Monroe Massage Therapist Charged With Sexual Assault After Inappropriately Touching Client: Police

A massage therapist is facing sexual assault charges after a female client accused him of inappropriately touching her during a massage at his Monroe business, police said. 

Bruce Smith 58, of Rhinebeck, New York, turned himself into Monroe police on an arrest warrant Friday in connection to a complaint police have been investigating since August. A female client told police that Smith touched her inappropriately while he was giving her a massage at the Etheric Center at 731 Main Street in Monroe.

Smith is a licensed massage therapist and runs Etheric Massage within the Center for Authentic Living. He practices traditional and eastern massage techniques "to manipulate the physical body and create movement in the etheric (energy) body in complementary ways that allow clients to 'find center' -- an alignment of the two bodies that results in long lasting experiences of true healing," according to the description of his business on the Center for Authentic Living website.

Monroe police charged Smith with fourth-degree sexual assault. Police released him after he posted a $5,000 bond and he is due in court on Oct. 10.

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