the essentials A 40-year-old disabled sports master who has been converted into a masseur is suspected of having raped one of his patients. According to the Parisian, the blind masseur was taken into custody in Paris on Saturday, June 26th.
A disabled sports champion is suspected of having raped a patient. This blind masseur was taken into police custody in Paris on the evening of June 26th after one of his patients accused him of raping him during a Shiatsu session, reports Le Parisien. The cycling world champion denies the facts.
It was around 9:50 pm when this 22-year-old young woman called the police to inform her that she had just been raped by her blind masseur. She explains that she fell asleep on the massage table. The forties then took the opportunity to caress their private parts and even went so far as to rape them, reports Le Parisien.
The inconsolable victim
When the police arrive on site, they discover the young woman curled up in a hallway of a building, who is constantly crying and unable to speak. When she finally manages to calm down, the alleged victim explains that her boyfriend had offered her a 1h30 massage thanks to the “Treat well” application. She went to the meeting around 6:20 p.m.
“The professional first massaged her back before asking her to turn around, says a source close to the case. She then fell asleep before she lost track of time. While he continued to massage her, she felt deeply attacked, but couldn’t react as if she couldn’t wake up. “
Knight of the Legion of Honor
The detained ex-athlete denies the facts, stating that he is used to giving full massages but making sure “that he in no way touches the sex of his patients”. He also states that he has already massaged the victim and her boyfriend.
Knight of the Legion of Honor, the former athlete has received several awards at national level and was crowned Olympic champion of the kilometer started in tandem at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. He was blindly the victim of a “gun accident” since he was 7 years old.
Before being an accountant and then an SNCF agent in human resources management and communication, he changed his career, “because he knows the body and needs of athletes well because he was himself,” he writes in a creed. The masseur will be in custody for the next 48 hours.
Last March, a 49-year-old blind physiotherapist was suspected of having raped one of his patients in his office on Place d’Italie in Paris, reports Le Parisien.