Eric Weinberg, Hollywood producer behind ‘Scrubs’, charged with sexually assaulting 5 girls

Weinberg, 62, was arrested Tuesday, practically per week after he was charged with 18 felony counts together with rape, oral copulation, forcible sexual penetration, sexual battery by restraint, false imprisonment by use of violence, assault via drive more likely to trigger nice bodily harm and tried forcible penetration with a international object, in accordance with the district lawyer’s workplace.

He was launched that day on a $5 million bond. His arraignment was scheduled for Oct. 25.

An e-mail to an agent for Weinberg searching for remark wasn’t instantly returned.

Weinberg was charged for alleged assaults between 2014 and 2019, however investigators say they imagine there could also be different victims of assaults relationship again to the Nineteen Nineties, District Lawyer George Gascón stated at a information convention.

He urged them to come back ahead.

“The defendant relied on his Hollywood credentials to lure younger girls for picture shoots the place he allegedly sexually assaulted them,” Gascón stated. “Energy and affect can corrupt some to harm others, that always results in a lifetime of trauma for individuals who are victimized.”

LAPD Detective Ryan Lamar stated investigators have been trying into info obtained from a tip line relating to attainable different assaults by Weinberg.

Weinberg was beforehand investigated a number of occasions by police, however the DA’s workplace didn’t file prices for lack of proof, Gascón stated.

Weinberg was co-executive producer on practically 100 episodes of the NBC hospital dramedy “Scrubs” between 2000 and 2006 and likewise wrote practically a dozen episodes, in accordance with the IMDB web site.

He additionally was co-executive producer for “Californication” in 2007 and had producing and writing credit on different reveals, together with “Anger Administration,” “Males at Work,” “Veronica’s Closet” and “Politically Incorrect with Invoice Maher.”

In 2020, paperwork filed in Weinberg’s divorce and youngster custody proceedings included allegations by three girls that he sexually assaulted them throughout picture shoots, the Los Angeles Occasions reported.

One lady alleged that she met Weinberg at a North Hollywood espresso store in 2014 when she was 22 and he satisfied her to come back to a photograph shoot at his house the place she stripped to her underwear. The girl alleged that whereas taking pictures, Weinberg grabbed her, compelled to carry out oral intercourse, choked her after which raped her, in accordance with paperwork cited by the Occasions.