Dr. Grant Robicheaux and his girlfriend Cerissa Riley listen during a news conference by their lawyer Philip Kent Cohen in Newport Beach, Calif., Oct. 17, 2018. Justine Harman(The Baron of Botox, Broken Harts) pulls back the curtain on one of the most sordid sex crimes cases in Orange County history. And then it went this third insane way. If the rest of the year keeps up at this pace, podcasting will be in a good creative place. 39-year-old Grant William Robicheaux and 32-year-old Cerissa Laura Riley entering the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach, Calif., on Feb. 7, 2020. but there is a subgroup within these seemingly nonviolent offenders who are never discussed in mainstream media the white-collar criminals whokill. Each week, we will be working with investigators and family members to bring you the details of some of the coldest cases from around the country in hopes that someone listening can finally bring these victims the justice they deserve. I went to all the bars, she says. It's a case that could get Robicheaux and Riley at least 10 years in prison," said Martinez Friday. You might find yourself feeling a certain way after you hear about it, is what Ill say.. Definitely felt like I was just keyholing into this thing as a voyeur, which all of us kind of were either, consciously or subconsciously, during COVID.. Prosecutors at the timesaid (opens in new tab)there were over 1,000 videos to support the charges, though in February 2020, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer moved to dismiss all charges, saying "not a single piece of evidence or video or photo that shows an unconscious or incapacitated woman being sexually assaulted." (Images courtesy of Justine Harman and the podcast), Grant Robicheaux, left, and Cerissa Riley, the Newport Beach doctor and his girlfriend accused of drugging and raping multiple women, arrive at Orange County Superior Court Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach on Friday morning February 7, 2020. The Attorney General's is position is they reviewed everything they do not feel they can prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt as it relates to six of the seven victims.". Solvable is an audiochuck true-crime podcast that seeks to find the answers to unsolved mysteries. Sign up for Vultures new recommendation newsletter 1.5x Speed here. Dr. Grant Robicheaux, 40, and Cerissa Riley, 34, will now face sexual assault charges involving two of the alleged victims. The case seemed made for the true-crime genre: Allegations of drinking, drugs and sex. However, in February of 2020, new O.C. Theyve chosen professions that grapple with the grotesque, deal with the deviant, and dodge the dangerous. And then a bunch of people listen to the story, they take notes, and they walk away. If you can never get enough true crime Congratulations, youre a Crime Junkie! Somewhere, as the case and story moved through the legal system, a counterargument arose in which Robicheaux and Riley were described as modern-day swingers, whose sexual encounters and drug use were consensual. Seven women are saying the same thing, and (the district attorneys office) is trying to get rid of it. Staff writer Richard Winton contributed to this report. Its a weird experience and one that I was able to capture with audio. Robicheaux 'Rape Doctor' Case Gets True Crime Podcast Treatment Class of 2024 defensive lineman Grant Winter recently took a visit to Syracuse. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), In O.C. . And then other people come and they ask you to tell it again. The two women who were allegedly assaulted met the pair during social encounters. When the charges against Newport Beach orthopedic surgeon and former Bravo reality star Dr. Grant Robicheaux and his girlfriend, substitute teacher Cerissa Riley, were revealed back in September of 2018, the world gawked at the unlikely criminals. In 'O.C. Swingers,' a high-profile rape case against California doctor He was a . Copyright 2023 The Washington Times, LLC. In 2018, the couplewas accused (opens in new tab)of drugging and raping women and recording the acts on their cell phones. But here we are a year later.. Sometimes the most beautiful places hide the darkest secrets. Atty. The couple denied the charges. Robicheaux was charged with sexually assaulting seven women and Riley was charged with assaulting five. Atty. As Harman was planning a move from New York City to Los Angeles early in 2020, she decided to take a deeper look at the case. The charges had initially involved five victims. The pair allegedly gave the victim multiple drugs and then sexually assaulted her while she was incapable of resisting. The following month, Spitzer's office was removed from the case and replaced by the California AG. "Obviously, the victims are not in favor of this," said Mike Fell "They object to this. At a press conference, then-Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckus put forth that multiple women said they had been kidnapped, drugged and sexually assaulted by Dr. Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley. conduct a review of all the evidence collected in the case. I was like, Oh, wow, this was kind of a better story than I thought., Had I known how legally complicated this story was at the beginning, I probably would have never tried to report it.