A Redondo Seaside man was charged Friday with drugging and sexually assaulting no less than 9 ladies, together with one sufferer who died from the drugging, the Los Angeles County district lawyer’s workplace introduced.
Michael DiGiorgio, 50, was charged with a number of counts of rape, sodomy and one rely of homicide, officers stated. Lots of the actions had been carried out whereas the victims had been drugged, authorities stated, and it’s alleged that DiGiorgio brought on nice bodily damage to a few of his victims.
“I extend my deepest sympathy to the victims, whose lives have been irrevocably changed and the life lost by the alleged brutal acts of the offender,” Dist. Atty. George Gascón stated in an announcement. “Our office is committed to holding him accountable for the pain and trauma he has inflicted.”
The crimes had been allegedly dedicated between 2019 and November 2021 at DiGiorgio’s properties in Redondo Seaside and Hermosa Seaside, in keeping with authorities. In keeping with court docket data, DiGiorgio is charged with the homicide, rape by use of medication and different prices of Jane Doe 1 on July 6, 2020. He’s additionally accused of promoting or transporting a managed substance on Nov. 28, 2021.
Investigators with the district lawyer’s Intercourse Crimes Division consider there could also be extra victims and encourages anybody with details about DiGiorgio to contact the Redondo Seaside Police Division’s hotline at (714) 863-2859.
In keeping with jail data, he was arrested Thursday with no bail set.
DiGiorgio is scheduled to seem in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Friday for his arraignment and faces a most life sentence in jail if convicted on the fees.
In August 2020, DiGiorgio was charged with rape, sexual assault of a an intoxicated particular person and a number of other offenses, in keeping with court docket data. That case was dismissed the next 12 months for lack of a speedy trial.
The district lawyer’s workplace in an announcement stated the workplace was unable to maneuver ahead with that case as a result of the court docket granted “a motion to quash, resulting in the suppression of evidence to prove the People’s case.”
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