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   "There is not a single piece of evidence or video or photo that   
   shows an unconscious or incapacitated woman being sexually   
   assaulted. Not one."   
      
   Prosecutors in California are dropping all charges against a   
   surgeon and his girlfriend who were previously accused of   
   drugging and raping a number of women, citing a lack of evidence.   
      
   Dr. Grant W. Robicheaux, who once appeared on the Bravo reality   
   show Online Dating Rituals of the American Male, and Cerissa   
   Riley were charged in 2018 with kidnapping, rape by use of   
   drugs, and other crimes. At the time, prosecutors accused the   
   couple of engaging in a predatory pattern: meeting women in   
   restaurants and bars, spiking their drinks, taking them to   
   Robicheaux's apartment, and sexually assaulting them.   
      
   Prosecutors initially said they had more than 1,000 videos of   
   what may be women being sexually abused. But on Tuesday, Orange   
   County District Attorney Todd Spitzer, who was elected after the   
   case was filed, said there were no such videos.   
      
   "There is not a single piece of evidence or video or photo that   
   shows an unconscious or incapacitated woman being sexually   
   assaulted," Spitzer said during a press conference. "Not one."   
      
   Spitzer has repeatedly criticized his predecessor, Tony   
   Rackauckas, for filing the case. In September, he sent a letter   
   to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, asking the state   
   to take over the case because it was “rife with prosecutorial   
   misconduct," according to the Orange County Register.   
      
   The state ultimately declined, saying that the district   
   attorney's office was "fully capable of handling it," the   
   Register reported.   
      
   Spitzer on Tuesday said he assigned new prosecutors to the case   
   after he took office; he added that their review found there   
   wasn't enough evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable   
   doubt.   
      
   “This office will go to court as soon as possible and seek a   
   dismissal on all the charges against the defendants,” he said,   
   according to the Associated Press.   
      
   On Friday, a judge said he would consider the request for   
   dismissal but wanted to take more time to examine the evidence   
   before making a decision, the Los Angeles Times reported.   
      
   “Politics have infected this case,” Judge Gregory Jones said.   
   “Mixing politics with prosecution gives you a toxic cocktail.”   
      
   In a statement Thursday, Rackauckas voiced concern that his   
   successor's decision would deter sexual assault victims from   
   coming forward in the future and claimed that Spitzer did not   
   talk to the victims in this case before announcing the dismissal.   
      
   "This case should not be dismissed, and he certainly should not   
   have made this decision without informing the Jane Does,"   
   Rackauckas said. "If there really was no evidence to support   
   this case, Todd should redact any personal or identifying   
   information about the Jane Does and allow the public to decide   
   if there was indeed no evidence to go forward."   
      
   Both Robicheaux and Riley have denied the allegations.   
      
   After announcing his decision to drop the charges, Spitzer   
   apologized to the alleged victims and said he will meet with   
   them to explain why the evidence did not meet their burden of   
   proof.   
      
   “What happened in their lives and how this case materializes is   
   nothing short of a travesty,” he said, according to CBS Los   
   Angeles.   
      
   https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/california-doctor-   
   girlfriend-rape-charges-dropped   
      
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