Brandy Melville executives exchanged pornography, memes featuring the N-word, and photos of Hitler in a private group chat

• A Brandy Melville executive group chat featured pornography and memes mocking Black and Jewish people.
• 24 screenshots referenced Hitler, and one selfie showed a supplier performing a Nazi salute.
• Brandy Melville CEO Stephan Marsan participated, once reportedly editing his face on Hitler’s body.

Brandy Melville executives were members of a group chat in which they swapped pornography, photos of Adolf Hitler, and memes mocking Black and Jewish people.

As part of an investigation into the cult teen brand, Insider viewed more than 150 screenshots from a group text called “Brandy Melville gags.” The group text was active from roughly 2017 to 2020, according to people familiar with its history.

It included more than 30 men associated with Brandy Melville. The company’s senior leadership – including chief executive and founder Stephan Marsan, his brother Yvan Marsan, and chief financial officer Salvatore Rianna – were all members.