I feel like there’s a difference between Virgil Abloh being brought in to work on an iteration of the Air Force 1s and simply ripping off a design from an unrelated company, presumably without permission, and making a few tweaks.

Isn't it also well-documented that Virgil Abloh stole more in the ~100% range from up-and-coming designers who then saw nothing for their work?

If it is, I'm sure that you can easily produce that documentation.

It is true and it is trivial to go find it yourself, it's been widely and repeatedly documented for the better part of a decade