India, Oct. 2 -- Eric Weinberg, the screenwriter and producer behind the television comedies Scrubs, Californication, and Anger Management, commenced trial proceedings for rape charges on Thursday.

According to Variety, eight women are prepared to present testimony against Weinberg.

These witnesses are anticipated to inform the jury that the 66-year-old writer misrepresented himself as an amateur photographer to attract women to his residence in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, where he allegedly perpetrated sexual assaults.

Weinberg faces 23 counts of rape and sexual assault. The trial is projected to extend for approximately eight weeks.

Attorneys from the LA County Deputy District Attorney's Office presented opening statements to the jury, ...