The story shows how a designer used his celebrity status to (allegedly)rape at least a dozen women.
The skilled reporter was not taken in by Jon or his excuse peddling lawyer.
April 14, 2007 (Press Release) --
NEW YORK TIMES
Of all the things that Anand Jon wanted, what he seemed to crave most was attention: the hot glare of the catwalk. The shout-outs of paparazzi.
What he gained, in the end, was attention, but not the kind he craved.
The dark-eyed, 33-year-old fashion designer has been released on $1.3 million bail after having been charged with 32 counts of rape, sexual battery and other ugly crimes.
“It’s the pattern of a sexual predator,” said the spokeswoman for the DA. “It’s a serious, serious case”
Friends warned him [but] it didn't seem to change his basic promiscuity. [And] in 2003 he pleaded guilty to kissing and groping a model during a photo shoot.
One girl's parents were told "I treasure the feminine being. I got all this spirituality from my grandmother and my mom”
But a few hours later, he forced the teenager to have oral sex at the hotel where he was staying.
Jon's simple designs didn’t impress the critics or fashion insiders. “I don’t think he was taken too seriously,” said Sam Bolton, a night life photographer.
[On] MySpace one woman wrote she met Mr. Jon, but didn't sleep with him. “He kept telling me: This is your one shot to be famous, and if u walk out u’ll be nothing!”
Mr. Jon says [it's] all a plot against him and declined to explain further but promised the truth would soon emerge.
Of all the things that Anand Jon wanted, what he seemed to crave most was attention: the hot glare of the catwalk. The shout-outs of paparazzi.
What he gained, in the end, was attention, but not the kind he craved.
The dark-eyed, 33-year-old fashion designer has been released on $1.3 million bail after having been charged with 32 counts of rape, sexual battery and other ugly crimes.
“It’s the pattern of a sexual predator,” said the spokeswoman for the DA. “It’s a serious, serious case”
Friends warned him [but] it didn't seem to change his basic promiscuity. [And] in 2003 he pleaded guilty to kissing and groping a model during a photo shoot.
One girl's parents were told "I treasure the feminine being. I got all this spirituality from my grandmother and my mom”
But a few hours later, he forced the teenager to have oral sex at the hotel where he was staying.
Jon's simple designs didn’t impress the critics or fashion insiders. “I don’t think he was taken too seriously,” said Sam Bolton, a night life photographer.
[On] MySpace one woman wrote she met Mr. Jon, but didn't sleep with him. “He kept telling me: This is your one shot to be famous, and if u walk out u’ll be nothing!”
Mr. Jon says [it's] all a plot against him and declined to explain further but promised the truth would soon emerge.
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