Orange County Superior Court Judge Michael Leversen dismisses felony charges of poisoning and sale of phencyclidine.
Dr. Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley leave the North Justice Center in Fullerton with attorney Scott Borthwick, left, on Sept. 28. Signaling an end to the long-running, politically charged prosecution of a Newport Beach hand surgeon and his girlfriend who were initially accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a series of women they met in bars or other settings, a judge said Friday, Oct. 20, he will dismiss most of the remaining charges in the case.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Michael Leversen dismissed felony charges of poisoning and sale of phencyclidine against Dr. Grant Robicheaux, 43, and Cerissa Riley, 36. Robicheaux, however, is expected to plead guilty to felony counts of possession of an assault weapon and four misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled substance, including GHB, more commonly known as the date-rape drug.It was not immediately clear when Robicheaux will enter his plea to the weapon and drug charges. Leversen said he would agree to a stipulated sentence.
Barring further developments, the judge’s decision marks a winding down of a case that began five years ago in the heat of a re-election bid by then-District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, who held a widely covered news conference to announce the charges. The case quickly became a target of then-DA candidate Todd Spitzer, whoAfter he was elected, Spitzer called for an internal review of the case, assigned two new prosecutors and then moved to dismiss all of the charges.
After a roller-coaster ride of various court rulings, dismissals and refiling of charges, only one alleged victim remained in the case — a woman who initially began chatting with Robicheaux via the Bumble app and said she trusted him because he was a doctor who once appeared on a TV show on Bravo.With those charges tossed out on Friday, attorneys and the judge were meeting to determine what sentence Robicheaux could face on the remaining counts against him, and when his plea might be entered.
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