Kearns, who has spent nearly 30 years in law enforcement, began looking into Robicheaux and Riley, a former schoolteacher, in late 2017 after learning of several reports taken by Newport Beach police describing sexual assault allegations against the couple. It was right at that key juncture in the story where it could go one way or another, she says. Grant Robicheaux, left, and Cerissa Riley, the Newport Beach doctor and his girlfriend accused of drugging and raping multiple women, listen during a hearing in Orange County Superior Court on. Its a Wonderful Lie imagines the messy stories hidden behind the perfect holiday newsletters. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG), Booking mug of Cerissa Laura Riley, 31, who is charged with sexually assaulting two women by use of drugs with Grant William Robicheaux, 38. The top-to-bottom review of the case against Grant Robicheaux, 40, and Cerissa Riley, 33, ordered by Spitzer. / KCAL News. From the victims perspective, responsibility for the contentious nature of this litigation lies squarely with a district attorney who continues to place his own political self-interests above the rules of ethics and the rights of victims, retired Orange County senior deputy district attorney Matt Murphy, who represents five of the victims, wrote. Spitzer apologized to Robicheaux and Riley. Bail being set at $1 million apiece. Heres how it works. All rights reserved. This week, Tom and Shiv get it on. Spitzer announced that his office would request that charges against Robicheaux and Riley be dismissed after a review of the case found a lack of evidence and a mishandling of the case by the previous DA. Sexual assault is a traumatic topic, and then, too, no trial has yet been held; the case remains open-ended for now as Robicheaux and Riley have been neither convicted nor acquitted. Greg Warren dared to go where no comedian has gone before. Ashley takes you alongside the investigation of this 41-year-old cold case. The sensational charges against a Newport Beach doctor and his girlfriend made lurid headlines in 2018. O.C. Swingers | Podcasts on Audible | Audible.com It was right at that key juncture in the story where it could go one way or another, she says. Swingers, premieres with two episodes on Monday, March 29, and then will arrive in weekly installments thereafter. Swingers, The Lifestyle & Sunday Funday, Trigger warning for those sensitive to discussions of sexual assault: Proceed with caution. Seven women are saying the same thing, and (the district attorneys office) is trying to get rid of it. But the case didnt go away. The following month, Spitzer's office was removed from the case and replaced by the California AG. Earned a master's degree at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. The lure is, again, this voyeuristic thing, like, Oh my gosh, people really do that? Harman says. 0:33. Harman has not been successful in her attempts to interview Robicheaux and Riley, though she does dedicate an episode to each in which she explores their lives before they were defendants in the case. Robicheaux 'Rape Doctor' Case Gets True Crime Podcast Treatment
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