Anand Jon & Marta Goldschmied-February 22, 2007
From Page Six: Fallen fashion designer Anand Jon – who is being held on $1.3 million bail in a Los Angeles jail on multiple charges of sexual assault – cultivated his celebrity image by always going out with an entourage and showing people his press clippings.
According to sources who spent time with Jon over the past few years, "He runs his life like a cult. He has four people following him around at all times, including a publicist, a photographer, and his assistant, who is his sister."
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The source added that before Jon was arrested March 13 on 20 counts of assault – including two counts of rape – "he always had young girls around. They may have been over 18, but they didn’t look it."
A former publicist, Chris Hulbert, who long ago distanced himself from the accused assailant, told Page Six that a few years ago the down-and-out designer advanced on Hulbert’s 19-year-old date at a Manhattan club.
"He put his hand around her neck and said ‘You have a very comfortable neck, would you like to have sex with me?’ She was really creeped out."
Page Six’s source said Jon would lure girls with promises of fame, world travel and glamour. "He would carry around a press book with all his clippings and show it to people at parties," said one former friend.
"He shows these girls books about himself. and they . . . get wrapped up in his smoke and mirrors. He reels girls . . . into situations by asking them to come along with him and his crew."
Jon has dressed celebrities like Paris Hilton, Paula Abdul and Michelle Rodriguez, and would frequent celeb-filled parties in the Hamptons as well as downtown clubs.
"He will tell girls, ‘I can take you places,’ and the girls see the photographers following him around, and they would believe him because he was friends with Paris. But they were totally duped."
Who is Anand Jon? An Indian-born designer who arrived on the fashion scene after graduating from Parsons in 1998, and teamed up with his mother that year to debut his own line during Fashion Week. His gorgeous long skirts he debuted became an instant must-have item among the fashion elite. In 2001, Jon was awarded the Fashion Week of the Americas’ "International New Star" award, which led to a Spring 2002 sponsorship by Giorgio Armani.
Source: New York Post Page Six
Photos: WireImage
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wow this is overdue. i was in college 2 years ago and had been to his showroom to collect samples for my school’s fashion show. i went to the bathroom and was creeped out by the mirror that he placed on top of the toilet seat – apparently he loved staring at himself when he pees. right around the same time, i saw him making out with a very young model (when he had guests in the very showroom) at the back behind curtains. HER MOTHER was waiting for her in the front! she actually busted him right there and said “please, my daughter is 16 years old”. his publicist kept apologizing to me when this argument went on. i grabbed the samples and ran!