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30 of 59 rape charges dropped against Indian-born designer
0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Los Angeles prosecutors have dropped 30 of 59 sexual abuse charges against Indian-born celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander, as jury selection got under way for his trial in California.
The 29 charges Alexander will be facing in court are related to "the victims that prosecutors are electing to proceed with at this time," said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office.
Without explaining further, Robison said lawyers for the remaining alleged victims were free to reinstate their charges during the upcoming trial.
Alexander, 34, had been charged in California with 59 counts of sexually assaulting 20 women aged 14-27 between 2002-2007.
Arrested on March 6, 2007, Alexander is charged with a variety of...
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