Owner La Jolla Restaurant Voce del Mare Arrested On 18 Counts Including Rape

Daniel Dorado, the owner of posh La Jolla restaurant, Voce del Mare, was arrested Wednesday and charged with 18 counts, including rape. The crimes may have taken place at the establishment.

Dorado, also a classically-trained musician, was booked into Central Jail in San Diego about 3 p.m. San Diego Police arrested him on suspicion of six crimes, with multiple counts.

Witnesses reported seeing officers enter Voce del Mare, the restaurant Dorado owns at 5721 La Jolla Blvd. in Bird Rock, about 11 a.m.

Crime scene tape was visible outside the restaurant. The restaurant is normally open for dinner but remained closed Wednesday evening. source

Below are Dorado’s charges:

Rape, victim unconscious of act (two counts)
Sex with a foreign object, victim unaware
Oral copulation, victim unconscious of act (two counts)
Sexual battery of a restrained person (four counts)
Assault with intent to commit a felony
Administering a controlled substance by force (five counts)
San Diego Police did not name the number of alleged victims, or whether the claimants are male or female.