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Alvin Dymally

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    September 18, 2009

    Sanjana Alexander's Contempt Fine: $1,000 Plus 120 Hours Service

    This morning Sanjana Alexander was scheduled to receive punishment from Judge David Wesley as part of the contempt of court citations he'd previously issued to her and Alvin Dymally. She had to wait, however, while Wesley conducted a pretrial hearing involving the two alleged animal right militants ... More >>

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    September 14, 2009

    Anand Jon Trial Juror Punished

    Alvin Dymally, the juror whose rogue conduct both before and after the Anand Jon trial seemingly threatened to upend Jon's November, 2008 conviction, has received his contempt of court punishment. L.A. Superior Court Judge David Wesley, who had presided over the fashion designer's sexual assault tri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2009

    Anand Jon Trial: A Postscript

    Hina/WikipediaAnand Jon: The Long Goodbye?​In the end, nothing came as a surprise. Yesterday, well past the court's normal 4 p.m. closing time and following an all-day hearing, Judge David Wesley tersely rejected fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander's motion for a new trial. Wesley then sentenced ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Anand Jon Makes Last Stand

    "Excuse me, can you please move down and make room?" the young woman asked her neighbors in the packed courtroom. "We have a very famous lawyer here." By that she meant Gloria Allred, who had just arrived at 9 a.m., the time scheduled for Superior Court Judge David Wesley to either sentence celebrit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Anand Jon Hearing Continues

    Judge David Wesley recessed Anand Jon's new-trial hearing for lunch a little while ago. Jon used almost all of the morning session to passionately attack rogue juror Alvin Dymally, who had reached out to Jon's sister, Sanjana, in an apparent attempt to woo her or to offer his assistance in influenc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2009

    Anand Jon Tries to Fire Lawyers; Sister Plans Protest

    Update: Judge David Wesley has granted a defense motion for a Monday hearing to permit Anand Jon to dismiss his attorneys and represent himself. Wesley indicated that he will allow Jon's request to act as his own attorney. See motion here: 582106569 (2).pdfAnand Jon, the Indian-born fashion designer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Anand Jon Judge: No New Trial

    After hearing both sides forcefully argue their cases for or against granting fashion designer Anand Jon a new trial this morning, Superior Court Judge David Wesley delivered his decision at 12:15 p.m.: The motion for a new trial is denied. Further, he has just cited Sanjana Jon Alexander and juror ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Tense Moments in Today's Anand Jon Courtroom

    For 100 intense minutes this morning the defense and prosecutors involved in the Anand Jon trial argued to persuade Judge David Wesley on the motion to set aside Jon's first trial and order a new one. The defense motion has kept the fashion designer, who was convicted of 16 sex-related charges last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    D.A.'s Office: New Anand Jon Trial a 'Grave Mistake'

    L.A. Daily has obtained a copy of the prosecution motion to be filed Monday, July 6, arguing against the granting of a new trial for fashion designer Anand Jon. The motion dismisses defense attorneys' claims that the spurned affections of one juror by Jon's sister, Sanjana, could have resulted in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Anand Jon: The Trial After the Trial

    It's going to be July 6 now before the Anand Jon case lurches into its next hearing. I say Anand Jon"case" because the actual trial ended November 13, with the celebrity fashion designer's conviction on 15 counts of sexual assault and on one rape charge. By now any reader who's even accidentally stu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    New Trial Hearing for Anand Jon Under Way

    Today was the day convicted fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander's defense presented to Judge David Wesley its case for a new trial. There is much at stake: The original proceedings resulted in Anand Jon, as the designer is known professionally, being convicted of 15 sexual assault charges and one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2009

    Endgame: Anand Jon's Lawyers Fight for New Trial

    One never knows what to expect when entering the madhouse that is the Anand Jon courtroom - known more formally in Superior Court directories as Department 102. Jon, the Indian-born fashion designer, was convicted of 15 counts of sexual assault and one rape charge last November. He was to be senten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Anand Jon's Post-Verdict Twilight Zone

    The court afterlife of the Anand Jon trial -- a post-verdict twilight filled with sentencing hearings and new trial motions -- has now stretched out longer than the trial itself. That proceeding ran a mere two months before the Beverly Hills fashion designer was convicted of one count of rape and 15 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Anand Jon Hearing Crawls Along

    Today's hearing into possible prosecutorial misconduct that occured in the months following Anand Jon's conviction on multiple counts of sexual assault crawled along this morning. Defense lawyer Ronald Richards didn't so much grill as sauté D.A. investigators Chandera Parker and Ronald Valdivia abo ... More >>

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