Kenneth Cole steps down as amfAR president amid controversy - "Cole’s move also comes as federal prosecutors in Manhattan look into financial dealings in 2015 among amfAR, Harvey Weinstein and the American Repertory Theater. Authorities are trying to find out if fraud occurred when $600,000 raised at an amfAR auction went to the theater company that had produced Weinstein’s musical “Finding Neverland.” Cole was a leader of amfAR, which stands for American Foundation for AIDS Research, at the time. In a statement Thursday, the group didn’t mention the fraud allegation, saying only that Cole had served the group "