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ST. GEORGE — A man was arrested in California and returned to Utah, where he is charged with three counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony.
He was charged after a monthslong investigation into reports alleging inappropriate sexual behavior while working at a massage parlor in the city of Washington, police say.
The arrest warrant was issued in May following an investigation into what was initially one report alleging a former masseuse working at a location near Red Cliffs Drive, according to the affidavit filed in support of the warrant.
Following the first incident, five separate complaints with similar allegations of sexual abuse would follow, investigators noted. All involved the same masseuse during the months that he was employed by the business between six separate customers, police say.
A number of the parties interviewed said they did not wish to be considered victims, the report states, but all shared similar accounts of what allegedly occurred during their appointments at the business.
