Attorney General’s Office takes high-profile Newport Beach rape case from O.C. DA

The California Attorney General’s Office indicated on Thursday it has not yet decided whether to move forward with the high-profile prosecution of a Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend accused of drugging and raping seven women after a judge last week took the rare step of removing the Orange County District Attorney’s Office from the case.
Deputy Attorney General Mike Murphy, during a hearing at the Newport Beach courthouse, told Judge Gregory Jones that he has received from lo