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When "Emily" first saw Anand Jon in October 2005, he was walking through the terminal at DFW Airport like a rock god: long mane of black hair, sultry eyes, billowing white shirt and attitude to burn.

Blond, blue-eyed, with the kind of fresh beauty that cannot be faked with makeup, the teenager wore a short skirt and high heels as the New York fashion designer had instructed. Her name and those of other alleged victims have been changed.

"Heeeyyy," the designer said, kissing her cheeks after Emily introduced herself. "You are even more gorgeous in person."

Emily, who graduated from high school in a Dallas suburb, was 17 and a college freshman. She'd been corresponding online with the Indian designer since the summer, after being contacted by one of his representatives, who found her page on models.com.

"I like your look," said "Mary C" from something called psiclops.com. "Maybe I can recommend you to some of our clients."

Emily had wanted to be a model even in elementary school. So Emily went to Psiclops, which appeared to be a modeling agency. After filling in her contact information, she received an instant message from Anand Jon, who identified himself as a top fashion designer.

"What makes you unique?" he asked.

As Emily answered by IM, she noticed the designer's questions got more personal.

"Who are you again?" Emily asked.

"Look me up, babe."

On his Web site Emily saw photos of a long-haired Indian man posing shirtless; a click away were runway shots of models wearing exotic designs. She searched his name and found hundreds of pictures of Anand Jon posing with film and fashion celebrities such as Paula Abdul, Michelle Rodriguez, Paris Hilton and Lydia Hearst.

And it wasn't just pictures. The designer had been featured on Oprah and as a judge for America's Next Top Model and had been proclaimed one of the top Asian movers and shakers by Newsweek magazine.

Anand Jon's clothing in Indian-influenced fabrics with elaborate beading and gold embroidery had been praised in magazines all over the world and was sold at exclusive stores. Now he was starting a line of jeans that would retail for hundreds of dollars. Anand Jon marketed himself as the hottest thing in fashion.

A few days later, Anand Jon contacted Emily by phone to let her know there was a casting for models in Dallas the next weekend. He was going to be there and thought she had the look that would be right for his jeans.

"I launched Paris Hilton's career," Anand Jon said. "You could be the next 'It Girl.'"

Emily called her parents. Neither of them supported Emily's desire to be a model and tried to talk her out of it. But they researched Anand Jon on the Internet and came away impressed.

After meeting Anand Jon at the airport, Emily and her father dropped him at the Magnolia Hotel downtown. The next morning, her father picked up the designer, and they met Emily and her mother for breakfast.

Anand Jon arrived with a five-inch binder stuffed with press clippings. The designer was warm, charming and much in demand, reading and sending text messages on his Sidekick phone throughout breakfast.

He assured them he would protect Emily. "I believe a woman's body is a temple," Anand Jon said. "I would never hurt a girl in any way. My grandmother, mother and sister are the most important people in my life."

By the end of breakfast, Emily's parents felt at ease. They didn't know that while her father was putting their name on the hostess list, the designer had given Emily a kiss on the mouth. So when Anand Jon said he wanted Emily to go back with him to the hotel for a fitting, they agreed.

Her parents returned to the hotel later that evening and found Emily eating cookies and milk with Anand Jon in the lobby. Emily seemed poised and calm.

It would be more than a year later—after she had gone to New York to work for Anand Jon and had toured India with his sister and Miss Universe—that a sobbing Emily would finally tell her parents what had happened that day.

In the suite, she claimed, Anand had her try on clothes, then attempted to kiss her. Emily resisted his physical advances. Anand got upset, insisting that she was too cold and reserved.

"I flew all the way down here to see you and you treat me like this?" the designer said. To be successful in the fashion business, he insisted, she needed to be more experimental and passionate, like his good friend Paris Hilton.

He returned to talking about the fashion industry: how she should dress, walk, talk and live when she became an "It Girl." Later the designer poured the teenager a glass of wine.

Then he was talking about sex, how it was sacred, once included in religious ceremonies. Before each show, to feel more spiritual, Anand said, he would get a blow job. Then, she would later tell the Beverly Hills police, he pulled her onto the bed, kissing her and pawing under her clothes while he unzipped his pants. She'd had only a glass or two of wine, but it felt like six or seven. She tried to push him away but didn't have the strength. She repeated, "I'm not having sex with you" over and over.

"But it feels so good," he kept saying. She felt unable to fight him off. When he stuck his penis inside her, Emily was horrified. He wasn't wearing a condom.

"Please don't come inside of me," Emily said.

"I won't," Anand said. "I have very good control." He took his penis out and started masturbating. "I only do this for girls I like," Anand said as he ejaculated on her face.

Write Your Comment show comments (11)
  1. being or trying to be famous is not all what it is cracked up to be

  2. I never met Anand Jon. I have a strict rule about meeting people that contact me on myspace claiming to be fashion designers and photographers... More often than not, it turns out exactly like this.

    That didn't stop Anand from contacting me, and then berating me as a "self indulgent spoiled little bitch" who would "never make it in the modeling industry." That's nice, seeing as how I had no interest in modeling in the first place.

    I knew something was wrong with this guy from the first moment he contacted me. I look much younger than I am, and for someone to approach me about doing lingerie shows just isn't right. Then when he assumed that my polite refusal of "sorry, I'm not really interested in modeling" was me being shy, and ordered me to send him more pictures of my body... well, sorry, but that's not going to fly with me.

    Anand Jon is nothing. He's sleaze and trash. I feel extremely bad for all the girls that he was able to get to, and I'm glad he wasn't able to hurt any of the girls I personally know (rather, we spent our time mocking him on myspace for being so pathetic with his insults just becasue we had no interest in modeling).

  3. I know Anand Jon. What I read in the article...I believe. He is a con artist and a pedifile. What I can't understand is why is Jesse Mclean denying that he didn't know what was going on. I believe he knew, but just turned the other way. Pretending nothing was going on. Jesse recruited for Anand. Jesse was always respectful, but for him to say he didn't know what was going on is a lie. Anand would spend the night in his loft studio. Only a fool would not know what Anand was up to.

  4. Hopefully this guy gets a long time in prison "after a fair trial!" the thought of him surrounded by predators is quite appealing...

  5. I stayed with Anand Jon he tried to touch me one night but DID STOP when i told him to.........a lot of this is true...I am completely speechless!

  6. How can I contact other girls or someone that's involved with this case? I feel like I need to come forward too. I have known him for two years, this was 5 years ago, we met when I was 16 and he abused me when I was 17, forcing me to perform oral sex on him.

    Reading this story brings everything back, it's sick. I'm crying, because I know that what these girls are saying is true, this is exactly how he is and how he works. My email is secretagentdragonfly @ yahoo.com

  7. It's a shame parents have no common sense anymore.

  8. I know him. Not well these days, but I know him. He first contacted me online when I was about 16 or 17, tried to flatter me, blah blah. I'm a tough nut to crack and wasnt interested. But he had several opportunities to get aggressive and didn't. I wouldnt be suprised if this was a mix of half truths on all sides. I'm not sure if I'd be willing to sit on that jury, but if there is one thing he is guilty of it is being a self-important ass. Some of the things I have a hard time swallowing since I know him, but some other things I don't know... I just hope he has a good attorney, because this could land him in jail forever.

  9. This was a good article. I was glad to read the inside-out of this horrible man. I hope he gets death sentence in TX. And as an Indian I am so ashamed of his lawyer comparing him to Gandhi. I take strong objection to that. I hope this guy is hanged.

  10. http://lockupanandjon.blogspot.com/
    - this guy is guilty. hope he stays locked up for good. thank you for this story which displays the truth.

  11. This guy is the lowest form of life!!! He bullied me into sex & Sodomy in 2001.
    Being very sexually inexperienced, and fearing what my very religious Christian parents might think I kept this horrible experienced locked away.

    The same techniques he used on me were mentioned in this article. Anand is a manipulative jerk. I hope he stays locked away unable to ruin more young women’s lives.

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