“Nine years for an attempted kiss in a country like America? Hovv is it possible? These are the Kind of questions that are baffling.” -Sanjana Jon

Her plight is understandable. Racial bias, conspiracy) selective use of evidence and prosecution misconduct are the four major pillars which form the ghastly structure of Anand ]on’s saga. Her son, who was once picked as N91/USU/QE/€)S ‘Whos Next in Z007’ and who saw some of the biggest highs in his fashion career, is today merely remembered as a debauched demon. \X/'hat’s more baffling is the timing of these allegations. The scandal unleashed with a vengeance at a time when jon had secured Wall Street financing for his international jean line, jeanisisi Despite the fact that many charges were dropped against Jon, his life seems to be falling by the way side. The charges of Holly Gravel, Lori B and Katie W were totally dismissed while the fourth Kristi right’s charges seem to be partially dismissed.

What’s shocking is the fact that the NY prosecution did not give any explanation as to why they took three long years in dropping these charges. It is seemingly evident from the court documents that most of these complainants lied under oath and had a financial and publicity agenda to make false allegations. Says ]on’s resilient sister Sanjana whom I spoke to later, “It was the same women who went from place to place. It’s die same set of women-from New York to Los Angeles to Texas-now some people have been dropped in LA. So, how can they still hold in New York? It’s like complete injustice but nobody is questioning anything, The juror misconduct that happened, the constitution states that if such a thing happens, the entire case has to be retried or dropped. In our case, the judge admitted in court that there was juror misconduct but he did nothing. So, these are the kind of points, we say legally it doesn’t make sense, then how is it possible in a country like America where the justice system is so strong? Honestly, between you and me, it’s purely a case of prejudice. This has to come out." ]on’s so called ‘victirris’ apparently made intemperate and volatile comments about him like the ‘India head’ or the ‘curry smelling dick’ to describe him. The prosecutors described the defense team as niisogynists and that Jon preyed on the white young women.

And wait till you hear this! He was described as a ‘brown-clicked sand nigger’ by the police, even life threats were made to him and his sister. Despite all the vitriolic modus operandi, jon came clean on 43 counts. He was absurdly dubbed a ‘serial rapist’ even though he was convicted of rape in one case only. Here too, the rape kit test (medical examination) is negative as ‘no signs of trauma, injuries, use of force or assault related findings’ was reported, verified by the prosecutions own expert witness Dr Schulman. Fed up of the rough and tumble of false allegations, jon wanted to set the facts straight. He opted for a polygraph/ lie detector test: which he passed. Ever since Anand has been bought to New York, it has been a lot easier for his grief stricken mother to meet him. As we enter the building, we go through another security check.