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US reality TV doctor Grant Robicheaux and girlfriend Cerissa Riley accused of drugging, raping two women. There may be 1,000 more victims

‘We believe the defendants used their good looks and charm to lower the inhibitions of their potential prey’

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A combination of photos released by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office shows g Grant William Robicheaux, 38, and Cerissa Laura Riley, 31, who have been arrested and charged with allegedly sexually assaulting two women by use of drugs, in Newport Beach, California. Photo: EPA
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A California doctor who appeared in a reality TV dating show and an alleged female accomplice have been charged with drugging and sexually assaulting two women, and authorities said Tuesday there could be many more victims.

Orthopaedic surgeon Grant W. Robicheaux, 38, of Newport Beach and girlfriend Cerissa Laura Riley, 31, of Brea were arrested September 12 after being charged with rape by use of drugs, oral copulation by anaesthesia or controlled substance, and other crimes, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas told a news conference in Santa Ana.

Investigators were meticulously going through “thousands and thousands of videos and images on Robicheaux’s phone, many also including Riley,” Rackauckas said.
Grant W. Robicheaux, 38, of Newport Beach and Cerissa Laura Riley, 31, of Brea, were arrested on September 12 after being charged with rape by use of drugs, oral copulation by anaesthesia or controlled substance, and other crimes. Photo: Orange County DA
Grant W. Robicheaux, 38, of Newport Beach and Cerissa Laura Riley, 31, of Brea, were arrested on September 12 after being charged with rape by use of drugs, oral copulation by anaesthesia or controlled substance, and other crimes. Photo: Orange County DA
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ABC News reported that prosecutors believe “there may be upwards of 1,000 other victims”.

Some videos show women who “appear to be highly intoxicated beyond the ability to consent or resist, and they’re barely responsive to the defendant’s sexual advances. Based on this evidence, we believe that there might be many unidentified victims out there,” he said.

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The district attorney showed reporters video of Robicheaux from a now-cancelled Bravo TV show called Online Dating Rituals of the American Male in an episode titled Three’s A Crowd.

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