‘Scrubs’ Producer Eric Weinberg Trial On Multiple Rape Charges Finally Gets Green Light; Arraignment Set For June

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.

With an arraignment set for June 4, no trial date has been scheduled so far for the much-accused Weinberg.

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The decision to take Weinberg and the over two dozen claims against him to trial was made Tuesday after days of preliminary hearings in front of Judge Charlaine Olmedo at DTLA’s Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center. As well as rape, Weinbeeg is facing charges of sexual battery and using sexual force, among others

Denied bail and incarcerated in the downtown’s Twin Towers Correctional Facility since October 25, 2022, the one-time Californication EP will receive the equivalent of life in state prison if found guilty.

After listening to woman after woman describe the way Weinberg approached them with offers of taking photographs and other offered ways into the entertainment industry, Judge Olmedo unsurprisingly rejected a defense request for bail.

If the judge’s name seems familiar, it may be because Judge Olmedo oversaw both of Danny Masterson’s rape trial. In his second trial, the currently incarcerated ex-That 70’s Show actor was found guilty on May 31, 2023 of two rapes. Judge Olmedo sentenced Masterson to 30 years on September 7 last year.

Weinberg was initially taken into custody by the cops in mid-2022 on over a dozen rape claims that occurred between 2012 and 2019. Shockingly, Weinberg was released on a $3.2 million bail bond. Later raised to $5 million, that bail was revoked, and Weinberg was taken into custody just before Halloween 2022 after pleading not guilty at his arraignment.

Since Weinberg’s arrest in July 2022, the LAPD and LA County District Attorney’s office say they have received more than 70 tips and stories from women who claim they were raped after being coaxed to the TV vet’s Los Feliz home under various false pretenses.

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