Anand Jon Alexander Rape Charges: Lawyer Says 9 Women Lied (Photos)

Posted on November 1, 2008

Fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander’s lawyer told jurors on Friday in closing arguments that his client should be acquitted of rape charges because his accusers are lying and seeking revenge. Anand Jon Alexander said the women willingly had sex with him, most of the alleged victims were aspiring models.

Alexander’s lawyer argues that the women are all lying about being raped by designer Anand Jon Alexander.

“How many times did you hear ’I don’t recall’ from them during the trial?” asked defense attorney Leonard Levine. “I stopped counting at 300. These women lied. They lied, they exaggerated and nobody cared — but you should care.”

The sex case against Alexander now goes to the jury, which will deliberate next week accusations that Alexander raped nine females, most of them aspiring models, at his Beverly Hills apartment.

Levine said the women who testified against Alexander “invited what happened,” then made up stories so they could sue Alexander after his criminal case.

But the prosecutor Frances Young told jurors that Anand Jon Alexander is a “sexual predator,” and should be found guilty because he humiliated and degraded young and naive girls who came to Hollywood with dreams of becoming famous.

“What we heard was four male lawyers defending their male client and what we heard was a lot of misogyny,” Young said. “These girls did nothing wrong. None of these girls invited what happened to them.”

“This is a very sick man,” Young told the jury. “He was an abuser of women who picked a profession where he would be surrounded by teenage girls.”

Alexander was very investigated in March 2007 when a woman reported she had been sexually assaulted by the him in his apartment. Before his arrest in June 2007, Alexander was featured on the TV show, “America’s Next Top Model.”

Anand Jon Alexander is now facing 27 counts, including forcible rape and committing lewd acts on a child, stemming from assaults that allegedly happened between 2001 and 2007. The alleged victims ranged in age from 14 to 21.

If he’s found guilty, Anand Jon Alexander faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Pictures: PR

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