Alice + Olivia's Stacey Bendet Posts Video of Steve Madden 'Verbally Assaulting' Her in Hotel Lobby

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As Bendet began filming her conversation with Madden on her phone, he can be first overheard saying, “Honey if you’re going to be rude you can go f—k yourself.” Bendet replied, “Yeah? You said if I’m not copying people I’m not doing a good job? That was you.”

“You can go f—k yourself. Okay. You copy people all the time,” Madden fired back. “I have it trademarked branded Stace,” Bendet said in response to Madden’s claim about her signature Alice + Olivia StaceFace design.

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“I am sharing this because his behavior is not acceptable in business or life — he could have apologized or showed some remorse — but no, he responds with intimidation — we can’t stop bullies unless we stand up to them!!! I hope what my daughters learned was how you never let a man or anyone) speak to you this way!”

While she deleted the interaction with Madden from her Instagram feed, Bendet did make another statement on her Instagram Story about the response she got from sharing the video.

PEOPLE has reached out to Alice + Olivia and Steve Madden’s teams for comment.

source: people.com