Eric Weinberg: 'Scrubs' producer charged with sexual assault dubbed ‘danger to society’ as he is jailed
WARNING: This article contains details of incidents of sexual assault that some readers may find traumatic. Discretion is advised
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Eric Weinberg, a former 'Scrubs' producer, was arrested on Tuesday after his bail was revoked in a case involving more than a dozen allegations of sex offenses. The Los Angeles Times stated that Weinberg, 62, was previously out on $5 million bond after being detained earlier this month on 18 felony counts in relation to the alleged sexual assault of five women in southern California.
On Tuesday, he entered a not-guilty plea to the allegations, and Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Victoria B Wilson agreed with the prosecution that Weinberg was a potential danger to society. He was remanded until his next court appearance on November 15, New York Post reported.
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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Weinberg collapsed to a wooden bench when Wilson declared that "the defendant has engaged in a pattern of violence towards women for over six years."
According to the report, he approaches any young ladies "and uses his status as a writer-producer to manipulate these women," as Deputy District Attorney Marlene Martinez claimed in court. According to the prosecution, he brought the alleged victims to his house under the pretense of photo shoots and then reportedly assaulted them.
The 62-year-old TV producer allegedly sexually assaulted five women from 2014 to 2019. Weinberg was first arrested in 2014 when 22-year-old restaurant manager Kayra Raecke told LAPD that the producer had raped her during a photo shoot at his Los Feliz home when she was just 16. She said during the shoot, Weinberg removed her clothes and assaulted her. She narrated how Weinberg "with one hand began choking Kayra and taking photos," according to Hollywood Reporter.
MEAWW reported earlier that many of the police reports filed against Weinberg did not lead to an arrest until Claire Wilson, one of the accusers, came into the picture and started a women-only Los Angeles Facebook group in August 2020. Bidwell saw the Facebook posts and called Wilson for more information. The wife then hired a private investigator to find more claims against Weinberg. However, it was in March after a Los Angeles attorney named David DeJute gathered all accusers to discuss legal options, that he was arrested on July 14 but was released on a $3M bond. He was arrested again on Tuesday, October 4, but was re-released on a $5M bond.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, during the arraignment on Tuesday, defense attorney Philip Cohen suggested releasing his client on bail with restrictions on social media use, talking to strangers, and visiting specific locations. He also suggested house arrest but judge Wilson responded that the offenses "occurred in the privacy and comfort of his home,"
According to the district attorney's office, he is currently accused of rape, oral copulation, forcible sexual penetration, sexual battery by restraint, false imprisonment by the use of violence, assault by means of force likely to cause great bodily injury, and attempted forcible penetration with a foreign object.