Eric Weinberg: Last News

Deemed a potential “serial rapist” by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge, former Scrubs co-executive producer Eric Weinberg was denied bail Tuesday and hauled away into custody in handcuffs by sheriff’s deputies.

First arrested almost two years ago for rape and other sex crimes claims, former Scrubs producer Eric Weinberg today was finally ordered by an LA Judge to stand trial.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Eric Weinberg, a veteran writer-producer on the TV show “Scrubs,” was ordered on Tuesday to stand trial on 28 charges of rape and sexual assault. Weinberg, 63, who also wrote on “Californication” and “Politically Incorrect” with Bill Maher, faces multiple life sentences if convicted. Judge Charlaine Olmedo heard testimony from nine women at a preliminary hearing that ran for more than two weeks in late April and early May.

Facing multiple criminal charges of rape, former Scrubs co-executive producer Eric Weinberg moved one step close to a trial today.

Currently incarcerated in downtown Los Angeles on 18 criminal counts of rape, former Scrubs co-executive producer Eric Weinberg has now been sued by two different women in civil court for sexual assault.

Scrubs and Californication, has been charged with 18 counts of sexual assault.The producer was initially arrested in July in Los Angeles and released on a $3.2million (£2.8m) bond. On Tuesday (October 4), he was arrested again and released on a $5million (£4.4m) bond.In a press conference on Wednesday, LA district attorney George Gascon, said: “The defendant relied on his Hollywood credentials to lure young women for photo shoots where he allegedly sexually assaulted them.“Power and influence can corrupt some to hurt others that often leads to a lifetime of trauma for those who are victimised.”The 18 charges announced include six counts of sexual penetration by use of force, four counts of oral copulation, three counts of forcible rape, and two counts of sexual battery by restraint.Weinberg also faces charges of assault by means of force likely to cause great bodily injury, attempted sexual penetration by use of force and false imprisonment by violence.The alleged incidents, which involve five women, occurred between 2014 and 2019.Weinberg was previously arrested for 20 counts of sexual assault in July.

The co-executive producer of popular US comedy series Scrubs has been 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 where he is alleged to have assaulted them, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney.The charges stem from alleged incidents involving five different women in the years between 2014 and 2019.

"Scrubs" producer Eric Weinberg has been charged with sexually assaulting five women, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office.  Weinberg was arrested on Tuesday and released on $5 million bail.The arrest comes nearly a week after he was charged with 18 felony counts including rape, oral copulation, forcible sexual penetration, sexual battery by restraint, false imprisonment by use of violence, assault by means of force likely to cause great bodily injury and attempted forcible penetration with a foreign object, according to the district attorney's office. "The defendant relied on his Hollywood credentials to lure young women for photo shoots where he allegedly sexually assaulted them," District Attorney Gascón said, per the office’s press release.  This undated photo provided by the Los Angeles Police Department shows TV producer Eric Weinberg who was arrested Tuesday, Oct.

EJ Panaligan editor Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced on Wednesday that television producer Eric Weinberg has been charged with 18 counts of sexually assaulting five women between the period of 2014 and 2019. The “Scrubs” co-executive producer and writer is out of custody after posting a $5 million bond. The 62-year-old Weinberg was charged with six counts of sexual penetration by use of force, four counts of oral copulation, three counts of forcible rape, two counts of sexual battery by restraint and one count each of assault by means of force likely to cause great bodily injury, attempted sexual penetration by use of force and false imprisonment by violence.

Eric Weinberg, a television writer and producer best known for his work on “Scrubs”, has been charged with 18 counts of sexual assault.

Veteran TV producer and writer Eric Weinberg has been charged with 18 counts of sexual assault by Los Angeles County prosecutors, Deadline has confirmed.

Hollywood producer has been accused of sex crimes against at least eight women who have made allegations over the last seven years.According to court records seen by the Los Angeles Times, the women claim that Weinberg “lured them to his home often under the guise of a photo shoot, before restraining and sexually assaulting them”.It further claims that the women, who were in their 20s and 30s, were often targeted in coffee shops, supermarkets and a diner close to the producer’s home in Los Angeles.The publication reported on Tuesday evening that Weinberg was being held in lieu of  £4.4m ($5m) bail.Weinberg was previously arrested on July 14 in connection with multiple accounts of sexual assault.Three days after his arrest, it was reported that he was released from jail after posting his £2.8m ($3.2m) bail.A police report said the alleged incidents occurred between 2012 and 2019.However, detectives said they believed there were additional victims that could date back to the early 1990s.Statements from the LAPD also showed that Weinberg had been investigated at least twice before his July arrest.He is credited with writing 20 episodes of the first six series of the hit US sitcom.Throughout his Hollywood career, Weinberg has been nominated for five Emmy Awards. Two of these were for Scrubs, while three were for his work as a writer on Bill Maher’s talk show, Politically Incorrect, which was also nominated for a WGA Award.His other writing and producing credits include Californication, Veronica’s Closet and American Dad.He was married to Hilary Bidwell from 2001 and the couple share three children.She first filed for divorce in 2008 after discovering photographs along with the names and numbers of hundreds of women, as

been arrested in Los Angeles and booked for alleged serial sexual assault, the LAPD confirmed in a press release.Weinberg — who served as a co-executive producer on numerous TV shows including and — is accused of committing numerous sexual assaults, including rape, between 2012 and 2019 in the Los Angeles area.According to the LAPD, Weinberg allegedly «targeted women in grocery stores, coffee shops, and other public places.» Police allege that the producer «would approach the women who were in their 20-30s, under the guise of being a photographer and would set up photo shoots with them.»The police claim that «once the women were in his residence, he would sexually assault them during the photo shoot.»Police say they are seeking to identify any possible additional victims.Weinberg was arrested at a home in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles on July 15, and his bail was set at $3,225,000.Per Weinberg's IMDb page, he has not worked as a TV producer since 2016, when he was credited as an executive producer on two episodes of Epix's political comedy series .

Hollywood writer Eric Weinberg has been arrested on multiple sexual assault charges.

announced on Thursday.According to police, the producer and writer would prey on women in their 20s and 30s in “grocery stores, coffee shops and other public places,” where he would approach them and tell them he was a photographer and invite them to his home for an alleged photo shoot.Once the unsuspecting victims arrived at the residence, he would sexually assault them, cops said.Police said they believe there are additional victims that could date back as late as the early 1990s. Cops urged any other possible victims to reach out to the department.He’s currently being held on a $3,225,000 bond.The case is expected to be turned over to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Deadline reported.Weinberg, who has been nominated for five Emmy Awards, co-produced over 100 episodes of NBC and later ABC’s medical comedy-drama “Scrubs” from 2001-2007, according to IMDB.

Ellise Shafer “Scrubs” co-executive producer Eric Weinberg has been arrested for alleged serial sexual assault, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to Variety.Weinberg was arrested on Thursday at 12 p.m. at his residence in Los Feliz for “several sexual assaults including rape,” the LAPD said in a press release.

Scrubs and Californication co-executive producer Eric Weinberg was arrest today by the LAPD on multiple sexual assault charges. The arrest is related to a series of rapes and more that the police say occurred between 2012 and 2019.