Fashion designer faces sex charges

Celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 13 new charges of sexual assault after at least six more women and girls accused him of abuse.
Alexander, who has dressed starlets such as Paris Hilton, is accused of meeting women on the Internet and assaulting them when they visited about modeling opportunities between 2002 and 2007. His defense has claimed some of the women made the allegations to seek fame.
At least 18 women and girls, ranging in age from 14 to 27, have accused him of abuse.
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