On October 3, 2024, massage therapist Leandro Pardo-Fuentes of Miami, Florida, was arrested after allegations were made by a female client that she was sexually assaulted by Pardo-Fuentes while he Log Outwas employed to perform massage at The Mark Spa located at 14510 SW 8th St, in Miami, FL. Pardo-Fuentes, age 32, has been a licensed massage therapist in Florida since 2019. Pardo-Fuente is facing one count of sexual battery on a victim 18 or older.
According to media reports, the arrest affidavit from the Miami-Dade Police Department shows that the incident occurred on October 2, 2024, around 5 pm at The Mark Spa. The report states that a 25-year-old female client received a massage from Pardo-Fuentes and claims she was groped and touched inappropriately. She reported that Pardo-Fuentes digitally penetrated her vagina, exposed himself to her, and forced her to touch him against her will. He allegedly tried to kiss her but then licked her right breast instead.
Clients of massage therapists are placed in isolated, vulnerable settings where they can be subject to abuse by their massage therapists. Due to the potential for abuse that is inherent under these circumstances, massage therapists must possess good judgment and good moral character in order to practice massage therapy safely. Pardo-Fuentes willfully abused his position as a massage therapist to sexually violate a patient.
Horowitz Law has filed numerous sexual assault lawsuits against massage therapists for clients who were inappropriately touched at various salons and spas. If you have been a victim of sexual assault or sexual battery during a massage, or if you know someone who has, please contact our law firm at 888-283-9922 or email sexual abuse lawyer Adam Horowitz for a free consultation.