Notable Celebrity Sweatshop Scandals By NicoleBreanne [17 more lists]

Celebrities caught in sweatshop, child labor, or human rights scandals. These are the biggest celebs accused of profiting from the mistreatment of workers. What used to be serious news issues, with documentaries on Nike's exploitation of children and MSNBC's in-depth look at Kathy Lee Gifford's first big celebrity sweatshop bust, has now become tabloid fodder. Jon and Kate Gosselin have come under fire and the Kardashians are the latest to fall victim to sweatshop investigations. When a string of workers committed suicide Steve Jobs name was found in a story with their obituaries, and the head of Victoria's Secret also faced allegations. Here are the top ten celebrities accused of exploiting workers.

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The Kardashians

In 2011 a human-rights organization launched an investigation into the Kardashian's. The brands being investigated include the upscale K-Dash by Kardashian, QVC’s Kris Jenner Kollection and ShoeDazzle, which was co-founded and endorsed by Kim Kardashian.

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Phil Knight

Allegations about child labor and inhumane working conditions have plagued Phil Knight and Nike since the 1970's. In 1998 Knight pledged to impose more stringent standards for the factories that Nike engages to manufacture its goods, including minimum age standards, factory monitoring, and greater external access to Nike's practices.

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Kathie Lee Gifford

In 1996, the National Labor Committee, a human rights group, reported that sweatshop labor was used to make clothes for the Kathie Lee line, sold at Wal-Mart.The group reported that a worker in Honduras smuggled a piece of clothing out of the factory, which had a Kathie Lee label on it. She was accused again in 1999.

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Daisy Fuentes

In 2007 Kohl's Corp. removed some lines of its Daisy Fuentes clothing brand following allegations that the Guatemalan factory where the clothes were made was a sweatshop, where workers are humiliated and forced to work unpaid overtime.

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Glenn K. Murphy

In 2007 Clothing retailer Gap Inc. fired an Indian company accused of using child labor to make their clothes, but in 2010 they found themselves back on the "list of shame" for poor working conditions in factories.

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Jon and Kate Gosselin

In 2009 The Pennsylvania labor department investigated Jon and Kate to see if TLC had violated child labor laws, but the claim was later dismissed.

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Leslie Wexler

In 2008 WWD today stated that sewers at D.K. Garments, a subcontractor for Victoria's Secret, were "slapped and beaten, not paid their full overtime pay and labored from 7 a.m. to as late as 10 p.m., seven days a week with one day off every three or four months."

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Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt was the spokeswoman for Hanes when the company came under fire for sweatshop allegations. Website's calling her Jennifer Loves Sweatshops popped up and demanded that she leave Hanes or at least help spread the word of the poor conditions. Hewitt did neither.

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Steve Jobs

In 2010 a string of worker deaths at Foxconn, the contract manufacturer that assembles Apple's iPhones and iPads caused questions about working conditions to be raised. Steve Jobs was accused of allowing a "sweatshop" to assemble his products but Jobs denied this was the case.

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Sean P.Diddy Combs

In 2003 the U.S. National Labor Committee accused Combs' factory managers earlier this week of cursing at Honduran workers, refusing to pay overtime, or firing them when they became pregnant. But Honduran officials they could find no evidence of worker's exploitation at the factory.

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The Kardashians

Daisy Fuentes

Glenn K. Murphy

Jon and Kate Gosselin

Leslie Wexler

Jennifer Love Hewitt

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