Prosecutors from the state Attorney General's Office told an Orange County Superior Court judge Friday they don't believe they can prove most of the rape.
SANTA ANA, Calif.
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.
AG office: Not enough evidence to prove most rape charges against OC surgeon, girlfriend
SANTA ANA, Calif. (KTTV/CNS) - Prosecutors from the state Attorney General s Office told an Orange County Superior Court judge Friday that 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.
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US state prosecutors have 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 reality TV doctor rape case
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In this Oct. 17, 2018 photo, Dr. Grant Robicheaux and his girlfriend Cerissa Riley listen during a news conference by their lawyer Philip Kent Cohen in Newport Beach, Calif.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) â 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 generalâs office, which took over the case from the Orange County district attorneyâs office last year, filed a motion asking for dismissal of 10 charges involving six of the seven alleged victims.