The Alexander Report

NYTimes article about Anand Jon, a NYC fashion designer who was charged with 32 counts of rape, and other crimes against a dozen women. He has been released after posting $1.3 million dollar bail.

“The dark-eyed, 33-year-old fashion designer has been released on $1.3 million bail after having been charged last month by the district attorney’s office in Los Angeles County with 32 counts of rape, sexual battery,
lewd acts on a child and other ugly crimes, against a dozen women — all models — aged 14 to 23.

“It’s the pattern of a sexual predator,” said Jane Robison, the spokeswoman for the district attorney. “It’s a serious, serious case.”

Ronald Richards, Mr. Jon’s defense lawyer, said this is a case of thwarted expectations: the young women had sought to trade sex for a career in fashion. “You can’t fault a man if women throw themselves at him,” he said.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/fashion/15anand.html?ref=fashion

We will see how this case to develops. Here an interesting quote from the NYTimes:

“So who is Anand Jon? A rapist? Or a mark? To some he is a garden variety arriviste, an overeager cad, who crossed the line into criminal territory when his sense of entitlement overwhelmed his good sense. To others he is a struggling design talent, who played by the same elastic set of rules that govern everything else in the celebrity world and fashion industry — except he was caught.”

More press on Jon’s case

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1862521.cms
http://www.littleindia.com/news/136/ARTICLE/1708/2007-03-19.html
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03212007/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2007/03/anand_jon_was_always_creepy.html