DaDump’s Sleazeball Prize Goes to Anand Jon
March 20th, 2007 by dd
Star F***er and Jailbait Predator, Anand Jon, with *surpise, surprise* a star and a very young model
Indian-born designer Anand Jon Alexander, 33, has turned out sexy $300 hand-painted jeans decorated with South Asian motifs and delicately beaded gowns for the likea of Ivanka Trump, Jessica Alba and Paris Hilton. He was profiled in NEWSWEEK’s “Who’s Next for 2007” list of people to watch just last December, was arrested last week in Beverly Hills, Calif., and subsequently charged with a seven-count felony complaint for allegedly sexually assaulting three different women, including a 15-year-old girl. Charges include forcible rape, lewd acts upon a child and attempted forcible oral copulation.
Friends of Anand were surprised to hear the accusations—but not all that surprised. In fact, they say, America’s Next Top Model designer Alexander has shown a creepy interest in much younger women—some of them budding celebrities—for years.
“He always had these really young, super-skinny, waify models hanging around him, thinking he would make them huge stars,” says one former pal. Alexander’s intentions toward the girls, who were often 16 or 17 years old, were ambiguous.
But there was no question, says another friend, that Alexander put a lot of effort into cultivating high school girls for something. “He targets young girls on Facebook and MySpace, under 18 types who are aspiring actresses and models, and tells them that he’ll be able to ‘hook them up’ as long as they stay with him,” the friend says.
To maintain the appearance of influence, she adds, “he’ll go up to every celebrity at a party and introduce himself and try to get their contact info. Afterwards, he’ll be, like, ‘So-and-so was just dying to talk to me.’ He’ll tell everyone who listens that he launched the careers of Paris Hilton and Michelle Rodriguez.” [Radar]
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