‘Law & Order’ Director Arrested on Child Porn Charges

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Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander

July 29, 2015 — Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced that Jason Alexander of 42 Bellair Dr., Dobbs Ferry, New York, was charged today by Felony Complaint with:

-one count of Promoting a Sexual Performance by a Child, a class “D” Felony,
-one count of Possessing an Obscene Sexual Performance by a Child, a class “E” Felony,
for possessing and file-sharing illegal and obscene performances of sexual conduct by children less than seventeen years of age.

On July 24, 2015, an investigator from the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office downloaded child pornography from an IP (internet protocol) address in Westchester County.

The District Attorney’s Office began its investigation and pursuant to a subpoena, it was determined that the IP address was assigned to the defendant’s home.

A search warrant was subsequently executed at the defendant’s home address.

A forensic examination of computers and external hard drives removed from the location revealed digital files of children who are less than sixteen years of age engaged in child pornography.

The defendant was arraigned in Dobbs Ferry Village Court.

Bail was set at $10,000 cash.

His next court date is Nov. 19, 2015.

He faces a maximum sentence of seven years in state prison.

Assistant District Attorney Laura Forbes of the High Technology Crime Bureau, is prosecuting the case.

Alexander was born Jason Alexander in New York City, the only son of actress Jane Alexander and her first husband Robert, founder and former director of The Living Stage.

After attending New York University, he began his professional career as the stage manager of a 1983 Broadway revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, in which he also played a small role.

He also appeared on stage in I’m Not Rappaport, Six Degrees of Separation and the Stephen Sondheim musical Assassins, in which he portrayed Lee Harvey Oswald. His screen roles include “City of Hope”, “Love and a .45′, Matewan, Eight Men Out, Crocodile Dundee II and Clueless.

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