RANDY ECONOMY: MY WORLD: MARTIN WEISS: Child Talent Manager Charged in Sex Abuse Case

Thursday, December 01, 2011

MARTIN WEISS: Child Talent Manager Charged in Sex Abuse Case

LOS ANGELES – A 47-year-old Santa Monica man employed as a children’s talent manager was charged today with multiple felony counts of child sex abuse, the District Attorney’s Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Ronda Brody of the Van Nuys Branch Office said Martin Weiss (dob 08/01/64) is charged with three counts of sodomy of a person under 16; two counts each of lewd act upon a child and continuous sexual abuse; and one count of forcible lewd act upon a child. Weiss is expected to be arraigned this afternoon in Department 100 of Van Nuys Superior Court. He is charged in case No. LA069524. The charges involve one victim, an aspiring singer, who allegedly was abused between March 1, 2005, and June 21, 2008. The abuse began when the victim was 11 years old and concluded when the boy was 14, the prosecutor said. If convicted as charged, Weiss faces a maximum sentence of 34 years in state prison. His bail is recommended at $800,000. The case is being investigated by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Topanga Community Police Station.

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