Chester County Massage Therapist Assaulted Client, Police Say

A Lancaster County man has been arrested and charged with aggravated indecent assault after police say he sexually assaulted a client during a massage therapy session.

James R. Dieter, 63, of Holtwood, has been remanded to Chester County Prison on $25,000 bail after the district attorney’s office and West Goshen Township police arrested him Wednesday.

“This defendant took advantage of a victim in a very vulnerable position,” said Assistant District Attorney Michael Noone. ”The defendant groomed the victim by providing massage therapy a number of times before sexually assaulting her. He waited until he had earned her trust over a number of appointments before assaulting her.”

According to the DA’s office, the defendant was a massage therapist at Massage Envy on West Chester Pike in West Goshen. Police say that the victim contacted investigators May 2 and said that Dieter inappropriately touched intimate parts of her body during a therapy session.

The report from the DA’s office says that she had been a client who had six previous sessions with Dieter that were normal, and that she recommended him to her friends. After the May 2 incident, she immediately contacted the police.

“Based on the experience of law enforcement, there may be other victims out there,” said Noone. “We are asking anybody with information to contact the police immediately.”