4 more women come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Guess co-founder Paul Marciano

Four more women came forward Thursday with accusations of sexual misconduct against Guess co-founder Paul Marciano.

Four new accusers represented by attorney Lisa Bloom spoke out for the first time about their experiences with Marciano, who stepped down as CEO of the company in 2018 in the wake of other sexual harassment and assault allegations. Marciano has denied the allegations.

"There are days when I can no longer take the pain that I feel inside," model Amanda Rodriguez said. Rodriguez revealed herself as one of the more than a dozen women accusing Marciano of sexual misconduct for the first time at a Tuesday news conference.

Rodriguez filed a sexual harassment and assault claim against Marciano last year, but the case was forced into private arbitration. And Bloom says Rodriguez's case is not the first Guess has tried to keep under wraps. She represented several other women with claims against against Marciano back in 2018, and even though Guess found at least 12 plausible allegations, the company did not deal with those cases publicly, allowing him to keep his job.

"I do not know of another company that has anywhere near this number of allegations of serious sexual harassment and sexual assaults against a prominent executive and yet continues to employ him," Bloom said.

Three more models have come forward and are calling out both Marciano, and the Guess board of directors.

"In my opinion, Paul Marciano should be fired," a model who identified herself as Gwen said. "How many women have to accuse him of sexual harassment and assault before the company believes the women?"

According to Bloom, at least 14 women have accused Marciano of sexual misconduct since 1994 — and she says there may be more women that Guess has not made known. At least one of his accusers includes Kate Upton, who claims Marciano groped her at a photo shoot and harassed her by showing up at hotels where she was staying and texting her inappropriate comments.

Bloom's firm is filing a lawsuit against the individual members of the board, alleging they are aiding and abetting a crime by continuing to employ Marciano and keep him in contact with models and other female employees. Such a lawsuit is unprecedented, but Rodriguez says she hopes it will force a reckoning.

"I will do whatever I can to protect other women and prevent this from happening to another model," she said tearfully.

In a statement released by attorney Shawn Holley, Marciano called the allegations "a fabricated narrative, an incomplete version of the facts and omits significant exculpatory information."