Here's some news that has gone national that we really didn't need. The East Bay Times is reporting with a local photo and all
A Bay Area resident and five other California women have joined a national wave of litigants suing Massage Envy on allegations that the spa giant routinely turned a blind eye to male employees who sexually assaulted their clients, enabling the men to victimize again.
Massage Envy was sued this week by six California women for allegedly protecting masseurs accused of sexually assaulting clients, including some who were later charged with sex crimes. One plaintiff is a victim in a case involving the Burlingame location pictured.
The latest lawsuit, filed in San Mateo County this week, involves massage clients who patronized the spa chain’s locations spanning from Orange County to Burlingame, the latter involving a former massage therapist who last month was charged with more than a dozen counts of sexual battery for his alleged conduct on the job.
“This is happening everywhere,” said Bobby Thompson, whose Burlingame-based firm filed the suit alongside Philadelphia-based Laffey, Bucci & Kent.
The Bay Area victim, a San Francisco resident identified as “Jane Doe #1” in the lawsuit, visited the Burlingame Massage Envy location in November and described an encounter where during a session, 28-year-old Brandon James Davis sexually assaulted her. Doe is one of the victims behind the sexual battery charges against him.
We have heard rumblings of a different sort about massage parlors on Broadway and elsewhere in B'game but this is the first charges of this sort. The only positive is that the news may cause more victims to come forward if they exist.
Any "Chain Store" you go to;you get what you pay for.
Massage is a very personal event..
My X-Spouse is a "World Famous" CMT working at Canyon Ranch, Miraval, and 10,000 Waves.
Unless, a customer injured themselves, allowing a "Contractor" to touch you intimately, is Crazy!
What if you turned over and suddenly realized your "Therapist" is also the Bus Driver you have been riding with for the last 2 years?
The only Massage "Chain" anyone should go to-"Spur of the Moment," is located in Nevada.
Ask for "Air Force Annie."
Posted by: hollyroller@gmailcom | August 22, 2018 at 07:25 PM
Bring back the bridal shop... it was such a classy store in that location!
Posted by: Coniq | September 11, 2018 at 12:30 PM
More lawsuits piling up:
https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/another-suit-for-massage-sex-assaults/article_9c01d9de-c78e-11e8-9fca-b7a46032cdbe.html#tncms-source=article-nav-next
Posted by: Joe | October 04, 2018 at 01:46 PM