Los Angeles, Nov 6 : Throughout the sexual assault trial of Indian fashion designer Anand Jon, the evidence produced by the prosecutors has only raised the level of skepticism about their side of the story.

The 34-year-old was originally indicted on 59 counts, involving 20 alleged victims. His charges included, rape, sexual exploitation of a child, sexual battery and forcible oral copulation, reports LA Weekly.

However, during the trial, most of the charges were dropped. The number has got whittled down to its present 23 counts involving nine women.

London, Nov 5 : Indian-born fashion designer Anand Jon’s fate is now in the hands of a Los Angeles jury, for it has started deliberations on the charges of sexual assault levelled against him.

Jon is facing 27 counts, which includes rape and sexual assault, on a number of women - many of whom were models and underage at the time of the alleged attacks.

The incidents are said to have taken place between 2001 and 2007, reports the Daily Express.

Now, the jury of six men and six women are expected to deliver a verdict in the next few days.

Los Angeles, Oct 27 : The defence in Indian fashion designer Anand Jon’s multiple sexual assault case is mainly targeting at discrepancies and errors made by police investigators.

The defence mentioned many fallacies in the police investigation after the prosecution rested its case against Jon on October 15.

One of the victims, Stacy F, had earlier said in her testimony that when she went to Jon’s apartment, he had grabbed her around the waist and attempted to kiss her.

Los Angeles, Aug 18 : The lead detective in the Anand Jon case criminal case has been ordered to take the stand on August 18, 2008 and will be questioned on withholding evidence for 11 months.

Detective Elwell had been in possession of illegally retrieved attorney-client privileged information.

As per court documents, the evidence was obtained by hacking into the defence’s computers thus compromising defence strategy.

More information will be revealed as Det. Elwell has been ordered to take the stand.