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Rape charges against an orthopedic surgeon featured on a Bravo reality series and his girlfriend will soon be dropped after a full review of the case found a lack of evidence, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer announced Tuesday in California.
Dr. Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley were charged in 2018 with drugging and sexually assaulting multiple victims. But Spitzer said today the case led by his predecessor was deeply flawed.
Prosecutors said at the time that there were “thousands of videos” to support their case. Spitzer disputed that claim today during a news conference.
“There is not a single piece of evidence or video or photo that shows an unconscious or incapacitated woman being sexually assaulted. Not one,” Spitzer stated.
Robicheaux was one of two men featured in an episode of Online Dating Rituals of the American Male, which was canceled after a brief run in 2014.
Authorities obtained a search...
Dr. Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley were charged in 2018 with drugging and sexually assaulting multiple victims. But Spitzer said today the case led by his predecessor was deeply flawed.
Prosecutors said at the time that there were “thousands of videos” to support their case. Spitzer disputed that claim today during a news conference.
“There is not a single piece of evidence or video or photo that shows an unconscious or incapacitated woman being sexually assaulted. Not one,” Spitzer stated.
Robicheaux was one of two men featured in an episode of Online Dating Rituals of the American Male, which was canceled after a brief run in 2014.
Authorities obtained a search...
- 2/5/2020
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
The Orange County district attorney has announced plans to drop all charges against orthopedic surgeon Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley, the couple who were charged in 2018 with allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting several women, the Los Angeles Times reports. Orange County district attorney Todd Spitzer announced the news on Tuesday, citing that after a three-month review of the case, they did not find sufficient evidence of the pair committing any assaults.
The D.A.’s new review runs counter to the initial findings cited by then Orange County district attorney Tony Rackauckas,...
The D.A.’s new review runs counter to the initial findings cited by then Orange County district attorney Tony Rackauckas,...
- 2/5/2020
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
According to Bravo’s website for the show Online Dating Rituals of an American Male, as of 2014, Grant Robicheaux had a pretty typical plan for the future. The Newport Beach orthopedic surgeon wanted to “find the perfect woman, have a fantasy wedding and raise the All-American family,” and had turned to online dating, a quest that was documented in an episode of the short-lived reality series. Four years later, Robicheaux may have found his perfect woman in girlfriend Cerissa Riley, but any plans for their future will have to be...
- 9/19/2018
- by Amelia McDonell-Parry
- Rollingstone.com
An orthopedic surgeon who was featured in an episode the 2014 Bravo reality series Online Dating Rituals of the American Male and his girlfriend are facing multiple felonies including one count each of rape in Newport Beach, CA. Prosecutors say that, based on photos and videos found on the defendants’ phones, there likely are more than 1,000 other victims.
Grant Robicheaux, 38, and Cerissa Riley, 31, face multiple decades in prison on charges that they drugged and sexually assaulted at least two women they met in local bars. Both suspects were arrested Wednesday at Robicheaux’s apartment in Newport Beach and have been released on $100,000 bail. Arraignment is set for October 25 at Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach. So far, Robicheaux faces 40 years in state prison if convicted on all charges, and Riley faces more than 30 years.
Robicheaux was one of two men featured in an episode of Online Dating Rituals of the American Male,...
Grant Robicheaux, 38, and Cerissa Riley, 31, face multiple decades in prison on charges that they drugged and sexually assaulted at least two women they met in local bars. Both suspects were arrested Wednesday at Robicheaux’s apartment in Newport Beach and have been released on $100,000 bail. Arraignment is set for October 25 at Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach. So far, Robicheaux faces 40 years in state prison if convicted on all charges, and Riley faces more than 30 years.
Robicheaux was one of two men featured in an episode of Online Dating Rituals of the American Male,...
- 9/19/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The suspect in the killing of University of Pennsylvania sophomore Blaze Bernstein returned to the crime scene while under surveillance several days after the alleged murder, California authorities announced at a Wednesday press conference.
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas also said that the suspect, Samuel Woodward, 20, of Newport Beach, was seen cleaning his car several days after Blaze’s killing.
Woodward has been charged with one felony count of murder with a sentencing enhancement of the personal use of a knife, Rackauckas said.
He faces a maximum sentence of 26 years to life in state prison if convicted.
While authorities...
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas also said that the suspect, Samuel Woodward, 20, of Newport Beach, was seen cleaning his car several days after Blaze’s killing.
Woodward has been charged with one felony count of murder with a sentencing enhancement of the personal use of a knife, Rackauckas said.
He faces a maximum sentence of 26 years to life in state prison if convicted.
While authorities...
- 1/17/2018
- by KC Baker
- PEOPLE.com
California officials have identified the suspect in the case of University of Pennsylvania sophomore Blaze Bernstein, who went missing during his winter break and was found dead earlier this week.
During a press conference Friday evening, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department named Bernstein’s high school friend Samuel Lincoln Woodward, 20, as the suspect in the case.
Woodward, of Newport Beach, California, was arrested at about 1:15 p.m. Friday on suspicion of homicide, according to Undersheriff Don Barnes. He told reporters a motive for the crime is unknown and that the investigation is ongoing.
Barnes said the Bernstein family allowed...
During a press conference Friday evening, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department named Bernstein’s high school friend Samuel Lincoln Woodward, 20, as the suspect in the case.
Woodward, of Newport Beach, California, was arrested at about 1:15 p.m. Friday on suspicion of homicide, according to Undersheriff Don Barnes. He told reporters a motive for the crime is unknown and that the investigation is ongoing.
Barnes said the Bernstein family allowed...
- 1/13/2018
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
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A California woman was sentenced to five years in prison for a bizarre and elaborate scheme to frame her husband’s ex-fiancée for trying to have her raped.
Angela Maria Diaz, 32, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to multiple felony and misdemeanor charges including kidnapping, false imprisonment, forgery and falsely reporting a crime, according to a statement released by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
For months, Diaz made it appear that her husband’s ex-fiancée, Michelle Suzanne Hadley, 30, had been harassing and stalking her, as well as recruiting men to go to Diaz’s home and rape her by posting “rape fantasy” ads on Craigslist.
Angela Maria Diaz, 32, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to multiple felony and misdemeanor charges including kidnapping, false imprisonment, forgery and falsely reporting a crime, according to a statement released by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
For months, Diaz made it appear that her husband’s ex-fiancée, Michelle Suzanne Hadley, 30, had been harassing and stalking her, as well as recruiting men to go to Diaz’s home and rape her by posting “rape fantasy” ads on Craigslist.
- 10/19/2017
- by Harriet Sokmensuer
- PEOPLE.com
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