Cerissa Laura Riley and her boyfriend Grant William Robicheaux, an Orthopedic surgeon on Bravo reality series Online Dating Rituals of the American Male, have been accused of drugging, sexually assaulting and raping potentially thousands of female victims over the last few years.
According to reports, investigators believe that Riley and Robicheaux have prayed on victims at restaurants in Newport Beach, Burning Man, the Dirtybird Campout festival and the Splash House festival in Palm Springs, California, over the course of recent years.
While two women have come forward as victims, investigators say videos found on the couple’s phones suggest they could have taken advantage of up to 1,000 women.
Riley, 31, and Robicheaux, 38, have been charged with rape by use of drugs, assault with intent to commit a sexual offense, and possession of a controlled substance for sale.
via The Orange County Register:
According to prosecutors, in April 2016 the couple met a 32-year-old woman at a Newport Beach restaurant and invited her to a party on a boat. Once she was intoxicated, prosecutors allege, the pair “escorted” the woman to Robicheaux’s apartment, supplied her with “multiple drugs” and then raped and orally copulated with her while she was too intoxicated to resist.
The 32-year-old woman contacted the Newport Beach Police Department the day after the alleged sexual encounter, and was found through a forensic examination to have multiple controlled substances in her system.
On Oct. 2, 2016, prosecutors allege Robicheaux and Riley met a woman at a Newport Beach bar, and drank with her “until the victims was no longer conscious.” They brought her back to Robicheaux’s apartment, prosecutors said, and sexually assaulted her until she woke up and screamed for help, prompting a neighbor to call police.
On Jan. 9, 2018, police searched Robicheaux’s apartment and found “large quantities of illegal drugs” – described by Rackauckas as ecstasy, date-rape drugs and cocaine – and two “illegal, unregistered assault rifles,” along with four other firearms and some large-capacity magazines, prosecutors said.
Furthermore, Robicheaux is also accused of possessing two illegal, unregistered assault rifles, four other firearms, and several large-capacity magazines. Riley was also knowingly in possession of a firearm.
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said that the victims “might have felt a false sense of security” around the pair because they are “clean-cut and good looking.”
“We have all heard of a wolf dressed up in sheep’s clothing,” Rackauckas said. “Well, a wolf can wear scrubs or doctors’ clothing. Or the wolf can be a beautiful woman,” Rackauckas said.
If found guilty, Robicheaux faces 40 years in prison while Riley faces over 30 years.
They are scheduled to appear in court on October 25.
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