On October 10, 2025, Florida massage therapist Wilmer Osorio Lopez permanently surrendered his massage therapy license as part of disciplinary proceedings on his license. This development follows a February 23, 2024 Emergency Order from the Florida Department of Health restricting his license to work as a massage therapist due to an allegation that he sexually assaulted a 24-year-old male client at Spavia Day Spa in Naples. Osorio Lopez had been a licensed massage therapist in Florida since January 2023.
In November 2024, Osorio Lopez plead no contest to battery and was adjudicated guilty in the criminal case in Collier County for this same offense. He was sentenced to the county jail for 3 months and probation for 12 months
According to the Department of Health public records, on December 3, 2023, Osorio Lopez performed a 60-minute massage on his client. Osorio Lopez instructed the client to lie face-down under two sheets. During the massage, Osorio Lopez reportedly pushed his fingers inside the client's underwear multiple times. The client asked if he should have taken them off prior to the massage, and Osorio Lopez indicated that it would be better for the massage and pulled them off, leaving the client's buttocks exposed.
Osorio Lopez placed the sheet on the client and asked him to turn over to lie on his back. Osorio Lopez asked the client if he wanted the top sheet taken off. Osorio Lopez then allegedly grabbed the client's genitalia and began stroking it. The client reportedly asked Lopez to stop and was shocked about what had happened. Osorio Lopez did not stop according to the charging documents, and the client indicated he did not want to be touched near his genitals. Osorio Lopez placed the sheet back on the client and told him he did it only because he "looked horny."
Wilmer Osorio Lopez apologized to the client and asked him not to say anything. He then got his phone number from the system and texted the client post-massage, stating he made a mistake. The client had to block the calls because of the repeated attempts to contact him.
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. Incidents such as this are a reminder that persons who may commit sexual misconduct work in all industries, even professions in which we typically place our blind trust. All allegations of sexual abuse must be thoroughly investigated by law enforcement, and employers must be especially vigilant in supervision and protection at all times. Wilmer Osorio Lopez has been accused of abusing his power and lacking good moral judgment to massage male clients safely.
Horowitz Law has filed numerous sexual assault lawsuits in Collier County and throughout Florida against massage therapists for clients who were inappropriately touched at massage 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.