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Civil Litigation

Mar. 10, 2022

LA massage sex assault case part of national pattern

The complaint alleges that the Soleil Spa owner “knew or should have known at all relevant times that sexual assaults of clients by massage therapists are not unusual because of national, California and industry press coverage regarding the hundreds of women (including dozens from California) who have been sexually assaulted by massage therapists. …”

A woman sued Los Angeles massage parlor Soleil Spa on Wednesday, alleging she was sexually assaulted by her massage therapist in a case that exemplifies a worrying trend of similar cases throughout the U.S., according to her attorneys.

Plaintiff Jane P., represented by private practitioner David G. Spivak of Sherman Oaks and New York-based David E. Gottlieb and of counsel Laura E. Edidin of Wigdor LLP, stated in her filing in Los Angeles Co...

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