Married UK Hollywood star groped me claims masseuse
A MARRIED British actor has been questioned by police over claims he sexually assaulted a massage therapist.
The star, who also works in Hollywood, is said to have groped the masseuse and rubbed himself against her during a session at his home.
Police interviewed the actor, who is not being named, under caution at the end of last month.
The alleged victim, a single mother who works for a reputable company, said she was hired by the man for regular appointments last summer. He paid her around £500 a month. The alleged assault in the autumn left her “frozen” and it took her a long time to realise what had happened, she said.
When she turned up at his London house that day he tried to kiss her before the session began, she claimed.
She said: “When I started to massage his upper legs, he started to ask me to go further up and close to his crotch.”
She became visibly upset, and the actor, who was wearing an untied dressing gown, said he “understood”, she claimed. But then he “grabs my waist” and starts to “touch me, touch my body, touch my bottom and to rub himself on me”.
The woman said her client then told her he did not have enough money to pay for the massage session.
She also said she had developed a friendship with the man and they began exchanging “flirtatious” messages in August, some of which were sent at night and signed off with kisses.
After the alleged assault, the woman said they continued to message and she returned to his home for another appointment a week later, hoping he would apologise and pay the money he owed her. She said: “I just wanted to make things good and get paid. I said, ‘He’s going to apologise. Everything’s going to be fine.’”
But he refused to talk, encouraged her to leave and paid what he owed with a £40 tip, she said.
The alleged incident was reported to Scotland Yard on January 30.
Latest figures show around 700,000 people between 16 and 59 are victims of sexual assault each year. But only half of those reported end up in court.