Now Sanjana Jon faces contempt of court

Lalit K Jha

Washington, Sept 4 (PTI) Sanjana Jon, sister of Indian
fashion designer Anand Jon, convicted for sexually assaulting
aspiring models, now faces contempt of court proceedings for
speaking to a juror in violation of a court order and failing
to report it.

Sanjana, currently in India, faces the contempt of court
proceedings along with juror Alvin Dymally for having spoken
to each other in violation of the court order, Judge David
Wesley said.

The contempt of court proceedings is slated to begin in
the next few weeks.
Dymally was one of the 12 jurors which last November found
Anand Jon guilty of sexual crimes. According to local media
reports and court proceedings, Dymally met Sanjana during the
trial and gave his number.
Dymally spoke to Sanajan twice over phone, during which he
offered help.

At one of the court proceedings, after the November
judgement, Sanjana, who had taped the conversations, alleged
that the court order went against Anand because she had
refused to meet Dymally alone in person.
Anand's lawyers had demanded retrial on this ground, which
was refused by the court.

Judge Wesley said it was an act of contempt of court for
contacting the juror and failing to report it to the court.
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