State v. Ms. C (DMC No. 13362) – Massage Involving Exposed Breasts, Touching Genitals, Viewing Genitals, Client Exposing Genitals & Failure to Maintain Massage Log – Reduced to Massage Act in an Arousing Manner with Zero Days in Jail – Scottsdale City Court (Case No. 2015-018819):
Scottsdale Detectives were doing an operation to discover prostitution at various massage parlors within city limits. They inspected a business by the name of E Spa, and found Ms. C was there with a client. They pulled the massage client out of the room and began pressuring him. They made promises that he would not be charged with Prostitution “if he cooperated.” He then told the Detectives that Ms. C had masturbated him and exposed her breasts, and that she had done this one time in the past.
Instead of charging Ms. C with Prostitution, they decided to charge her with various City Code Violations of 16-221 et.seq. They claimed that she did not maintain a proper log, that she massaged a client who was not covered, that she exposed her breasts, that she touched his genitals and that she viewed his genitals intentionally. They also stated that she provided a massage with the intent to arouse. We then became involved in the case and we showed the prosecutor that the count regarding failure to maintain a log falls on the massage facility licensee, not on the actual masseuse. As to the other counts, we showed them that this was “hearsay” that the client was pressured due to the intimidation of being forced to “cooperate.” Lastly, the claim that she had a short skirt and a plunging blouse was also fairly weak evidence. Ultimately, the Prosecutor Reduced the Charges down to a single count which included Zero Days in Jail.