Josh Williams/DNAinfo
By Shayna Jacobs
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN CRIMINAL COURT — Academy Award-winning composer Joseph Brooks sold stock in order to post his $1.25 million bail.
Brooks, 71, has been charged with sexually abusing 13 women by luring them to his Upper East Side apartment for purported auditions.
His attorney, Jeffrey Hoffman, said Brooks had to sell off stocks to come up with the funds.
When he was charged recently in a separate indictment with taking advantage of another two victims, the judge upped his bail and said he thought Brooks had been untruthful about his worth and assets.
Brooks is also now wearing a $300-per-month tracking device on his ankle to ensure he will not leave Manhattan, a condition of his release.
