An investigator with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office has reached a $2.75 million settlement with the county of Orange for a whistleblower lawsuit in which she accused District Attorney Todd Spitzer of colluding with defense attorneys in order to sabotage a controversial and politically charged rape case against a Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend.
The settlement is the latest fallout from the high-profile prosecution of Dr. Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley, a case that initially drew international headlines before turning into a years-long courtroom battle pitting prosecutors against some of the accusers that ultimately fell apart as all the sex charges against the couple were either dropped or dismissed.
Jennifer Kearns, who led the investigation into Robicheaux and Riley under previous DA Tony Rackauckas, filed her lawsuit against current DA Todd Spitzer in 2021, when the case against the couple was still active. The lawsuit accused Spitzer of colluding with the couple’s attorneys to “undermine the prosecution, discredit the victims and ultimately destroy the criminal case against the criminal defendants.”
“While no settlement can fully erase the pain Jennifer and her family have endured, this outcome is a measure of vindication for a woman who, even at her lowest, never stopped believing in justice — or in the victims she had dedicated her life to protecting,” said Kearn’s attorney, Bijan Darvish.
Darvish alleged that in “branding Jennifer a liar...
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