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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Fashion executive resigns days after restraining PETA protesters at New York runway show

Fashion Animal Rights - (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

The longtime chief executive of the Council of Fashion Designers of America announced Friday that he is stepping down, days after he was filmed physically restraining two protesters during an altercation at a New York runway show.

“I am enormously proud of what we have built together and believe this is the right moment for both me and the organization to begin a new chapter,” Steven Kolb said in a statement.

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