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Charges Dropped Against Couple Accused Of Drugging, Raping 1,000 Women; Prosecutor Says Predecessor ‘Manufactured’ Case

Ashe Schow
Charges Dropped Against Couple Accused Of Drugging, Raping 1,000 Women; Prosecutor Says Predecessor ‘Manufactured’ Case
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Charges have been dropped against an Orange County, California, surgeon and his girlfriend who were accused of drugging and raping upwards of 1,000 women.

In 2018, orthopedic surgeon Grant Robicheaux and his girlfriend Cerissa Riley, a substitute teacher, were accused of luring women to their home in Newport Beach, drugging them until they were unconscious, and then raping them. In September 2018, then-district attorney Tony Rackauckas said during a press conference that investigators had “hundreds” of videos taken from the couple’s phones showing evidence that they had drugged and raped the women and then filmed the crimes. He was asked during that press conference whether the number could approach one thousand, and Rackauckas said, “I think so.”

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