Scrubs producer Eric Weinberg charged with 18 counts of sexual assault
- Eric Weinberg, 62, is said to have ‘relied on his Hollywood credentials’ to lure young women to photo shoots
- The charges stem from alleged incidents involving five women at different times between 2014 and 2019
A former writer and producer on the popular US comedy show Scrubs was charged Wednesday with multiple counts of sexual assault, five years to the day since the MeToo movement forced Hollywood into a reckoning.
Eric Weinberg, 62, who also produced Californication, faces 18 counts relating to the alleged sexual assault of five women between 2014 and 2019.
“The defendant relied on his Hollywood credentials to lure young women for photo shoots where he allegedly sexually assaulted them,” Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon said.
“Power and influence can corrupt some to hurt others that often leads to a lifetime of trauma for those who are victimised.”
The charges come exactly five years after The New York Times published a bombshell investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against a long-untouchable giant of Hollywood, Harvey Weinstein.
The watershed movement saw millions of women share the #MeToo hashtag and spin-off versions in multiple countries to denounce sexual violence and endemic sexism.
