Crime & Safety

Massage Therapist Accused of Inappropriately Touching Client

A 34-year-old man was arrested after a woman getting a massage says he touched her sexually, according to police.

Temecula police arrested an employee of Massage Green on Friday after a woman he was massaging reported that he touched her inappropriately, according to a news release.

The 34-year-old Homeland man was booked into the Southwest Detention Center on misdemeanor sexual battery and was released Saturday on $3,500 bail.

Officers were called to the business at 31950 Temecula Parkway just after 7 p.m. Friday to investigate a report of a sexual battery, according to police. A female patron reported that the male employee giving her a massage touched her several times in a sexual manner, according to police.

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The suspect is due in court on April 12. The management of Massage Green was not available Monday for comment.


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