Publisher Jason Binn’s DuJour magazine promises luxury, but the Manhattan man about town hardly spent Monday in style—rather, he was arrested for allegedly squeezing the buttocks of an underage girl. The alleged victim, according to the New York Post, is a 16-year-old relative of Binn’s. Law enforcement sources told the outlet that Binn had allegedly groped the teenager over her clothes in February, while dining at an Italian restaurant in New York City. She filed a criminal complaint in late April, the Post reported. At an afternoon arraignment on Monday, Binn, who at 47 has an estimated net worth of $50 million, was handed misdemeanor charges of forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child and third-degree sex abuse. He groped the victim, court papers allege, “for the purpose of degrading and abusing [the victim], and for the purpose of gratifying the defendant’s sexual desire.” A divorce lawyer representing Binn told the Post that the charges were “unfortunately the latest chapter in a long and bitter divorce proceeding.” In 2016, Binn and his wife, Haley, split up after more than a decade of marriage.
