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CEDAR CITY — A southern Utah massage therapist already facing a criminal charge accusing him of touching a client inappropriately is now facing multiple additional charges.
Tyler Trost Braun, 42, was charged in October in 5th District Court with forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony. At that time, police said they believed there were additional victims whose cases were still under investigation.
On Tuesday, 10 additional cases were filed against Braun. In the 11 cases now filed, he is facing a total of 14 counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony, and one count of object rape, a first-degree felony.
The new charges are for alleged assaults dating back to April 2022 through August of this year.
"Multiple female victims have come forward to report that Tyler Trost Braun … sexually assaulted them while they were clients at a local Cedar City massage parlor," according to a police booking affidavit filed after Braun's original arrest.
One woman who contacted police agreed to confront Braun about his alleged behavior in a recorded call monitored by detectives. She says she was assaulted in August. During the call, Braun said he was sorry and that he knew she didn't ask for it to happen, the affidavit states.
"She asked him again later in the phone call why he touched her … and he said, 'I guess I'm delusional, I think that's probably why it happened.' She told him that this was a sexual touch and it did not feel like it was a mistake. Tyler replied by stating, 'Uh yeah, yeah, there's no denying it was anything but a sexual act,'" according to the affidavit.
Braun's massage therapist license expired in May, according to the Utah Division of Professional Licensing's website.
