Eric Weinberg, a Hollywood producer who worked as an executive co-producer on hit shows like “Scrubs” and “Californication,” was arrested in Los Angeles for alleged sex offenses committed over the past decade, police said.
Weinberg was picked up by police at his home in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles around noon Friday for a series of sexual assaults he is accused of committing in LA between 2012 and 2019, he announced Thursday. Los Angeles Police Department.
According to police, the producer and writer took advantage of women between the ages of 20 and 30 in “grocery stores, cafes and other public places,” where he approached them and told them he was a photographer and invited them to his home. supposed photo shoot.
Once the unsuspecting victims arrived at the residence, he would sexually assault them, police said.
Police said they believe there are additional casualties that could date back to the early 1990s. Police urged any other possible victim to contact the department.
He is currently being held on $ 3,225,000 bail.
The case is expected to be delivered to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Deadline reported.
Weinberg, who has been nominated for five Emmy Awards, co-produced more than 100 episodes of NBC and subsequently ABC’s medical comedy and drama “Scrubs” between 2001 and 2007, according to IMDB. He also worked as a producer on Showtime’s “Californication” and FX’s “Anger Management” and wrote for “Politically Incorrect” with Bill Maher from 1992 to 2002.