Anand Jon Faces Life

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After a two-month trial, Beverly Hills fashion designer Anand Jon (dressed Paris Hilton, Janet Jackson) was found guilty today in a Downtown LA courtroom of sexually assaulting seven girls and young women. The LAT reports: "The jury of six men and six women deliberated for seven days before finding Anand Jon Alexander guilty of one count of rape and 15 counts of sexual assault and other charges...During the trial, prosecutors accused Jon of using the promise of modeling jobs to lure young women and girls as young as 14 to a squalid-looking apartment in Beverly Hills, where he acted out sadistic fantasies." Jon, 34, will be sentenced January 13 and faces life in prison, eligible for parole in 67 years. [LAT]