Creepy “America’s Next Top Model” alumni and designer to the stars has been sentenced to 59 years in prison for sexual assault. Anand Jon Alexander, who was a BFF to Tyra Banks among many others celebs, was accused, prosecuted and found guilty of crimes involving luring wannabe models. He would promise his victims a high profile modeling career in exchange for sex. Seven of his victims attended his sentencing and cried as he was damned to prison on Monday afternoon.
After asking for new trial citing juror and prosecutorial misconduct along with an inadequate defense. ( He had fired his attorney team in July and opted to represent himself.) Judge David Wesley was blunt and stated that Anand showed no remorse for his crimes and gave him the maximum punishment for 14 of the 16 charges. He was originally charged with 59 counts and his lawyers managed to scrap just over half the counts while jurors were deadlocked on several other charges.
One particular victim of Anand was brave enough to stand up and speak her piece before he was sentenced. In a disturbing confession the girl with dreams of modeling confessed her pain.
“I was 14. You took my adolescence, my trust, my dream and completely manipulated them for your sexual desires,” one of the victims said, reading from a statement.
This is just the beginning in his jail time. Alexander will be sentenced for other assault and related crimes in New York and Texas. Should he be charged and sentenced with more jail time it will simply add to the already accumulated 59 years.
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