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LADA believes there may be additional victims

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has charged 30-year-old Sizhe Weng, also known as Steven Weng, with drugging and raping multiple women between 2021 and 2024 while enrolled as a doctoral student at the University of Southern California.

“No one should ever have to endure the trauma of being drugged, sexually assaulted and stripped of their ability to consent,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said. “Prosecutors in my office’s Sex Crimes Division and our law enforcement partners will not rest until the defendant is held accountable for these horrific acts. We want every victim to know that their voices matter and we will fight to ensure you are heard. We urge additional victims, whether you live locally or abroad, to contact the LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide Division to report any suspected crimes.”

Weng (dob 8/16/95) is charged in case 25CJCF05617 with one felony count of forcible rape; two felony counts of sodomy by controlled substance or anesthesia; one felony count of rape by controlled substance; and four felony counts of sexual penetration by controlled substance or anesthesia.

He is accused of raping three women after placing incapacitating drugs in their food and/or drinks.

Weng was arraigned on Sept. 2 and pleaded not guilty to all charges. The Court granted the prosecutors’ request to hold him without bail.

A preliminary hearing setting is scheduled for Jan. 14, 2026, in Department 31 of the Foltz Criminal Justice Center.

If convicted as charged, Weng faces 25 years to life plus 56 years in California state prison. He would be required to register as a sex offender for life.

The case is being prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Catherine Mariano of the Sex Crimes Division and remains under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department.

Any additional victims are urged to contact the LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division at (213) 486-6890.

The charges filed in this case are allegations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

Sizhe Weng (Steven Weng)

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洛杉矶县检方认为可能还有更多受害者

洛杉矶讯 — 洛杉矶县地方检察官办公室已对30岁的翁思哲 （音译，Sizhe Weng, 又名Steven Weng）提出刑事指控，指控其在2021年至2024年于南加州大学攻读博士学位期间，通过投放药物的方式对多名女性实施性侵。

洛杉矶县地方检察官内森 J. 霍克曼表示：
“任何人都不应该被迫下药并被性侵。我们检察官办公室打击性犯罪部门与其他执法合作机构将不遗余力，让被告为其所做出的令人发指的行为承担法律责任。我们希望每个受害人知道，你们的呼声很重要，并且我们会竭尽全力让你们得到应有的重视。我们呼吁所有的受害人，不论你们此时身在本地还是海外，请向洛杉矶市警察局抢劫/凶杀调查科（LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division）举报一切可疑的犯罪行为。”

翁思哲（Sizhe Weng, 出生日期：1995年8月16日）在案件编号为 25CJCF05617 的案件中被控以以下罪名：一项强奸罪（重罪）; 两项通过管制药物或麻醉药物进行的鸡奸罪（重罪）； 一项 通过管制药物实施的强奸罪（重罪）； 四项通过管制药物或麻醉药物实施的性侵罪（重罪）。

他被控通过下迷药的方式使三名女性受害人失去行为能力，并对她们实施了性侵。

翁已于2025年9月2日被正式提讯，其对所有指控不认罪。法院同意检方请求，决定对翁采取羁押不予保释。

初步听证会将于2026年1月14日在洛杉矶福尔茨刑事司法中心（The Foltz Criminal Justice Center）31号法庭举行。

若被控罪名成立，翁思哲将面临25年至无期徒刑，外加56年监禁，并将被终身登记为性罪犯。

本案由打击性犯罪部门的检控官Catherine Mariano负责起诉，目前洛杉矶市警察局抢劫/凶杀调查科（LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division）仍在对此案进行调查当中。

请其余还未被警方联系上的受害人立即致电 (213) 486-6890 联系洛杉矶市警察局抢劫/凶杀调查科（LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division）。

本案中所提出的指控罪名仅为指控。被告在被法庭定罪之前仍被假定为无罪。