Designer Anand Jon guilty of rapes, sex assaults

Celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon was convicted on Thursday of raping and sexually assaulting aspiring models as young as 14.He faces possible life imprisonment after a Los Angeles Superior Court jury found him guilty on 16 criminal counts.The crimes involved lewd acts on a child, rape and sexual battery in assaults between 2001 and 2007. He was also convicted of possessing child pornography.Prosecutors said Jon lured girls and women to Los Angeles with the promise they could work as models and then attacked them.Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 13. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office said Jon was facing a sentence of life in prison, with a 67-year wait before becoming eligible for parole.Jon has been in custody for a year because he is being investigated on similar charges in New York and Dallas.