Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. today announced two indictments against a fashion designer for multiple charges of rape, criminal sexual act, sexual abuse, aggravated sexual abuse, assault, promoting a sexual performance by a child, victim or witness intimidation, and unlawful imprisonment.
ANAND JON ALEXANDER, a/k/a ANAND JON, 36, is charged in two indictments with both forcible and statutory counts for the crimes, which occurred between December 2002 and September 2006 [1]. The defendant, who was arrested today by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, was returned on a warrant this afternoon and arraigned in State Supreme Court, Part 1, before Justice Daniel Fitzgerald.
ALEXANDER was previously sentenced to 59 years to life in prison in California on August 31, 2009 on 16 counts of forcible rape, lewd acts upon a child, forcible oral copulation, sexual battery, using minors for sex acts, possession of child pornography, and other related crimes, involving seven victims.
Defendant Information:
ANAND JON ALEXANDER
DOB: 11/28/1973
ADDRESS: 320 N. Palm Drive, Beverly Hills, CA
CHARGES:
First indictment
-- Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree-a class B violent felony, 13 counts
-- Rape in the First Degree-a class B violent felony, 2 counts
-- Rape in the Third Degree-a class E felony, 3 counts
-- An Attempt to Commit the Crime of Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree-a class C violent felony
-- An Attempt to Commit the Crime of Criminal Sexual Act in the Third Degree-a class A misdemeanor
-- Criminal Sexual Act in the Third Degree-a class E felony, 2 counts
-- Intimidating a Victim or Witness in the Third Degree-a class E felony
-- Sexual Abuse in the First Degree-a class D violent felony, 8 counts
-- Criminal Sexual Act in the Second Degree-a class D violent felony, 3 counts
-- Assault in the Second Degree-a class D violent felony, 3 counts
-- Aggravated Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree-a class D violent felony
-- An Attempt to Commit the Crime of Rape in the First Degree-a class C violent felony
-- Unlawful Imprisonment in the Second Degree-a class A misdemeanor
Second indictment
-- Rape in the First Degree-a class B violent felony
--Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree-a class B violent felony, 3 counts
--Criminal Sexual Act in the Third Degree-a class E felony, 3 counts
--Rape in the Third Degree-a class E felony, 2 counts
--Promoting a Sexual Performance by a Child-a class D violent felony
--Sexual Abuse in the First Degree-a class D violent felony
A class B violent felony is punishable by up to 25 years in prison; a class C violent felony is punishable by up to 15 years in prison, a class D violent felony is punishable by up to 7 years in prison; a class E felony is punishable by up to 4 years in prison, and a class A misdemeanor is punishable by up to 1 year in jail.
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