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Anand Jon's friends hold candlelight vigil in Delhi
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Delhi: Celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon's friends and
relatives held candlelight vigil here last evening seeking justice
for him. Jon was convicted in November last year of raping and
sexually assaulting aspiring models. As the contents of sealed
motions filed in the case are to be revealed on February 27,
it is being speculated that he might get a new trial. The protesters,
under the aegis of the Confederation of Non-Resident Indians,
held banners and posters supporting Jon. Jon's mother said the
media should highlight her son's plight. "The media should write
more about it. There should be a campaign so that Anand gets
his freedom and justice. We are only asking for justice," said
Shashi Abraham. Jon, 34, a rising designer who had dressed socialite
Paris Hilton and singer Janet Jackson before his arrest last
year, faces possible life imprisonment after a Los Angeles Superior
Court jury found him guilty on 16 criminal counts. The crimes
involved lewd acts on a child, rape and sexual battery in assaults
between 2001 and 2007 against nine would-be models aged between
14 and 21. He was also convicted of possessing child pornography.
Prosecutors said Jon lured girls and women to Los Angeles with
the promise they could work as models and then attacked them.
Jon, whose full name is Anand Jon Alexander, denied the charges.
His lawyers said the girls and young women were revenge seekers
who had made up their stories or who had "invited what happened,"
and that there was little physical evidence. The designer was
acquitted of four charges and the jury could not reach a verdict
on three other counts. Jon has been in custody for more than
a year because he is being investigated on similar charges in
New York and Dallas.
-Feb
25, 2009
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