Eric Weinberg, govt producer for the hit TV present "Scrubs," was denied bail on Tuesday after pleading not responsible to sexually assaulting 5 girls whom prosecutors stated he lured to picture shoots.
Weinberg was arrested earlier this month after being charged with 18 felony counts together with rape, oral copulation, forcible sexual penetration, sexual battery by restraint, false imprisonment by use of violence, assault via pressure more likely to trigger nice bodily damage, and tried forcible penetration with a overseas object, in keeping with the district legal professional's workplace.
Weinberg entered not responsible pleas in the course of the arraignment Tuesday and his legal professionals argued for his launch pending the subsequent courtroom look.
Prosecutors referred to as Weinberg a possible hazard to society. Superior Courtroom Choose Victoria B. Wilson agreed and denied bail whereas ordering Weinberg held in custody till he returns to courtroom Nov. 15.
Weinberg, 62, has been charged for alleged assaults between 2014 and 2019, however investigators stated they consider there could also be different victims of assaults courting again to the Nineteen Nineties, District Lawyer George Gascón stated at an Oct. 6 information convention. He has urged these victims to come back ahead.
LAPD Detective Ryan Lamar stated this month that investigators have been trying into info acquired from a tip line concerning different doable assaults by Weinberg.
Weinberg was co-executive producer on practically 100 episodes of the NBC hospital dramedy "Scrubs" between 2000 and 2006 and likewise wrote practically a dozen episodes, in keeping with the IMDB web site.
He additionally was co-executive producer for "Californication" in 2007 and had producing and writing credit on different exhibits, together with "Anger Administration," "Males at Work," "Veronica's Closet" and "Politically Incorrect with Invoice Maher."
In 2020, paperwork filed in Weinberg's divorce and youngster custody proceedings included allegations by three girls that he sexually assaulted them throughout picture shoots, the Los Angeles Occasions reported.
One lady alleged that she met Weinberg at a North Hollywood espresso store in 2014 when she was 22 and he satisfied her to come back to a photograph shoot at his dwelling the place she stripped to her underwear. The lady alleged that whereas taking pictures, Weinberg grabbed her, compelled to carry out oral intercourse, choked her after which raped her, in keeping with paperwork cited by the Occasions.