Anand Jon Alexander, founder and designer of the celebrity-loved clothing line Anand Jon, has been charged with 59 counts of sexual assault involving 28 different victims. There’s a mix of felony and misdemeanor counts, and the charges include everything from rape to battery to committing a lewd act on a child. It’s just disgusting. Alexander’s website is still up, in which he has lots of pictures of himself posing with celebrities (including a very bleary-eyed Paris Hilton in what appears to be a pretty old photo). Basically the guy would find women on the internet, lure them over to his place with promises of modeling opportunities, and then attack them. But of course according to his lawyers, a lot of the women are making these claims to become famous. I can think of few things I’d less like to become famous for than that, and I’m guessing all women are with me.
“Celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander was indicted on 59 counts of sexual assault in a move prosecutors said Thursday would keep his accusers from having to testify at a preliminary hearing. Prosecutors previously charged Alexander with more than 40 felony and misdemeanor counts involving 18 victims that included rape, sexual battery and committing a lewd act on a child. He pleaded not guilty to the earlier charges. The indictment, unsealed Thursday, added two more victims to the original case, bringing the total number of victims to 20, and said the crimes targeted women and girls from 15 to 27 between November 2002 and March 2007.
“Alexander, 33, is suspected of meeting women on the Internet then assaulting them when they visited with him about modeling opportunities. His defense has claimed some of the women made the allegations to seek fame. Alexander’s lawyer, Anthony Brooklier, said in some of the cases, the victims either kept in contact or met with the fashion designer after the alleged crimes occurred. ‘We think this is made up of whole cloth, the entire case,’ Brooklier said Thursday outside of court.”
[From USA Today]
The asshole is also under investigation in several other states for doing the same. Luckily the guy has been held in jail – he strikes me as the type that will just keep doing what he’s doing – but then again, most sex offenders are that way. This guy is so disgusting. That isn’t even a strong enough word. It looks like most of the celebrity photos on his site are reasonably old, so hopefully people aren’t associating with him anymore. If I were the designer clothing sort and had any of his stuff, it would currently be residing in the fire pit in the backyard with a healthy layer of kerosene and fire.
