FREE ANAND JON: WE DEMAND A NEW FAIR TRIAL

Anand Jon arrived in the United States in the early 90’s with an art school scholarship and became the definition of the American dream with his self-made, glad rag to riches success story. Unfortunately, this also made him a target as his world was turned upside down into a Hollywood horror movie based on absurd false allegations by a group of scorned women that an overzealous prosecutor hyped up with their blatant abuse of power.

Raised by a single mother in South India, Anand Jon and his sister Sanjana Jon grew up under the tutelage of their grandparents (Amma and Ap- pachan Abraham) who installed a reverence for all religions, values and lifestyles. This is evident in the brother and sisters pioneer roles of charity work including the Sanjana Jon Aids Awareness Tour with Miss Universe, tsunami relief and the Nature Sanctuary refuge for tigers and exotic animals.

Under the tutelage of his grandmother and master artisans, Anand Jon was trained in the yogic discipline and alchemical concepts that became the foundation of his creative processes fusing flesh, metal and fabric. He sacrificed his budding career as a nationally ranked sub junior tennis player to focus on his true passion; his art. Even as a child, he had caught the attention of talent scouts and sponsors while winning prestig- ious awards and recognitions for his creativity. He wanted to have his art featured at the New York Academy of Art and prestige option house where his portraits and nudes have been disclosed as “astonishing” and “essential.”

At sixteen Anand Jon came to the land of dreams, the United States and happen to meet Giorgio Armani and the late Gianni Versace. They further inspired his reverence of goddess culture and empowering women. Without immediate massive financial backing needed and also being the first of a kind in a volatile world of glamour, Anand Jon had to get inventive with a vision of a luxury brand combining art and commerce. While Versace had been credited for taking his Italian roots, baroque sexuality ending the supermodel era and fashion house, Anand Jon took his Indian heritage into karma sutra chic sensuality and is often credited for the “It” girl phenomenon (He is often blamed for it). The who’s who of society celebrities and young royalty began to debut regularly around Anand Jon projects, red carpet events and his critically acclaimed fashion shows. Including: Ivanka Trump, Michelle Rodriguez, Amanda Hearst, Lydia Hearst, Elizabeth Jagger, Paris and Nicky Hilton and Princess Olivia of Spain.

While this created a worldwide sensation and incredible brand awareness, it also became a double edged sword for Anand Jon, as young women not born into this crucial elite pedigree also began to have unreal- istic expectations while being transformed into the next “It” girl by being around or dating Anand Jon. “He was the perfect tailcoat to ride on if you wanted to be somebody,” says Katherine Saxton celebrity publicist, in the New York Times. Not surprisingly, NO ONE had ANY real problems them- selves until someone else instigated them. No big problems until the big money came, and no problems, waiting even years for the right time to strike. “Soon to be famous designer,” says Time Out New York (1999). “Functional Luxury,” said Women’s Wear Daily. “India Today and A maga- zine picked him as “faces of the future.” While NYC 2000 featured him as the youngest of the top seventy five designers of the world, was picked as the best look of the millennium, landing his creation on Oprah.

Anand Jon became a unique amalgam of the East and West fusing cutting edge New York street savvy and his roots of meditation into a playful spiri- tual and sensuality.

Teaming up with his mother Shashi Abraham and his sister San- jana, Anand Jon launched his brand immediately upon graduating from the prestigious Parsons School of Design (in 1998). He was the first Indian to ever show at 7th on Sixth Bryant Park New York Fashion Week. Anand Jon’s then dean (and current host of Project Runway TV show) Tim Gunn stated in his recommendation letter even a decade ago describing Anand Jon as “a visionary and a leader,” while similar predictions of Anand Jon’s rise were being formed step by step.

It was clear that Anand Jon was neither born with a famous last name/silver spoon, nor an overnight flash in the pan. This has taken hard work and blessings from above as even the worst adversities eventually seem to open God-given evolutions for Anand Jon. From the 17-year old whose charitable impulse led to designing and selling “I survived Hurri- cane Andrew T-shirts on the streets of Maimi.” to being sponsored by none other than Giorgio Armani, following the 911 attacks in NYC.

“I meditate at night and when I wake up I check my email,”
says Anand Jon who also reminds himself of his “grounded upbringing even as a glorified tailor if you have purpose, sky is the limit,” in his break- through story where Newsweek Magazine picked him as the only designer on their “Who’s Next 2007?” issue.

Against all odds, Anand Jon, a South Asian/colored, straight young man, was steadily ascending to become the next big thing
with numerous accolades and awards such as “Rising Star” Asia Society 06, “Best New Designer,” Fashion Week of Americas 03 and “Designer of the Year,” 05 from Vancouver Fashion Week. His circle of high profile friends and clients included young royalty, “It Girls”, Marla Maples, Mi- chelle Rodriguez, Paris Hilton, Lydia Hearst, etc. As a result Anand Jon found his own personal celebrity designer status thrusting in the limelight and into gossip columns including his personal life, who he was dating, if he was gay, etc. This perceived image of a flamboyant lifestyle all became tabloid and gossip page fodder as the media always wants the spiciest commentary to sell their daily papers. This began to distract and some- times overshadow his true talent as a true artist and the first of a kind young brown/colored man that had risen to the top of the high fashion world.

Anand Jon’s frequent TV exposure on shows like Americas Next Top Model, VH1, E!, and MTV all contributed to building a phenomenon who never lost track of his roots and values. The Anand Jon brand name was further progressed by multimillion dollar evaluations by Wall Street. Unfortunately with the arrival of the big money and high profile status there were drastic side effects as well. Not surprisingly around the same time a series of extortion attempts and threats exploded which was ini- tially a conspiracy from within his own close knit circle. Their open adora- tion transformed from love to hate when they didn’t get what they wanted. These were mostly rejected, scorned women and some disgrun- tled business partners that were motivated by greed, rage and revenge (primarily via a vicious online assassination campaign). Investigation showed personal relationships between some of these scorned women and government agents investigating the case. This suspicious activity escalated these groupies and gossip-gone-wild “stories” into the most ridiculous basis for criminal allegations.

Despite all the evidence and witnesses pointing to his innocence simply opposing these bizarre and highly improbable stories that border- line on paranoid science fiction, Anand Jon was arrested and has been locked up in solitary confinement for almost three years!

As the absurdity of allegations and astounding amounts of ex- culpatory evidence (showing the obvious motives, the conspiracy and in turn his innocence) surfaced, rather than dismissing the charges, the over- zealous prosecutors did exactly the opposite to take advantage of this high- profile opportunity. “Violent crimes,” they preached to the New York Times and went on to methodically orchestrate a negative media hysteria while pressuring other jurisdictions and denying Anand Jon bail violating his basic civil rights! Six months later the prosecutors admitted and recanted “No weapons, No violence, and No injuries,” while a year later they dropped the majority of the charges while almost all the so called victims and witnesses “vanished.”

While the prosecutions bad character propaganda included calling him “Fallen angel” and accused him of “narcissism and arro- gance” (neither of which are criminal) it exposed the startling personal malice and prejudice of the very foundation of the case and its tainted investigation. Also exposed was the severe tampering with and destruc- tion of evidence, witness coaxing and intimidating, manipulating and miss- ing exculpatory evidence favorable to Anand Jon. The prosecution dis- played its blatant abuse of power with absolutely no consequences.

Is brown the new black? Both the government agents and the “so called victims” were exposed to have made vile racial jokes/ com- ments including “India head” and “curry smelling dick.” Anand Jon has held steadfast to his innocence and already beaten a whopping 43 counts. The one and only remaining forcible rape count has not only turned out to be “negative” in a rape kit test, and “no signs of trauma, injuries, use of force or assault related findings.” (verified by the prosecutions own expert witness Dr. Schulan) in fact, to further irrefutably prove his innocence, Anand Jon went on to take and pass a polygraph/ lie detector test. (95% accurate!)

By their own stories the victims qualify for all the motives and post inci- dent behavior that are red flags for false allegations as per the prosecu- tion’s own expert witness:

“He was attractive, successful, charming, and I was interested in a relation- ship with him. We all admitted that we were in romantic relation- ships with him and hated the fact that he was always looking for new girls. I was mad cause he did not teach me the new karma sutra positions” -Lauren Elise Quinn, December 2006 admits while conspiring to set up Anand Jon
“I didn’t put my clothes back on because I thought it would be rude.” – Stacey F during a lingerie casting, where she “just wouldn’t leave” (for 2 hours).
“I wanna sue him for all the money” – Lori Brown, December 2006 Co- conspirator. As attempts to trap him failed, she became room- mate to set
“He was charming and I was impressed.” “He was kind and like a good friend, not a threat. He taught me how to do ab(dominal) crunches....”- Holly Gavel testified. After her alleged “drugged brutal attack.” Moved in @ $900/mo rent.
“The DA told me it was fine (to lie under oath); people do stupid things under stress.” “I know there was drugs because the DA told me they found drugs in his apartment.” – Holly Gavel chats with friend
“I went in his bedroom got naked and laid in his bed with him cause I thought he was gay.” - Tara S
“I thought he said he was part of the mafia.” – Kristy W.
“He had not raped me or anything like that. But it was the verbal abuse that made me feel awful.” -Katie W. interview with lead detective George Elwell
“I thought he was charming and I planned a romantic weekend.” – Britny O.
“The DA implanted the drug idea in my head.” “I did not think anything that happened between Anand Jon and I was illegal, the DA told me I was a victim and to file charges.” – Britny O under oath
“I thought it was cool I was getting to model his clothes.” – Jessie B testified after her alleged incident, while asking for free pairs of jeans. Four witnesses were present and confirm her well being and good na- ture. These same girls continued to travel, move in as paying roommates, at- tend events and pose on the red carpet with him. Despite these girls say- ing these above quotes they still filed charges. (Or were pressured to file charges.)

The astounding lies under oath/ perjury that was exposed shattered the pristine image of the so called victims. The prosecutors claimed the girls to be “naïve, helpless, small town women who don’t know each other and had no motives.” Nothing could be further from the truth as the prosecu- tion intentionally with held and hid their shocking pasts, scandalous life- styles and illegal activities/criminal records. The “small towns” these so called victims came from may be “Sodom and Gomorrah” as the facts show most involved in extortion, theft, previous false allegations, illegal drug use and distribution, violence, mental instability and working in the porn industry and as escorts and prostitutes. Also turns out almost all of them knew each other very well, communicated extensively and even scripted with each other, sold media stories and met with civil lawyers together. What makes it worse is that the prosecution was aware of much of this and still chose to et there women off the hook and encourage them to accomplish their own agenda- which is one of the worst examples of prosecutorial misconduct, not to mention; wasting millions of tax payers’ dollars.

While the prosecution has gotten away so far with this disturb- ing magnitude of prosecutorial misconduct, it is high time to hold them accountable for this blatant abuse of power. You or your loved one could be their next target, celebrity or not, and the chances are much higher if the individual happens to be colored. Truth and justice must be reinstated and for starters this prosecution needs to be removed, independently investigated, while Anand Jon needs to be given a fair bail and a fair trial immediately.

The fact that there was contact from at least one or more jurors to Anand Jon’s family before the verdict is clear and that alone by law automatically grants a new trial. The big question is, were these jurors trying to do the right thing since at least one admits during a special hearing that they wanted to vote not guilty on all counts but other jurors were ganging up in the jury room and pressuring some to vote against their will. Or were they up to something malicious like extortion? Were they reaching out to expose the lies and misconduct going on? Regardless of the reasons, ac- cording to case law there has to be a new trial.

WE DEMAND A NEW FAIR TRIAL