Almost exactly a year ago, on April 30, 2025, The Independent first reported that famed fashion designer Riccardo Tisci, most known for his time spent helming Givenchy and Burberry and for designing Met Gala gowns for Beyoncé and Kim Kardashian, was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a man in New York in June 2024. Now, nearly two years after the alleged assault, the Italian singer Alessandro Mahmoud, known by his stage name Mahmood, has been requested to give testimony, per court filings obtained by reporter Louis Pisano and shared on X. The alleged victim, Patrick Cooper, claimed in the original suit last year that he believed he had been drugged by Tisci with a drink while at a restaurant in East Harlem, after which he awoke at the designer’s residence downtown, naked and disoriented, with no recollection of getting there. Cooper alleges that he met Tisci through a mutual friend, Michael Alexander, and that the designer, now 51, was accompanied by another friend, Mahmoud. Cooper told The Independent that when he woke up, Tisci …