Woman assaulted in brighton after answering advert for massage

By Mike Ashworth | October 16, 2009

Police in Brighton and Hove are currently investigating a claim that a man offering to pay women to massage them sexually assaulted one of the women at her home.

The report in today’s Argus states that an 18-year-old woman in Brighton claims she responded to an advert on the online classified advertising site Gumtree where a man was offering to pay £15 for a massage model, who would receive a sensual massage.  The woman claims he visited her home, where he performed the massage and then sexually assaulted her.

Interestingly the advert for a “massage model”  still appears on the gumtree site and here is the link. I am making an assumption that this is the advert of course because of its wording.

female massage model required

Male masseur looking for a massage model to practice on.
Would be looking to visit you to practice.
So come on ladies if you fancy a free massage or just wanna help a guy out please get in touch.

Now working to the assumption that the above is the advert in question we now have a major gap in the account given and the advert. The advert states it is free and the lady who has made these allegations has claimed that she was paid £15, clearly something is amiss.

If the claims are true that a massage was all that was agreed and a sexual assault took place then a terrible crime has occurred. I’d urge everyone to be cautious when answering adverts for such “free” services.

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