California man accused of drugging and sexually assaulting nine women, killing one – East Bay Times

A 50-year-old Los Angeles County man is accused of drugging and sexually abusing nine women at his homes in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach, with one of the women dying of an overdose, prosecutors said Friday, April 18. October, with.

Michael DiGiorgio faces murder, three counts of rape by drug use, two counts of sodomy by drug use, five counts of sexual penetration by drug use, two counts each of forcible sexual penetration and delivery of a controlled substance and single counts of forcible rape, oral copulation using a drug and rape of an unconscious person, prosecutors said.

If convicted as charged, he faces a possible life sentence.

According to prosecutors, the crimes occurred between May 2019 and November 2021. When the alleged murder occurred was not disclosed.