The district attorney of Orange County, California, who slammed "woke" crime policies in the state, told the suspects who killed a 6-year-old in a road rage incident that he would not treat them like Los Angeles and San Francisco prosecutors.
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ORANGE – Today, former Marine Judge Advocate
Pete Hardin released the following statement in the wake of major developments in the Grant Robicheaux and Casey Riley case. While the California Attorney General’s office recommended Robicheaux and Riley be charged with sexual assault and added allegations that the surgeon drugged their victim, Spitzer attempted to drop all charges against these alleged sexual predators. Orange County DA Todd Spitzer received $2,000 in 2018 from Riley’s attorney, Scott Borthwick, and recorded a $1,700 expenditure to Borthwick’s law firm in 2010.
“Sexual assault is a scourge on society. The District Attorney must listen to and protect survivors. Todd Spitzer failed that most basic duty, choosing instead to politicize this case and use the survivors as scapegoats. I commend the Attorney General for endeavoring to hold Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley accountable in the void left by our current District Attorney.
By City News Service
May 8, 2021
SANTA ANA (CNS) - An outside law firm hired by the county substantiated sexual harassment claims against a former senior prosecutor, but it cleared Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer of retaliating against one of the whistleblowers, according to a report obtained today by City News Service.
The 162-page report regarding sexual harassment against retired prosecutor Gary LoGalbo, prepared by attorney Elisabeth A. Frater of the Burke, Williams & Sorensen law firm, was completed April 28. The firm was retained by the county counsel s office on Dec. 28.
The investigation was triggered when an Orange County District Attorney s Office employee who was leaving his job made a remark the first week of November about inappropriate behavior by LoGalbo and whether anything would be done about it. LoGalbo was the best man at District Attorney Todd Spitzer s wedding and the two were roommates for a time.