This was beyond my belief that Anand has been taken in and arrested on charges of molestation". Defending 35-year-old Anand, his sister Sanjana said, "The fact that Anand is an Indian citizen and that he is being victimised is completely overlooked.
So there is nobody questioning anything that we are facing there". "Every piece of evidence that is medical shows that nothing ever happened.
There is no medical evidence that showed that anything ever happened," she told TV channels. Their family''s lawyer Majid Memon said, "It is very sad that this young boy, a celebrity from India, has to be left like this and being now convicted and sentenced to suffer for the whole of his life.
Indian designers upset over life verdict
Last month, the fashion fraternity here had come out in full support of US-based Indian-born fashion designer Anand Jon and on Monday, when a Los Angeles court sentenced him to 59 years in prison for sexually assaulting young women, there was a sense of disappointment all around.
Top designer Leena Singh of designer duo Ashima-Leena summed up the general feeling when she said that all she wanted from the trial was that no questions should be left unanswered - which perhaps had not happened in this case.
'Jon should get a fair trial'
"It's the fundamental right of every individual to get a fair trial. All I wanted was that Jon should get a fair trial and there should be no unanswered questions left, either for his family or his friends," Leena told IANS on the phone from Kuwait, where she is showcasing her works.
Jon, who dressed celebrities like Janet Jackson and Paris Hilton and who appeared on the reality television show "America's Next Top Model", was arrested in the US in 2007 on charges of raping more than a dozen models. On Nov 16, he was convicted of 16 charges, including rape and sexual assault.
Acting as his own attorney, Jon presented a lengthy argument in the court and urged a new trial, citing the inadequate defence by his former attorneys. On Monday, however, Judge David Wesley denied his motion and handed down the hefty sentence while Jon's victims wept in the jury box.
Wesley sentenced the designer to the maximum sentence for all but two of those counts, saying he showed no remorse for his actions and posed a danger to other young women.
The verdict shocked Anand's sister Sanjana, who is currently in India to garner the government's support for her brother.
Punishment should be to correct the criminal , such long years is not justice, better hang him. Punish him for 5 or 10 years not like this.
Thread can't pass through the eye of the needle without the permison of the needle, therefore these weeping women should also equally responsible for their act.
It should not be called as racism. No Indian should support this kind of people and its shame to accept this kind of people as Indians, Indian Govt should not even interfere into this kind of issues, there are bigger issues to be resolved today. A person who lives a luxury life happily with celebrity status and never remembers his own country or ever does anything good for his country and when he/she does some crime or nasty things and when he gets caught he/she, with what rights they can approach the Indian Govt and why should Indian Govt help this kind of people.
If he is a celebrity and spent his life luxurily till now and forgot the ethics of life, then he DESERVES MORE PUNISHMENT. US Govt or Law should not show any kind of Mercy. I understand the feelings of her sister, one thing I want to tell you is that "what is the use of crying, after the spill of Milk" Accept the fact and make him bold to spend his life in the prison. Be like a Brave Sister.
All the while tht he lived there, "America was Good"...now that he's caught in this heinous crime...he cries "RACISM"?????? He deserves all that he got...and the Indian Courts should take a lesson from this and severely punish "RAPISTS" irrespective of their societal status.... rather than giving them bail and making mockery of our system.
And who the hell told these celebs that the trial wasnt fair???????jus bcos his sista said so??????????????????????????? Ridiculous!
The USA has sound judicial system applied universally irrespective of one's status in society and power of influence and political connections.
We Indians do not respect law; the country has a weak law administration system, be it the police or the judiciary and the magnitutude of the country, its population and the availability of personnel. Look at any newspaper, we find daily two or three rape cases; culprits do not fear law as in India it takes ages to settle a dispute. Also we have a strong belief strengthend by political system that until one is convicted, one is not a criminal and can therefore roam scotfree.
I sincerely trust that in Mr Jon's case justice is miscarried and he needs a retrial.
Here we go when going was good all was great with America, Now the **** hit the fan comes new OJ Simpson with playing a race card and injustice. NO, NO, NO. Let SOB Anand's midwicket wrought in jail. and let sister cry wolf all she wants. No one should harbor such people. Anand got too big for his britches. Violated all rules of human dignity to have personal pleasure. You can hide but never run and got caught with not just one but some 13 witnesses and trail of crimes against innocents. 59 years with no parole is justified. Have a street party. I lived in US for some 42 years, thrived, loved, travelled. never disobeyed and laws against the state or any other human being. This idiot deserves what he got. What a shame to his family, friends, country and profession.
