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New York, Musisi Amerika pemenang Piala Oscar, Joseph Brooks, dituduh memperkosa 11 perempuan. Para perempuan tersebut sebelumnya tergiur iklan 'mencari aktris' yang ditampilkan Brooks di internet.

Dikutip dari Yahoo News, Rabu (24/6/2009), para perempuan yang tergiur itu kemudian mendatangi apartemen Brooks di Manhattan, New York, Amerika Serikat. Di apartemen tersebut mereka kemudian dirayu dengan anggur hingga mabuk. Ada juga yang dipaksa bercinta oleh musisi 71 tahun tersebut.

Dalam pengakuannya di Pengadilan Tinggi Manhattan, Brooks membantah semua tuduhan. Ia menyatakan dirinya tidak bersalah melakukan pemerkosaan, pelecehan seks atau tuduhan lainnya.

Atas tuduhan tersebut jika terbukti bersalah Brooks terancam hukuman 25 tahun penjara. Hakim Charles Solomon pun memintanya tidak pergi ke luar kota tanpa memberitahukan pengadilan.

Jaksa Penuntut Umum Robert Morgenthau menjelaskan kalau Brooks menggunakan iklan di internet untuk menarik korbannya, perempuan berusia 18-30 tahun. Dalam iklan tersebut disebutkan Brooks tengah mencari perempuan muda untuk membintangi film.

Brooks dinyatakan sebagai tersangka setelah salah satu perempuan melapor ke rumah sakit atas apa yang dialaminya. Si perempuan tersebut kemudian membuat laporan ke pihak berwenang pada Februari dan Maret 2008.

Asisten Jaksa Penuntut Umum, Maxine Rosenthal menambahkan, pihaknya berhasil menemukan korban-korban Brooks lainnya lewat komputer Brooks dan asistennya.

Joseph Brooks dikenal sebagai penulis skenario, sutradara, produser dan musisi Amerika. Dia menciptakan lagu 'You Light Up My Life' untuk film berjudul sama. Lagu tersebut sempat menduduki posisi satu di berbagai tangga lagu di Amerika. Lagu tersebut juga membawa Brooks memenangkan Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards dan American Society of Composer.  (kilasberita.com/asd/dtc)

Joseph Brooks Biography, the latest news form Joseph Brooks has died of an apparent suicide, his occupation is screenwriter, director, producer and composer, Brooks received the Academy Award for Best Song for “You Light Up My Life” from the film of the same name which he wrote, directed and produced, he was born 11 March 1938, New York City, New York, USA

Joseph Brooks Profile and Bio

Name: Joseph Brooks
Date of Birth: 11 March 1938
Die: May 22, 2011
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Occupation: screenwriter, director, producer and composer

In the 1960s Brooks was a composer of advertising jingles, including highly successful ones for Pepsi, “You’ve Got a Lot to Live,” and Maxwell House, “Good to the Last Drop Feeling. You Light Up My Life” reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 popularity charts where it held the top position for 10 consecutive weeks in October 1977, Brooks also composed music for the film The Lords of Flatbush and co-produced Eddie and the Cruisers.

In June 2009, Joseph Brooks was accused of sexual assault by four different women over incidents that occurred between March and May 2008. He allegedly lured the women to his apartment to audition for movie roles.

May 22, 2011 Brooks was found dead by a friend of an apparent suicide. He died in 73 years old. His body was near a helium tank with a hose on it and a suicide note, and His body was found in his Upper East Side apartment with a plastic dry cleaning bag around his head and a towel around his neck,

Invitation to a Wedding — (1983)
If Ever I See You Again — Director (1978)
You Light Up My Life — Director (1977)