A 50-year-old Los Angeles County man drugged and sexually assaulting nine women in his Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach homes, with one of the women dying of an overdose, prosecutors said on Friday, Oct. 18.
Michael DiGiorgio faces murder, three counts of rape by use of a drug, two counts of sodomy by use of a drug, five counts of sexual penetration by use of a drug, two counts each of forcible sexual penetration and furnishing a controlled substance, and single counts of forcible rape, oral copulation by use of a drug and rape of an unconscious person, the District Attorney’s Office said.
If convicted as charged, he faces a possible sentence of life in prison.
Prosecutors said the crimes occurred from May 2019 to November 2021. It wasn’t disclosed when the alleged murder occurred.
