The judge came to the decision after days of testimony from Weinberg's alleged victims, who said they feared for their lives during the alleged assaults that occurred between 2014 and 2019.
Disgraced TV producer Eric Weinberg will stand trial over multiple allegations of sexual assault, a Los Angeles County judge ruled Tuesday as per Variety and the NYT.
Weinberg has pleaded not guilty and will be arraigned in June. If convicted, he faces more than 100 years in prison. Read More EXCLUSIVE: Scrubs producer Eric Weinberg is handcuffed as he appears in LA court: Disgraced screenwriter - nicknamed 'Weinperv' - is charged with 18 criminal counts including rape and sexual battery after 'abusing women at phony photoshoots' In 2014, the office said, Weinberg told two separate women that he was a photographer, invited them to his home, and sexually assaulted them.
The DA's office further revealed in a release that prior to that arrest, Weinberg had twice been 'investigated by the LAPD on suspicion of sexual assault, booking records and statements from the LAPD show.' At least one woman warned about the producer's alleged predatory behavior in a Facebook group.
Notoriously soft on crime, Gascón at the time remarked on how the producer's reign of terror went unchecked for likely more than a decade, and lamented at how Weinberg could use the vast fortune he amassed during that time to stay on the streets as officials gather evidence for trial. Weinberg, one of the most prominent producers in the TV sector, produced several television shows over the course of his career, including Scrubs and American Dad
One of those victims was a 22-year-old he met in a coffee shop in 2014. She said he lured her back to his home then forced her to perform oral sex on him, pinning her down and choking her 'so hard that I thought I was going to pass out.' 'Weinberg was a Hollywood producer/writer and appears to have targeted women in grocery stores, coffee shops, and other public places,' the department said.
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