Anand Jon Alexander (born 1973 in India) is a former fashion designer turned convicted rapist who had previously appeared on America’s Next Top Model and rose to fame in the fashion industry prior to being convicted of several counts of sexual abuse.
US career
Jon was born in South India, and came to the US to study at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and later at Parsons. He sold collections at stores including Bergdorf Goodman in New York City, Wilkes Bashford in San Francisco, and Luisa Via Roma in Florence, Italy.His clothes had been modeled by and designed for celebrities such as Paris Hilton , Rosario Dawson , Lawrence Fishburn, Gina Torres , Oprah Winfrey , and Janet Jackson. His style was primarily known for its specific detail and Indian influence.
Arrest & conviction
Jon was arrested in March 2007 in Beverly Hills on rape and related charges based on the allegations of numerous aspiring models, including committing a lewd act on a child.Later the prosecutor added 15 additional felony counts as the investigation expanded. He was required to turn his passport over, and not allowed to leave the country.He plead not guilty to all charges.
On November 13, 2008 Jon was convicted of 16 out of 23 counts of sexual abuse, including the forcible rape of 7 women and girls aged 14 to 21. Jon is scheduled to be sentenced on January 13, 2009. Because the case involves special circumstances against multiple victims, the penalty is a mandatory life sentence, therefore Jon will only be eligible for parole in 67 years (2075).
Jon still faces charges in New York and is also under investigation for similar charges in Texas and Massachusetts.
Montecito is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Barbara County, California. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was approximately 10,000, although the boundaries are ill-defined. Montecito is among the wealthiest communities in the United States and is home to many celebrities. It is east of, and directly adjacent to the city of Santa Barbara, occupying the eastern portion of the coastal plain south of the Santa Ynez Mountains. Portions of the town are built on the lower foothills of the range. Notable roads spanning the length of Montecito include Mountain Drive, Sycamore Canyon Road, and East Valley Road.
History
The site of present-day Montecito, along with the entire south coast of Santa Barbara County, was inhabited for over 10,000 years by the Chumash Indians. The Spanish arrived in the late 18th century, but left the region largely unsettled while they built the Presidio and Mission Santa Barbara farther west.
In the middle of the 19th century the area was known as a haven for bandits and highway robbers, who hid in the oak groves and verdant canyons, preying on traffic on the coast route between the towns that developed around the missions. By the end of the 1860s the bandit gangs were gone, and Italian settlers arrived. Finding an area reminiscent of their homes in Italy, they built farms and gardens similar to those which they had left behind in Italy. Around the end of the 19th century, rich tourists from the eastern United States began to buy land in the area: it was near enough to Santa Barbara for essential services, but was beautiful, secluded, boasted perfect weather, had several nearby hot springs for health ailments - and at the time, land was cheap.
The Montecito Hot Springs Hotel was built at the largest of the springs, in a canyon north of the town center and directly south of Montecito Peak, in Hot Springs Canyon. The exclusive hotel, which required guests to be worth at least a million dollars to be allowed to stay, burned down in 1920; it was replaced a few years later by the smaller Hot Springs Club.
Montecito has retained the character it acquired early in the 20th century, of an area of exclusive estates and second homes, to the present day.
Geography
Montecito is located at [show location on an interactive map] 34°26′1″N 119°37′55″W / 34.43361, -119.63194 (34.433687, -119.631845).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.3 square miles (24.2 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 10,000 people, 3,686 households, and 2,454 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,072.3 people per square mile (413.8/km²). There were 4,193 housing units at an average density of 449.6/sq mi (173.5/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.03% White, 0.48% African American, 0.31% Native American, 1.29% Asian, 0.21% Pacific Islander, 2.14% from other races, and 1.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.19% of the population.
There were 3,686 households out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.1% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.4% were non-families. 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.85.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 18.4% under the age of 18, 13.5% from 18 to 24, 16.6% from 25 to 44, 30.0% from 45 to 64, and 21.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 84.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.1 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $110,669, and the median income for a family was $130,123. Males had a median income of $81,719 versus $42,182 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $70,077. About 2.3% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.6% of those under age 18 and 2.2% of those age 65 or over.
Points of interest
* Lotusland
* Westmont College
* Music Academy of the West
* Casa del Herrero - Spanish Colonial Revival home (open to the public).
Notable Residents
Montecito is a home to many celebrities, including:
* Bruce Johnston
* Oprah Winfrey
* Carol Burnett
* Jonathan Winters
* Steve Martin
* Eva Marie Saint
* Tab Hunter
* John Cleese
* Rob Lowe
* Jimmy Connors
* Christopher Lloyd
* Troy Aikman
* Steven Spielberg
* Kevin Costner
* Kirk Douglas
* Dennis Miller
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus
* Ellen DeGeneres
* Bob Gale
* Fred Couples
* Ty Warner (billionaire toy entrepreneur, “Beanie Babies”)
* Ivan Reitman
* Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. & Janice Karman
* Jeff Bridges
* Eric Schmidt
* Charlie Munger (partner of Warren Buffett. Charlie’s Montecito development, called “Mungerville” by Warren, is “Sea Meadow”, a private gated community on the ocean.)
Trivia
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* A scene in the 1983 film Scarface is based in Cochabamba but in actuality was filmed in Montecito.
* The 1981 film, The Postman Always Rings Twice staring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange was filmed at the Miramar Hotel in Montecito.
* JFK and Jackie Kennedy came to the San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito for their honeymoon.
A woman banned from a gathering hall in Marshall for lewd dancing can pursue a lawsuit against the town.
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the dismissed a lawsuit filed by Rebecca Willis in 2002. She was banned for life from a town hall that hosted Friday-night concerts.
Town officials said they received complaints about Willis’s dancing and short skirts, and she ignored repeated warnings. But Willis said the town treated her differently than patrons dancing and dressing in a similar fashion.
The three-judge panel agreed in part with Willis’ arguments Wednesday. The court found evidence Willis dressed appropriately and her dancing wasn’t unlike other patrons. The court said a reasonable jury could side with Willis and decide the town singled her out.
The appellate judges ordered the lower court to reconsider the case.
SPRINGFIELD, Va. – Warmed by the cheers of thousands, John McCain and Barack Obama plunged through the final weekend of their marathon race for the White House, the Republican digging for an upset while his confident-sounding rival told supporters, “We can change this country.”
“Yes we can,” he added, his slogan across 21 months of campaigning.
Both candidates were backed by legions of surrogate campaigners, door to door canvassers and volunteers at phone banks scattered across the country as they made their final rounds Saturday in a race that carried a price tag estimated at $2 billion.
Obama, ahead in the polls, maintained stride despite news that an aunt from Kenya, Zeituni Onyango, lives in the U.S. illegally. The Democratic candidate “has no knowledge of her status but obviously believes that any and all appropriate laws be followed,” said a written statement given to The Associated Press, which reported the story.
