Eric Weinberg, co-executive producer and writer of the 2000s TV comedy Scrubs, was arrested again Tuesday and charged by the Los Angeles County Attorney’s Office with 18 counts of sexual assault and assault.
The arrest came days after charges – including rape, oral copulation, sexual harassment, false detention, assault and six counts of forced entry – were filed. He was taken into custody at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and released by midnight after posting $5 million bail.
District Attorney George Gascón is expected to make a decision press conference later that afternoon to detail the charges against Weinberg, who was also a producer on Showtime’s Californication and FX’s Anger Management.
Weinberg was initially arrested in July on charges of rape allegedly committed between 2012 and 2019. He was released after posting $3,225,000 bail.
Eric Weinberg was arrested again Tuesday and faces 18 charges of sexual abuse and assault. (Photo: LAPD)
At the time, Los Angeles Police Department investigators said Weinberg appeared to have assaulted women in their 20s and 30s at grocery stores, coffee shops and other public places claiming to be a photographer. He allegedly organized photoshoots with them at his apartment, where he “sexually assaulted them.” Authorities began searching for other unidentified victims in the early 1990s and urged them to come forward.
spoke to some of its accusers for a story that aired Sept. 1. More than two dozen women claimed to have a pattern of predatory behavior and misconduct going back decades. Some of the allegations, made as early as 2000 while he was working on Scrubs, included allegations of inappropriate behavior involving minors.
Many of the women said Weinberg, who received five Emmy nominations for his work on Scrubs and Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher, used his Hollywood resume to establish credibility and then urged them during filming to to undress. Several women reported engaging in non-consensual sexual activity and claimed he frequently photographed them doing so.
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Weinberg previously avoided similar allegations. He was arrested in 2014 when then 22-year-old Kayra Raecke claimed to the LAPD that he raped her during a photo shoot at his home. Raecke claimed Weinberg choked her with one hand and took pictures with the other. She told authorities she thought she might die during the alleged attack. The deputy prosecutor at the time declined to bring charges, citing “insufficient evidence”.
In 2016, law enforcement recommended indictments against Weinberg for another alleged non-consensual sexual encounter with an unidentified woman. Again, the District Attorney denied charges because there was “no evidence that the defendant used force, threats or intimidation.”
‘s story states that Weinberg kept notes of his encounters. In 2008, his then-wife Hilary Bidwell allegedly found nudes and papers with the names and numbers of hundreds of women, many accompanied by places — like grocery stores, libraries, gyms — where they met. He said they were from previous headshot shoots he would do. They separated again after Raecke’s accusation, but did not officially divorce. Then, in 2020, she began legal proceedings after a woman contacted her claiming Weinberg was inappropriate with her teenage daughter.
That prompted Bidwell to hire a private investigative firm to see if there were other accusers. She spotted a Facebook post by artist Claire Wilson warning women about Weinberg, whom she accused of sexually assaulting them after they met on OKCupid. Other women commented on their own alleged encounters with Weinberg. Several prosecutors have since banded together and hired a lawyer.
Weinberg denied the allegations and previously issued a statement to THR through his divorce attorney, saying they stemmed from his acrimonious divorce.
“As we have sadly seen time and time again these days, a heated and acrimonious custody battle has now resulted in strategically placed criminal charges,” he said. “These allegations have previously been made by both law enforcement and the Los Angeles Family Court and the findings completely undermine the narrative that is now being promulgated. Although Mr. Weinberg is himself barred from commenting on any aspect of this litigation by court orders, family law regulations and in the best interests of his minor children, he will continue to cooperate through attorneys in all aspects of this investigation and, if necessary, will these allegations speak up in the only forum that should matter – a public courtroom.