Foster City Masseuse Pleads to Sexual Battery

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A 27-year-old masseuse who worked at the Peninsula Jewish Community Center in Foster City has pleaded no contest to felony sexual battery, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office.

Victor James Petush, a Foster City resident, pleaded no contest Tuesday to committing sexual battery on a victim he was massaging earlier this year on the condition of serving up to one year in the county jail.

His plea was made on the condition Petush will not face prison time. He remains out of custody on a $100,000 bail bond and is due back in court on Oct. 30 for his sentencing.

Petush gave a massage to the victim on Feb. 10 and started off the massage with "several inappropriate remarks about what a great body she had," District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.

The victim had reportedly received multiple massages at the PJCC in the past, but never before from Petush.

During the massage, Petush allegedly started massaging the victim's groin and genital area, and then digitally penetrated her, according to prosecutors.

Petush then grabbed her hand and forcibly made her masturbate him, prosecutors said.

The victim was "extremely scared" and repeatedly told him to stop, but Petush persisted and the victim could not leave, according to prosecutors.
 
After the incident, the victim was hysterical and called her friends and then the police.

Petush claimed she consented to all contact, though other victims beyond the statue of limitations have since come forward.