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Masseuse Who Used Spycam On Clients Goes To Jail
posted (March 15, 2013)
68 year-old Kevin Lee, the acupuncturist who made local and international news when he was arrested and deported to Belize for deviant sexual behavior is in jail tonight, after he was convicted his criminal trial today.

Viewers may remember that in October of 2011, he was detained in Los Angeles when reports emerged in Belize that he secretly made hundreds of videos of his clients - men and women included - as they undressed in his clinic.

But Belizean privacy laws do not encompass clandestine videotaping, so nothing could come from all those recordings. The DPP's office relied instead on a 20 year-old woman who came forward and made a report of aggravated assault of an indecent nature against him.

This woman came to Magistrate's Court and testified in the trial which started last year that on April 6, 2011, she went to his clinic to get a back massage. She said that during this supposed massage; Lee fondled her, which caused her to be annoyed because he was abusing her trust. She said that she paid Lee $60 and left quickly that day, very upset by the inappropriate behavior.

In his defence, Lee flatly denied the allegation saying that he never touched her inappropriately. He did admit that he gave this woman a massage on two separate days, but according to him, on the particular day that she is claiming that he assaulted her, he used a machine to massage her because he was busy with other clients.

He said that the way that the machine massages, and the areas that it applies pressure is not where he touches, and that he never touched her inappropriately as she is claiming.

Before she delivered her ruling, Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer addressed Lee saying that throughout the trial, she believes that he has not been truthful while giving his answers to the interpreter. She then contrasted this with the evidence presented by his accuser who was more credible, in her opinion.

Senior Magistrate Frazer said that the only question facing her in the decision was whether or not the woman had any reasons to make a maligned report against him due to any underlying grudge.

Senior Magistrate Frazer then informed him that there was no indication in the trial that the woman was being untruthful, and as a result, she accepted her evidence as reflecting the true version of events. As a result, she found him guilty of the charge.

Because it is his first offence, she sentenced him to spend 1 year in prison. He has indicated that he intends to pursue his right to appeal.

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