Isrhunter Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 MIAMI – Officers arrested a man Wednesday they accused of sexually assaulting a man last year — while working as an app-based massage therapist. The 30-year-old victim told police he was a regular user of the Soothe app, which allows users to request the services of a massage therapist, cosmetologists, and estheticians. He said he requested a deep tissue massage on Oct. 31 and a masseur he didn’t know arrived at his home at 8:40 p.m. and set up a massage table in the living room, according to the arrest report. When the massage service allegedly turned into oral sex without his consent, he jumped off the massage table, ran to the kitchen, grabbed a knife, and ordered the man to get out, according to the report. The victim called the police. He also allegedly reported the crime to representatives of the Los Angeles-based Soothe app, which is marketed on Apple and Google Play as “the largest and most trusted on-demand wellness platform in the world.” Detectives later identified the masseur as Victor Martin, who lives in Broward County’s city of Hollywood. State records show Martin was licensed by the Florida Department of Health from Sept. 13, 2011, to Aug. 31, 2023. Officers arrested Martin, 30, after midnight on Wednesday at the Miami Police Department’s headquarters. Miami-Dade corrections officers booked Martin shortly before 3 a.m., and they were holding him without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. He is facing a felony charge of sexual battery. https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/06/08/masseuse-accused-of-sexual-battery-at-miami-home/ + Vegas_Millennial 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ robear Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 oh for fuck's sake + Cock Eyed Optimist, Cruiser7 and + Italiano 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarrod_Uncut Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 This story makes absolutely no sense though… If anything, the victim is the person who should have been arrested for assault for running to grab a knife in the kitchen. That’s just bizarre. Like, was the guy even gay. Was this not discussed? + Italiano and Isrhunter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ azdr0710 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 THREE sides to every story + Lucky, + glutes, thomas and 3 others 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wsc Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 To quote the Warden in Cool Hand Luke, "What we have here is a failure to communicate!" Isrhunter, + Lucky and + augustus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Italiano Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 The masseur started oral sex to the client's totally soft penis, yeah, sure.......🙄 + robear, + Lucky, Cruiser7 and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ robear Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Reading this again, there's a LOT missing from this "police blotter" report ... The incident happened almost 8 month ago. It took an 8-month investigation to get to an arrest? This is what the Miami-Dade prosecutors spend their time doing? Why was the arrest at 3 in the morning? On a FELONY assault charge?? And he's held in custody without bond?? The therapist has been licensed since 2011 (when he would have been 19 yo). Not new on the block. Hard to imagine he wasn't scrupulous about "extras," especially if booked through a mainstream site. Of course, the scenario immediately suggests gay panic, where the client was into it until he freaked out about it. As others suggest above, how did we get to "mouth on peen"? Was client draped? Was there genital touch prior to MOP? Was there any communication about any of this? It's too minor an incident to ever get any news follow-up so we'll never know. But it's too bad this kind of chilling, sketchy story floats around out there without any clarity. + Lucky, + Cock Eyed Optimist, Luv2play and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 I have found the masseur to be not guilty! Isrhunter, Rand, + friendofsheila and 5 others 2 1 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maninsoma Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 While I'm inclined to join the chorus of outrage and assume that the masseur did nothing wrong, I'll play devil's advocate: Suppose the client really did just want a therapeutic massage. He used an app not known for erotic massages, not Rentmasseur. Even if the client got an erection while being massage (and we don't know whether that happened), that doesn't mean the client wanted sex. Physiological arousal doesn't always mean someone's mental status is congruent with that. So maybe the masseur just misread the situation or, worse, charged ahead without any indication that the client wanted more than a therapeutic massage. As to it taking so long to arrest the guy, that could mean a lot of things. It sounds like the client reported the incident to police right away, so perhaps they didn't make it a priority right away. Or maybe the police were attempting to set up a sort-of sting to catch the same masseur doing something similar with a different client so the case wouldn't be just the word of two people. As to holding the guy without bond, there may be other factors involved in that decision such as criminal history. I think we are all inclined to think that nothing wrong could have happened other than the client freaking out because we are members of a site that discusses escorts and masseurs. And while I'm inclined to view the client's reaction as way overboard and am skeptical of the treatment of the masseur (i.e., is he being treated differently because this involved gay sex?), I'm also not willing to just jump to conclusions based on the very little information presented in that article. Cruiser7, EZEtoGRU, Luv2play and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvwnsd Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 To me, the client did not need to grab a knife. Once he got off the table, he could have asked the masseur to leave. While I don't condone the masseur's alleged actions, I don't think the client reported all of the details. Isrhunter, + Italiano, + augustus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wsc Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 3 hours ago, maninsoma said: As to it taking so long to arrest the guy, that could mean a lot of things. It sounds like the client reported the incident to police right away, so perhaps they didn't make it a priority right away. Or maybe the police were attempting to set up a sort-of sting to catch the same masseur doing something similar with a different client so the case wouldn't be just the word of two people. Would that be a case of word of mouth? I'm sorry; I couldn't resist. Luv2play 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadlift1 Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 How does the client prove that the provider was the instigator? + augustus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ glutes Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 @glutes, is this another fake masseur? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ glutes Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Lord knows Mr. Lucky, there are plenty of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maninsoma Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 15 hours ago, Deadlift1 said: How does the client prove that the provider was the instigator? It isn't that person's position to prove anything. That's the responsibility of police in terms of the arrest, and then prosecutors if it goes to trial. As I speculated up thread, we don't know what other information law enforcement has on this masseur. If there is no evidence of a crime other than the client's statements, I doubt this will get very far in the legal justice system. + Lucky and + robear 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isrhunter Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 2 hours ago, maninsoma said: It isn't that person's position to prove anything. That's the responsibility of police in terms of the arrest, and then prosecutors if it goes to trial. As I speculated up thread, we don't know what other information law enforcement has on this masseur. If there is no evidence of a crime other than the client's statements, I doubt this will get very far in the legal justice system. I agree and it seems a bit much to hold him without bond as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ The Big Guy Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 This story would make me re-think being a therapist in Miami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ friendofsheila Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Was it a butter knife? + augustus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser7 Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 On 6/9/2022 at 7:56 AM, robear said: Why was the arrest at 3 in the morning? On a FELONY assault charge?? The article states he was arrested “after midnight at Miami Police Headquarters.”My guess is he came in for an interview and gave them enough to go forward with charges. This is why you Never. Ever. Talk. To. The. Police! + augustus and + robear 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maninsoma Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 2 hours ago, Cruiser7 said: The article states he was arrested “after midnight at Miami Police Headquarters.”My guess is he came in for an interview and gave them enough to go forward with charges. This is why you Never. Ever. Talk. To. The. Police! I would change that to "Don't talk to the police if there is a chance you broke the law." Getting paid by someone and having sex at the same time is illegal most everywhere in the USA, so it's obviously good advice for an escort or masseur to not discuss their work with the police. Tangential story: A couple of years ago, I was a "suspect" in the police's eyes because some delusional woman accused me of stealing a change purse from her. The situation was actually very odd. I had just stepped off a bus and suddenly this crazy woman confronted me, saying I had bent over and taken the change purse she had just dropped. I assured her that I didn't bend over, didn't pick up anything, and had no idea what she was talking about. I went to dinner with a friend, and then to a bookstore. In the bookstore, my friend said to me: "Isn't that the woman who accused you of stealing her purse?" I looked over and, sure enough, it was her and she was on the phone with the police giving a description of me. We left the store and a police car pulled up with their lights flashing. I knew what was going on, so I stopped and just told the cop exactly what happened. It was odd to be put in a position to be frisked on a busy public street, but I understood they were just doing their job. They took my driver's license and discovered I had no record. When they decided to let me go, I told the policeman that I wanted to make sure that they let my friend and I get far enough away before they let the crazy woman go as it creeped me out that she had managed to follow us for over an hour while we walked around a neighborhood with neither my friend nor me noticing her. I think the cop was a little surprised by my request, but I explained that I didn't want to leave the theater my friend and I were on our way to in a couple of hours only to find her again. Who knew that what lengths this crazy person would go to retrieve her change purse from me that I didn't have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cany10011 Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 42 minutes ago, maninsoma said: I would change that to "Don't talk to the police if there is a chance you broke the law." Getting paid by someone and having sex at the same time is illegal most everywhere in the USA, so it's obviously good advice for an escort or masseur to not discuss their work with the police. Tangential story: A couple of years ago, I was a "suspect" in the police's eyes because some delusional woman accused me of stealing a change purse from her. The situation was actually very odd. I had just stepped off a bus and suddenly this crazy woman confronted me, saying I had bent over and taken the change purse she had just dropped. I assured her that I didn't bend over, didn't pick up anything, and had no idea what she was talking about. I went to dinner with a friend, and then to a bookstore. In the bookstore, my friend said to me: "Isn't that the woman who accused you of stealing her purse?" I looked over and, sure enough, it was her and she was on the phone with the police giving a description of me. We left the store and a police car pulled up with their lights flashing. I knew what was going on, so I stopped and just told the cop exactly what happened. It was odd to be put in a position to be frisked on a busy public street, but I understood they were just doing their job. They took my driver's license and discovered I had no record. When they decided to let me go, I told the policeman that I wanted to make sure that they let my friend and I get far enough away before they let the crazy woman go as it creeped me out that she had managed to follow us for over an hour while we walked around a neighborhood with neither my friend nor me noticing her. I think the cop was a little surprised by my request, but I explained that I didn't want to leave the theater my friend and I were on our way to in a couple of hours only to find her again. Who knew that what lengths this crazy person would go to retrieve her change purse from me that I didn't have? Can crazy woman be given a restraining order? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maninsoma Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 13 minutes ago, cany10011 said: Can crazy woman be given a restraining order? Well, if she knew who I was and kept stalking me I might have pursued that. Given that this occurred in a neighborhood I don't frequent, I wasn't worried about her continuing to harass me once I got far enough away from her that she couldn't keep following me. cany10011 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
former lurker Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/11/2022 at 9:49 AM, cany10011 said: Can crazy woman be given a restraining order? That might be counterproductive. PO's generally disallow being w/in a set distance from a certain place or places, as the protected person's home. If the restrained person doesn't know where that home is, in order to issue the order, the court must reveal it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 The only sexual battery here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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