An orthopedic surgeon in California who once appeared on a dating reality show and his girlfriend have been charged with drugging and sexually assaulting two women, in a case prosecutors suspect might involve hundreds of other victims.
Authorities told AFP on Tuesday they had received dozens of leads in the probe, just hours after a press conference held to try to encourage other women to come forward.
“I am being told by investigators that their phones have been very active this afternoon,” said Michelle Van Der Linden, a spokeswoman for Orange County prosecutors.
“People are calling with additional information and we will be busy tracking down all the additional leads.” The surgeon, Grant William Robicheaux, and his girlfriend, Cerissa Laura Riley, were charged on Sept 11 with rape as well as drug and weapons-related offenses in connection with two alleged assaults.
Robicheaux — who once appeared on the Bravo television show “Online Dating Rituals of the American Male” — and Riley are due to be arraigned on October 25.
Investigators found hundreds of videos on Robicheaux’s phone after he was arrested, “in various states of undress, consciousness and being assaulted,” Van Der Linden said.