Case Summary. And when a search warrant resulted in a haul that included unlawful guns, drugs, . The comments below have not been moderated, By As CrimeOnline previously reported, prosecutors accused Grant Robicheaux, 40, and his girlfriend, Cerissa Laura Riley, 34, of drugging and raping mostly women. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. I thought we were going to get dinner and wine and walk around the peninsula, I didn't expect overt sexuality', The 24-year-old said: 'I was so excited to meet him, I got my hair done, I brought a bottle of wine, I wore a nice dress, I looked cute', Robicheaux and Riley (pictured together) were charged with rape by use of drugs, oral copulation by anesthesia or controlled substance, and other crimes, Lauren added: 'There's plenty of guys who want to get straight down to the action but he was more aggressive than the average guy.'. Since the charges were filed in 2018, additional victims have come forward from across the country, including from Nevada, Southern California, and New York, but those cases were . Weeks later, Bromberg recused himself from the case following allegations that he had mistreated defense attorneys and prosecutors during a heated court hearing. She was driving a golf cart. In the first case, a 32-year-old woman said she met the couple at a restaurant in Newport Beach in April 2016. Published 31 October 2018. 2016-12-19, Riverside County Superior Courts | Property | You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. That wolf can be a beautiful woman, the D.A. 'Whether or not my client and the six other ladies were sexually assaulted is a completely different issue.'. Dr. Grant William Robicheaux from Orange County, California, and his girlfriend, Cerissa Laura Riley, from nearby Brea, have both been charged over the two alleged attacks. After searching Robicheauxs phone, Rackauckas said, There are several videos where the women in the videos appear highly intoxicated beyond the ability to consent or resist and theyre barely responsive to the defendants sexual advances.. Last month, Orange County Superior Court Judge Steven Bromberg dismissed charges related to allegations lodged by two of the seven women after they told prosecutors they had been dragged through the mud by the Orange County district attorneys office and no longer wanted to participate in the case. Both defendants had maintained their innocence, arguing that they were swingers and the women were willing participants in their escapades. 13:53 GMT 05 Feb 2020 We have all heard of a wolf dressing up in sheeps clothing. I have no idea where they are now. We dont know if (Robicheaux and Riley) videoed all of their sex acts but many are on the videos that we have not yet identified, Rackauckas continued. 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By Paul Anderson of City News Service contributed to this report. The case against Robicheaux, 40, and Riley, 34, has been reassigned to Ospino, a former Orange County public defender, following the surprise decision by Orange County Superior Court Judge Steven. 'He had this forced confidence and was coming on strong, aggressive. Since 2015, the couple also attended music festivals together including Burning Man, Dirty Bird Campout and Splash House. UniCourt uses cookies to improve your online experience, for more information please see our Privacy Policy. Dr. Grant Robicheaux, left, Cerissa Riley, center, along with Deputy Attorney General Yvette Martinez, right, listen as other attorneys speak to Orange County Superior Court Judge Steven Bromberg . Dr Grant Robicheaux, 38, was charged alongside his girlfriend Cerissa Laura Riley for allegedly drugging and raping two intoxicated women on Wednesday Orange County officials have said there. PAYMENT RECEIVED BY ONELEGAL FOR 36 - MOTION OR OTHER (NOT 1ST) PAPER REQUIRING A HEARING IN THE AMOUNT OF 60.00, TRANSACTION NUMBER 13161702 AND RECEIPT NUMBER 12989799. ', Lauren said: 'He tried to get me to massage him, give him a back massage, I rubbed his shoulders a little but I tried to avoid anything sexual. Hard as a Roc Suzie Grant. California prosecutors seek to dismiss rape charges against surgeon William Robicheaux, girlfriend | GMA. Renee Ballard; Rober Langdon; The Mirador series; Under Suspicion [Alex Cross series] Show more; Show less; Places . CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR 12/06/2022 AT 10:00:00 AM IN C25 AT CENTRAL JUSTICE CENTER. The unusual move came after a prosecutor pointed out serious proof problems with the case, Spitzer said at the time. In a daylong hearing last Thursday, Judge Frank Ospino heard arguments from attorneys for the alleged victims and defendants, as well as the prosecutors. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER MARCIA A. CRONE District Judge. My dog, Maverick, knocked him over once and he got some grazes. Rackauckas alleges the couple recorded the sex acts. Orange County Superior Court Judge Steven D. Bromberg indicated that he was not ready yet to rule on a request by the California Attorney Generals Office to dramatically scale back the case against Dr. Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley. Dr Grant Robicheaux was charged on Wednesday for allegedly drugging and raping two intoxicated women, as police caution there could be hundreds of possible victims, Lauren Hayden, a math and physics instructor, told DailyMailTV that she narrowly escaped the 'super creepy' California orthopedic surgeon after meeting him on Tinder last October, Robicheaux was charged alongside his girlfriendCerissa Laura Riley (right). DocketMOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION SCHEDULED FOR 05/15/2023 AT 10:00:00 AM IN CX102 AT CIVIL COMPLEX CENTER. 2019-07-16, Orange County Superior Courts | Personal Injury | His father, Friendly Womack, spotted Bobby's talent on the guitar at an early age, and Bobby was only Ministers in clash as farmers fear Britain will be flooded with cheap Mexican and Canadian meat Britain's Special Forces are banned from TikTok and other apps amid fears their accounts could be Mamma Mia! Plaintiffs attorney Alexis Bastedo said her client is asserting her rights under Marsys Law, which allows alleged victims in California to refuse defendants requests for interviews or pretrial testimony. UPDATE: A California physician who has been accused of drugging and assaulting two women is a graduate of Lafayette High School. NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- The California Attorney General's Office on Friday asked to drop most of the charges against Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley, the Newport Beach couple accused. DocketCIVIL CASE COVER SHEET FILED BY ROBICHEAUX, GRANT ON 05/26/2022, DocketSUMMONS ISSUED AND FILED FILED BY ROBICHEAUX, GRANT ON 05/26/2022, DocketCOMPLAINT FILED BY ROBICHEAUX, GRANT ON 05/26/2022. Help me!'' The prosecutors said they did not intend for that to be a threat. Both Robicheaux and Riley . 'Now we have to try to put Grant and Cerissa's life back together, which may not be possible,' attorney Philip Kent Cohen told the New York Times. People often assume that rapists are creepy, scary men who lunge out from hiding amongst bushes and attack unsuspecting women. O.C. And these folks (defendants) never knew each other.. Robicheaux and Riley were released on $100,000 bail each and are scheduled for arraignment October 24. Mr Spitzer, who was campaigning against Mr Rackauckas at the time, accused the district attorney of delaying the couple's arrest to drum up media coverage, which he alleged would help his opponent's campaign. 'He invited me over for dinner and asked me to go in the Jacuzzi,' she recalls. CBS Los Angeles reported that Grant Robicheaux, who was once the subject of a Bravo reality show for his dating escapades, was originally accused by seven women of rape and sexual assault.. TYRENE SCHECHER VS. NEWPORT CARE MEDICAL GROUP, INC. 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A subsequent request to alter the criminal complaint was filed under seal, keeping it private, but during discussion in court on Friday prosecutors indicated they want to move forward with criminal charges related to the one alleged victim and may decide to proceed with charges related to a second woman. Pro and anti-migrant protestors face off in Dover in latest clash over Channel crossings that saw 45,000 United Arab Emirates now has the most powerful passport in the world after jumping 32 spots under new Ryan Parry West Coast Correspondent For Dailymail.com And Grant Hodgson For Dailymail.com, Do not sell or share my personal information. A superb, original guitarist and a singer of warmth and simplicity, he set countless . Tony Rackauckas filed charges against Robicheaux and Riley, painting them as sexual predators who used their good looks to prey on vulnerable women, drug them and take them back to their Newport Beach home to sexually assault them. They have been aware of these accusations for a number of months, and each of them will formally deny the truth of these allegations at their first opportunity in court. 'My sworn duty as the elected district attorney is not to secure convictions. He then did postgraduate work at New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City and completed his orthopedic surgery residency at University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California. 'He then took me into the bedroom and tried to take my clothes off again. Attorneys representing Dr. Grant Robicheaux, his girlfriend, Cerissa Riley, and a couple who partly own the Newport Beach home where the assault allegedly occurred argued that they have the right to depose the plaintiff and other witnesses to mount a defense, adding that the motion to stay the case amounted to a ruse by the plaintiffs attorney to wait and see what evidence becomes public during the criminal proceeding. The three women who no longer want to be involved in the casehad an elected official who was supposed to advocate on their behalf drag them through the mud, Deputy Attorney General Yvette Martinez said in an apparent reference to Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer. They have denied all accusations of nonconsensual sex. Lauren, who has had a bad run with men after dating jailed fraudster and pharma bro Martin Shkreli a few years ago who she described as 'horrible' and 'abusive', says it feels like America has 'lost a sense of normality'. Attorneys representing most of the women criticized the attempts to dismiss the charges. Even if some of the women didnt want to testify, the judge noted, investigators could take the stand to relay what the alleged victims had initially told law enforcement. Grant Robicheaux is an American surgeon who appeared on an episode of the 2014 Bravo reality show Online Dating Rituals of the American Male. Toxic trauma expert Gabor Mate diagnoses Prince Harry with attention deficit disorder but tells him it CAN 'I felt different to the rest of my family - and my mum felt the same': Prince Harry opens up on his 'broken 'He's completely beige drained of all his feisty ginger life-blood': JULIE BURCHILL'S verdict on Prince Five unexpected signs in your 20s and 30s you're at risk of developing heart disease later in life. She joined the newspaper in 2013 as a reporter for the Daily Pilot, a Times Community News publication. Spitzer has long criticized the case, claiming it was used for political gain by his predecessor Rackauckas during his 2018 re-election campaign. Defense lawyers said no such videos exist. With the exception of one alleged victim, at least from the first review I have undertaken of the facts, they all seem to have the same or similar history of what they say occurred with both defendants, the judge told the prosecutors. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. The surgeon was also accused of possessing two illegal, unregistered assault rifles, four other firearms and several large-capacity magazines. Cancellation and Refund Policy, Privacy Policy, and The review of the case by the D.A.s office came under scrutiny during a personnel investigation into a district attorney investigator, Jennifer Kearns. current District Attorney Spitzer announced there wasnt enough evidence to proceed with the case. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Police searched the surgeons home in January this year and allegedly found large quantities of illegal drugs, two illegal, unregistered assault rifles, four other firearms, and several large capacity magazines.. He graduated from Louisiana State University / School of Medicine In New Orleans in 2007. Pages 274. CNN First they were accused of drugging and raping women while recording their exploits on a cell phone. Follow him on Twitter @DanielLanghorne. Her last assignment there was in October 2015 and there had been no complaints regarding her conduct. NOTICE OF ERRATA FILED BY ROWSHAN, KASRA; LINDEN PROPERTIES, LLC; NEWPORT CARE MEDICAL GROUP, INC.; NEWPORT CARE MSO, LLC; OLD NEWPORT GROUP, LLC; TOP SURGICAL, LLC ON 09/26/2022, REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE FILED BY ROWSHAN, KASRA; LINDEN PROPERTIES, LLC; NEWPORT CARE MEDICAL GROUP, INC.; NEWPORT CARE MSO, LLC; OLD NEWPORT GROUP, LLC; TOP SURGICAL, LLC ON 09/22/2022, DECLARATION IN SUPPORT FILED BY ROWSHAN, KASRA; LINDEN PROPERTIES, LLC; NEWPORT CARE MEDICAL GROUP, INC.; NEWPORT CARE MSO, LLC; OLD NEWPORT GROUP, LLC; TOP SURGICAL, LLC ON 09/22/2022, ANSWER TO CROSS-COMPLAINT FILED BY ROBICHEAUX, GRANT ON 08/25/2022, ANSWER TO COMPLAINT FILED BY NEWPORT CARE MEDICAL GROUP, INC.; NEWPORT CARE MSO, LLC; LINDEN PROPERTIES, LLC; OLD NEWPORT GROUP, LLC; TOP SURGICAL, LLC; ROWSHAN, KASRA ON 07/28/2022. Ospino also told attorneys that he wants to hold a preliminary hearing by the end of the year to determine whether the case, which has faced repeated delays, can proceed to trial. Robicheaux and Riley allegedly met a 32-year-old at a restaurant in Newport Beach. However, in February of 2020, new O.C. in October 2016. Ralph Fiennes, 60, is spotted in Rome with former lover Francesca Annis, 77 - who was involved in the end of PETER HITCHENS: Now we know for sure that our leaders lost their heads over Covid. 2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Robicheaux and Riley are expected to appear in court on Oct. 24. He was licensed to practice medicine in California on May 30, 2009. declined to agree to what he described as a backdoor dismissal of the case, writing that the alleged victims deserved their day in court. Spitzer, a longtime O.C. LAGUNA BEACH, CA - OCTOBER 17: Dr. Grant Robicheaux, and his girlfriend Cerissa Riley listen during their arraignment at the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach, CA on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. 'They heard a woman screaming, ''Help me! At the time, then-District Attorney Tony Rackauckas claimed videos were found on the defendants phones which suggested there may be 'hundreds' of victims. Suzie Grant. Spitzer said he has referred Rackauckas' handling of the case to the State Bar for review and is conducting an internal personnel investigation. Ospino indicated he intends to rule next week on the prosecutors request to pare down the charges. Help me!' Hard Operators Series . Newport Beach surgeon Grant Robicheaux and his girlfriend Cerissa Riley, accused in 2018 of drugging and sexually assaulting multiple women, say a weight has been lifted knowing the charges will . On Sept. 11, Robicheaux was charged with rape by use of drugs, oral copulation by anesthesia or controlled substance, assault with intent to commit sexual offense, possession of a controlled substance for sale and possession of an assault weapon, the Orange County District Attorneys Office said in a statement. When Mr Rackauckas was overseeing the case, he incorrectly predicted that there could be as many as 1,000 victims. It's GRAYGATE! Grant Robicheaux, the doctor who appeared on the Bravo reality series Online Dating Rituals of the American Male, is set to have the sexual assault charges first brought against him in 2018 . A lawyer for Robicheaux - who once appeared on the Bravo TV show 'Online Dating Rituals of the American Male' - said his client is 'incredibly ecstatic' and feels vindicated by Spitzer's decision. He is affiliated with medical facilities such as Chapman Global Medical Center and Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center. DocketCASE ASSIGNED TO JUDICIAL OFFICER MARKS, LINDA ON 05/26/2022. The judge also accused the prosecutors of making veiled threats to the court by apparently arguing in their sealed written motion that he doesnt have the power to appoint an independent prosecutor should the State Attorney Generals Office disagree with his decision on the charges and walk away from the case.