Image copyright Reuters LVMH once said that Tiffany "stood for love" but it now describes the New York jeweller as a "mismanaged" company with "dismal" prospects.
The Louis Vuitton-owner made the claims in a countersuit against Tiffany in a dispute over a $16.2bn takeover deal.
LVMH claims Tiffany is no longer the business it agreed to buy last November before the pandemic.
But Tiffany said LVMH's "specious" arguments are "another blatant attempt" to not pay an agreed $
