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January 13, 2009

'You Light Up My Life' composer used Craigslist for sex attacks...watch Patti Smith and Joe Brooks duet...

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An Upper East Side songwriter who won an Academy Award for the ‘70s Debbie Boone ballad “You Light Up My Life” is a suspect in five sexual assaults, law enforcement and police sources said.

Joseph Brooks played up his Hollywood connections on Craigslist Web postings to lure aspiring models and actresses to his apartment, where he forced himself on them, sources said.

The 70-year-old movie director – who made his money writing jingles for Pepsi and Geritol – is a suspect in two rapes, a sodomy case and two sexual assaults, sources told the Daily News.

Watch Patti Smith and Joe Brooks duet here.



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