Eric Weinberg, a co-executive producer and writer on hit US comedy series, Scrubs, has been charged with 18 counts of sexual assault.
‘Scrubs’ ran on TV from 2001 to 2010 and won two primetime Emmy Awards.
Weinberg’s other TV work includes the US series Californication and Anger Management.
Weinberg “relied on his Hollywood credentials to lure young women for photo shoots where he allegedly sexually assaulted them”, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney on Thursday, 6 October.
He was charged with six counts of sexual penetration by use of force, four counts of oral copulation, three counts of forcible rape, and two counts of sexual battery by restraint.
Weinberg is alleged to have carried out his alleged assaults, sometimes in his home, in 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
He has since been released from police custody, following his arrest in July, after posting a 5 million dollar (£4.4 million) bond.
He is expected to be arraigned on October 25 at the Foltz Criminal Justice Centre in downtown Los Angeles.
According to the DA’s office, on two separate occasions in 2014, Weinberg approached two women at public locations and told them he was a photographer.
For instance, he was in communication with the victims who eventually went to his home where he is accused of sexually assaulting them.
In 2017, the defendant allegedly used the same ruse to bring a young woman back to his house where he sexually assaulted her.
Weinberg is also accused of sexually assaulting two woman in separate incidents in 2018 and 2019, the DA’s office said.
The LA Police Department is still investigating the case, and has urged further victims or anyone with information to contact detectives.
LA District Attorney George Gascon said his office was there to offer victims “the guidance and support they need on the road to recovery”.
Gascon added: “Power and influence can corrupt some to hurt others that often leads to a lifetime of trauma for those who are victimised.”
Weinberg is expected to appear in court in LA on 25 October.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Weinberg’s attorney Robin Sax previously denied all wrongdoing during an unrelated child custody case, calling the women’s claims a “blatant smear campaign” with “unconscionable and unsubstantiated allegations” that were designed to portray Mr Weinberg in the “most horrendous light”.