Joseph Brooks, the songwriter who won an Oscar for his 1977 hit “You Light Up My Life,” was arrested and charged with 91 counts of rape and sexual assault charges yesterday in Manhattan, the New York Times reports. Brooks, now 71, allegedly advertised on Craigslist in Portland and Seattle for aspiring actresses and lured respondents back to his Upper East Side apartment, where District Attorney Robert Morgenthau says he forced them to drink wine and assaulted them. The incidents occurred between 2005 and 2008, but Morgenthau says the DAs office is also investigating other possible attacks dating back to 1970. Brooks’ attorney Jeffrey C. Hoffman, said his client would plead not guilty and that the charges “look preposterous,” the Times reports. “You Light Up My Life,” which was penned for the film of the same name, won an Academy Award in 1978; the platinum Debby Boone cover set a Billboard record for longest time spent at Number One.
Comments
... | 6/24/2009, 11:35 am EST
this is rediclous. and disgusting.
Hambone | 6/24/2009, 7:34 pm EST
The guy wrote in, directed and starred (STARRED!) in what is probably the worst movie ever made, If Ever I Should See You Again. My mother went to see it and even she said it sucked.
Imp | 6/24/2009, 11:21 pm EST
I’m of the opinion that he should have been arrested back in ‘77 for writing that song.
Messenger | 7/7/2009, 8:13 pm EST
That’s what you get for being a fornicator. God said sex is only for marriage. If people would follow this Commandment it would cut down on a lot of rape charges. All fornicating sex offenders go straight to hell with the parents who raised them to not know the difference between right and wrong. (And the “sex educators” who further misled them in high school and call-in shows.)

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