Marc Jacobs is having a big week. First, he's showing his fall collection on Friday, so, ooooh!. (Try getting into that one.) Second, he's rumored to be taking public, at the show, his three-way romance – bear with us – with long-time boyfriend Jason Preston and porn star Erik Rhodes. (Rhodes says they're not dating, but he will be attending the show. As a friend. And Friday just happens to be his 26th birthday.)

And third, well, is that little matter of extortion.

In order to use the 69th Regiment Armory, on 26th Street, to show each season, Jacobs allegedly had to pay off the armory's superintendent, James Jackson, some $40,000 in cash and gifts, including a Bowflex machine. In return, Jackson, who was arraigned on extortion charges yesterday, assured Jacobs the date he needed, early access to the venue, and a breezy paperwork process.

Now New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo is on the case, upset that anyone would ever feel required to pay off a public official to use public space.

Other designers, meanwhile, aren't exactly empathizing with Jacobs. While his payments may have been forced, they may have also secured him exclusive access to the armory during Fashion Week, preventing any other designers from showing there. That doesn't really elicit sympathy.