Bellingham massage therapist suspended for allegedly touching women inappropriately
The Washington state Department of Health has suspended the license of a Bellingham massage therapist over allegations that he inappropriately touched five female clients.
Jeremy Robert Wilson’s credentials were suspended pending legal action, the state agency said in a release Wednesday, Nov. 13.
He was arrested Aug. 29 and charged with one count of fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation in Bellingham Municipal Court.
Wilson pleaded not guilty on Aug. 30. His next court date is set for Dec. 3, according to court officials.
That arrest, Bellingham Police Lt. Claudia Murphy told The Bellingham Herald, was linked to an accusation that Wilson inappropriately touched a woman who went to Bellingham Mobile Massage Therapy in the 100 block of North Commercial Street for a scheduled massage therapy appointment on May 1.
During that appointment, he allegedly touched intimate areas on the woman that did not need to be massaged or touched given the location of the original areas of pain or discomfort listed by the woman, Murphy said.
The state Department of Health release said there were additional women.
The agency said Wilson allegedly touched the women inappropriately between November 2016 and May 2019 while providing massage treatment.
The state Department of Health alleged that he exhibited behaviors, gestures and expressions that could be interpreted as sexual.
Wilson cannot give massages in the state until the charges against him have been resolved, the state said.
He was first issued a massage therapist’s license in August 2016, according to Department of Health records.
This story was originally published November 13, 2019 at 9:21 AM.
