and continued to behave inappropriately toward her in professional settings for a few months after. Marciano has denied all the allegations and has not admitted any wrongdoing, saying in a statement after Upton's allegations that they were "preposterous." "I have never been alone with Kate Upton," he said. "I have never touched her inappropriately." Marciano said he would cooperate with the investigation, which the company said on Tuesday "interviewed more than 40 people and reviewed approximately 1.5 million pages of documents, including emails, human resources and legal department files, social media messages, video and audio recordings, photographs, travel itineraries, calendar entries, agreements, invoices and financial records." According to the filing, "many of the allegations could not be corroborated" or no conclusion could be reached because accusers did not want to be interviewed or both sides provided credible evidence. However, the investigation did find evidence of impropriety by Marciano. "The investigation found that on certain occasions Mr. Marciano exercised poor judgment in his communications with models and photographers, and in placing himself in situations in which plausible allegations of improper conduct could, and did, arise," the filing says. The filing says Marciano and Guess "entered a nonconfidential settlement" to avoid lawsuits. "To avoid the cost of litigation and without admitting liability or fault, the company and Mr. Paul Marciano entered into nonconfidential settlement agreements resolving claims of five individuals arising out of allegations of inappropriate conduct by Mr. Paul Marciano for an aggregate total amount of $500,000," according to the filing. Guess Inc. was founded in 1981 by brothers Paul Marciano, Georges Marciano and Maurice Marciano. The brand's jeans exploded in popularity in the 1980s, and its ads featured big-time supermodels such as Claudia Schiffer and Eva Herzigova. Copyright 2018, ABC Radio. All rights reserved. Prince Williams/WireImageJermaine Dupri is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his So So Def label by curating an all-star playliston streaming platforms. The 50-song list features his hits Jump by Kris Kross, Funkafied by Da Brat, Just Kickin It byXscape, Like You by Bow Wow, and Where the Party At by Jagged Edge. The So So Def CEO also includes his "Welcome to Atlanta" featuring Diddy, Murphy Lee, Snoop Dogg & Ludacris. On Friday, June 15, Dupri will add two more songs which will be available for download and streaming for the first time: Jagged Edges "Lets Get Married" reception remix featuring Kanye West, and Da Brats "Da B Side" featuring Notorious B.I.G. It feels amazing to be able to release this much great music and be the person responsible for it," Dupri says. Now the real work begins for the next 25 years and beyond to guarantee that Hip-Hop and R&B are treated with the utmost respect and preserved." The Grammy Award winner will continue the celebration with the So So Def Family 25th anniversary tour kicking off in October. Dupri will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Thursday in New York City. He hopes the honor will inspire young people to follow in his footsteps. I pray my induction in the @SongwritersHOF sparks a fire in some young kid and makes him or her wanna write music forever and everyone, be in the studio with all levels of artist and thirst for the same separation Im receiving on June 14, he tweeted. Copyright 2018, ABC Radio. All rights reserved. Courtesy of Live NationForeigner, Whitesnake and Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening will kick off their U.S. summer package trek, the Juke Box Heroes Tour, this Friday, June 15, in Bangor, Maine. To promote the tour, Whitesnake's David Coverdale and Foreigner's Mick Jones have filmed a fun YouTube video featuring the veteran U.K. rockers chatting as they enjoy the very British pastime of High Tea. As they sip on tea and snack on finger sandwiches and pastries, Coverdale and Jones trade compliments and muse about their forthcoming trek. "This year is Whitesnake's 40th anniversary," Coverdale points out. "It was yours last yearIt's mind-blowing to me." David then recalls that the first Foreigner song he ever heard was "Feels Like the First Time." "It was great," Coverdale gushes. "Because what you brought was the rock, but with melodyand themes that people could identify with." In addition, Coverdale tells Jones that he loved Foreigner's chart-topping 1981 album 4, specifically the memorable smash "Waiting for a Girl Like You," as well as the group's 1984 #1 hit ballad "I Want to Know What Love Is." "I thought those were iconic, and continue to be marvelous," David adds. Tooting his own horn, Coverdale points out, "I have 'Is This Love?' and 'Here I Go Again,'" to which Jones responds, "Amazing. You know, when I first heard 'em, I thought, 'Who the f*** is that!'" Commenting on both bands' arsenal of classic tunes, David notes, "If you have songs like 'I Want to Know What Love Is'...and 'Here I Go Again,' these songs that potentially live forever. They become as George Harrison would say to me, 'Evergreens.'" The Juke Box Heroes tour runs through an August 1 concert in Irvine, California. Here are all of the dates for the trek: 6/15 -- Bangor, ME, Darling's Waterfront Pavilion 6/16 -- Saratoga Springs, NY, Saratoga Performing Arts Center 6/19 -- Syracuse, NY, Lakeview Amphitheater 6/20 -- Boston, MA, Blue Hills Bank Pavilion 6/22 -- Wantagh, NY, Northwell Health at Jones Beach 6/23 -- Camden, NJ, BB&T Pavilion 6/26 -- Cincinnati, OH, Riverbend Music Center 6/27 -- Burgettstown, PA, KeyBank Pavilion 6/29 -- Bristow, VA, Jiffy Lube Live 6/30 -- Holmdel, NJ, PNC Bank Arts Center 7/3 -- Raleigh, NC, Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek 7/4 -- Charlotte, NC, PNC Music Pavilion 7/6 -- Nashville, TN, Ascend Amphitheater 7/7 -- Alpharetta, GA, Verizon Amphitheatre 7/8 -- Simpsonville, SC, Heritage Park Amphitheatre 7/10 -- Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Blossom Music Center 7/11 -- Chicago, IL, Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island 7/13 -- Noblesville, IN, Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center 7/15 -- Clarkston, MI, DTE Energy Music Theatre 7/17 -- Kansas City, MO, Starlight Theatre 7/18 -- St. Louis, MO, Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre 7/20 -- The Woodlands, TX, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 7/21 -- Irving, TX, The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory 7/24 -- Denver, CO, Pepsi Center 7/25 -- West Valley City, UT, Usana Amphitheater 7/27 -- Auburn, WA, White River Amphitheatre 7/28 -- Ridgefield, WA, Sunlight Supply Amphitheatre 7/29 -- Murphy, CA, Ironstone Amphitheatre 7/31 -- Chula Vista, CA, Mattress Firm Amphitheatre 8/1 -- Irvine, CA, Five Point Amphitheater Copyright 2018, ABC Radio. All rights reserved. iStock/Thinkstock(SANAA, Yemen) -- A military coalition led by Saudi Arabian and United Arab Emirates forces, with vital guidance and supplies provided by the United States, has launched the largest assault of Yemen's war, with an attack on the massive port city of Hodeidah. As many as 22 million people -- three-quarters of Yemens population -- could be at risk of losing access to necessary food and medicines they receive through the port, amid a worsening humanitarian crisis on the verge of famine that the U.N. has described as the worlds most dire. "Any attack on or significant, long-term disruption of operations of the port will have catastrophic consequences for the people of Yemen," Frank McManus, the International Rescue Committee's country director in Yemen, told ABC News. Saudi Arabian warplanes and warships began pounding the fortifications of the Iranian-supplied Houthi rebels Wednesday morning to support ground operation Golden Victory, led by Yemeni troops massed south of the port of Hodeidah, witnesses told reporters. The assault threatens the safety of humanitarian workers in the city, as well as around 400,000 people living there, McManus said. "We condemn to the fullest extent the launch of an attack by the Saudi- and Emirati-led coalition on Yemen's port city of Hodeidah," he said. Human rights groups said airstrikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition have killed and wounded thousands of civilians, often in indiscriminate attacks. Wednesday's military operations mark the first time the Arab states have launched such a wide-scale attack since joining the war three years ago against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who control the capital Sanaa and most of the populated areas of northern Yemen. The U.S. has backed the Saudi Arabian and Emirati forces through diplomacy, selling them billions of dollars per year in arms and providing logistical support such as warplane refueling and military intelligence. A major battle that throws the people of Yemen into further crisis and starvation could test that support. "Hodeidah is absolutely essential to the preserving of life," the United Nation's emergency relief coordinator, Mark Lowcock, said this week. "If, for any periods, Hodeidah were not to operate effectively, the consequences, in humanitarian terms, would be catastrophic." Lowcock briefed the U.N. Security Council in a closed-door session on Monday and spoke to reporters afterwards. "Ninety percent of the food and fuel and the medicines that are consumed in Yemen are imported; 70 percent of them come through Hodeidah, he said. "Seven million people are completely relying every month on food and more than 7 million on other assistance from humanitarian organizations." On Wednesday, the U.N. further warned that escalating violence in Yemen could lead to a refugee exodus as more people flee the famine and fighting. "It's actually surprising that an exodus has not happened yet," United Nations refugee chief Filippo Grandi told reporters in Geneva. Copyright 2018, ABC Radio. All rights reserved. Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site. 0108263 License for publishing multimedia online Registration Number: 130349 Registration Number: 130349