State prosecutors moved on Friday to dismiss a number of rape prices in opposition to Dr. Grant Robicheaux, who starred on an episode of the 2014 Bravo actuality present On-line Relationship Rituals of the American Male.
Robicheaux and his girlfriend, Cerissa Riley, stood accused of a number of rapes in Newport Seashore, Calif.
By dismissing rape prices in opposition to them, prosecutors will focus on a 2017 sexual assault cost in opposition to the 2. That case was bolstered by new allegations that medication have been utilized in that assault.
The case in opposition to the 2 started two years in the past, with Robicheaux, 40, and Riley, 33, painted as sexual predators who preyed on susceptible ladies. They have been accused of drugging ladies they might meet at numerous Newport Seashore venues after which taking them to their Newport Seashore house to sexually assault them.
Robicheaux was charged with sexually assaulting seven ladies, with Riley charged with 5 assaults. They’ve each pleaded not responsible and have denied that something that occurred was not consensual.
Prosecutors requested to dismiss 10 intercourse crime prices involving six of Robicheaux’s seven accusers. The movement indicated that an unbiased assessment indicated that some allegations couldn’t be proved past an affordable doubt.
On the identical time, prosecutors requested to dismiss three firearms enhancements in opposition to Robicheaux and Riley and to scale back 4 felony prices of drug possession on the market to misdemeanors.
On Friday, the choose within the case requested the state to file a short explaining why it plans to dismiss sure prices earlier than he comes to a decision.
If the choose decides to grant the prosecutor’s needs, the state will transfer its focus to an incident that occurred in April 2017. The couple have been charged of assault with intent to commit a sexual offense.
In that incident, Robicheaux allegedly started chatting with the lady on a courting app. They agreed to fulfill in individual at a Newport Seashore restaurant, with Riley becoming a member of them and posing as a pal.
The group later went to a bar, and prosecutors allege the alleged sufferer’s drinks have been drugged. The girl, described as in her 20s, wakened within the couple’s house through the sexual assault. She ran to the toilet and locked herself inside till the morning.
Prosecutors declare Robicheaux and Riley administered medication with a view to “interact in sexual activity with an incapacitated sufferer.” Additionally they allegedly gave the lady cocaine and PCP.
“The defendants’ actions of facilitating the sufferer’s extreme consumption of alcohol and medicines to finally stop her from possessing the power to withstand sexual activity was the underlying motivation for his or her habits,” state prosecutors wrote of their movement.