Music Industry Figure Charged with Sexually Assaulting Two Teenaged Girls

Music Industry Figure Charged with
Sexually Assaulting Two Teenaged Girls

March 17, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Joe Scott, Director of Communications
Sandi Gibbons, Public Information Officer
Jane Robison, News Secretary
(213) 974-3525

LOS ANGELES – A musicians’ manager was charged today with sexually assaulting two 16-year-old girls in 2006 and 2007.

Jeremy Nathaniel Geffen, 35 (dob 12/29/1972), was expected to be arraigned this afternoon in Los Angeles Superior Court on a 14-count felony complaint (BA337782) filed by Deputy District Attorney Robin Sax Katzenstein of the Sex Crimes Division. Geffen, of West Hollywood, was arrested on March 13 by Los Angeles police detectives.

Geffen was charged with one count each of rape by use of drugs, rape of an unconscious person, oral copulation of an unconscious person, oral copulation by anesthesia of controlled substance, attempted sodomy of a person under 18, sexual penetration by a foreign object, possession of cocaine and furnishing cocaine to a minor; four counts of oral copulation of a person under 18; and two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse. Bail was recommended at $2 million.

According to the complaint, one of the victims was assaulted between Dec. 1, 2006, and Jan. 30, 2007. The complaint alleged the second victim was assaulted between Nov. 11 and Nov. 12, 2007.

Los Angeles police announced Geffen’s arrest on Friday. According to news accounts of police statements, the two girls were assaulted at nightclubs in the Hollywood area and at Geffen’s home.

Police said Geffen told them he manages music artists through his firm, Geffen Enterprises.

If convicted, Geffen faces a maximum sentence of at least 20 years in state prison.

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