Prosecutors ask to drop most charges in doctor rape case
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) – State prosecutors on Friday asked a judge to dismiss most sex crime charges filed against a reality TV doctor and his girlfriend, who are accused of drugging and raping several women at their Southern California home.
The attorney general’s office, which took over the case from the Orange County district attorney’s office last year, filed a motion asking for dismissal of 10 charges involving six of the seven alleged victims.
“We have no reason to believe that any of these victims are being untruthful,” but a review found that some allegations couldn’t be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, the prosecutor said.
Prosecutors ask to drop most charges in doctor rape case
FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, file photo, Grant Robicheaux, center, and Cerissa Riley, arrive at Orange County Superior Court Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach, Calif. State prosecutors want to drop most sex crime charges filed against a reality TV doctor and his girlfriend, who are accused of drugging and raping several women at their Southern California home. The attorney general s office, which took over the case last year, asked an Orange County judge on Friday, May 14, 2021, to drop charges involving six of seven alleged victims. (Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register via AP, File)
The California attorney general's office is expected to present a motion to amend the complaint against Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley, the Newport Beach couple accused of drugging and sexually assaulting several women.
By City News Service
May 14, 2021
SANTA ANA (CNS) - Prosecutors from the state Attorney General s Office told an Orange County Superior Court judge today they don t believe they can prove most of the rape charges against a Newport Beach hand surgeon and his girlfriend and want to amend the complaint against the pair to include just one sexual assault case involving one of the seven charged victims.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Steven Bromberg told the prosecutors to file a document under seal offering more explanation as to why they believe they do not have enough evidence to proceed on most of the charges against Dr. Grant Robicheaux, 40, and Cerissa Laura Riley, 34.