Celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon, already accused of sexually assaulting a dozen women and girls, was charged by Los Angeles County prosecutors today with attacks on six other women while authorities in Dallas have a warrant for his arrest on similar charges.
Jon, 33, now faces 46 criminal charges, with the addition of 13 new counts. Among the 40 felonies and six misdemeanors are r*pe, lewd acts on a child and false imprisonment.
"He is a prolific serial sexual predator," said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles district attorney's office.
The Beverly Hills designer, whose full name is Anand Jon Alexander, is accused of assaulting or molesting girls and women ages 14 to 27, many of whom were seeking work as models.
The alleged incidents occurred from August 2000 to March 5, Robison said. Many of the alleged assaults occurred in Jon's Beverly Hills condominium. Jon was arrested March 6 after one of the alleged victims went to Beverly Hills police.
Prosecutors today sought to increase Jon's bail to $2.3 million from $1.3 million. Jon was free on bail with conditions, including that any model age 30 or younger who works with him must sign a release and have a guardian present.
If convicted on all counts, Jon could be sentenced to life in prison.
Authorities in New York and Texas have also opened investigations into whether the designer assaulted women there. Robison said Dallas authorities have obtained a probable cause warrant to transfer him and to face charges.
Jon's attorney, Ronald Richards, has said the designer did nothing wrong. He added the accusers are models who made false allegations against Jon because he refused to employ them to the extent they wanted. Richards could not immediately be reached for comment today.
Jon is a well-known figure in the celebrity fashion world and designed clothes for heiress Paris Hilton, singer Mary J. Blige and others. He was involved in the show, "America's Next Top Model" and was planning to star in a reality TV show for VH1 about the fashion world.
..poor poor girl
r*pists are the worst type of scum. I would tell you what i think they should do to him, but i don't want to get banned by the mods.
This f***ing bastard deserves more than prison, he deserves death. 
