John Ackerman, 56, denied the allegations and said he only massaged the clients where they consented.
Ackerman, 56, denied the allegations, said he only massaged the clients where they consented, and after their accounts were tested in court, his defence lawyer Natasha Calvinho won four acquittals.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
In cross-examination led by Calvinho, the complainant agreed that “police communicated to her the idea that she had been the victim of a sexual assault.” The women testified that they felt vulnerable and uncomfortable during the massages — and all said he touched them inappropriately.Article content But under cross-examination by Calvinho, the woman testified that Ackerman asked her if she wished to have her “glutes” massaged, and she said recalled saying yes. She went on to tell court that the massage therapist relieved tension. She also said, again under cross-examination, that she was “very at ease with him massaging her glutes” .
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