In Lyon, a masseur suspected of sexual assault while under judicial supervision

The file could be taught at the school of the magistracy, in the chapter of the errors of justice concerning the cases of sexual delinquency. Returned to the Lyon Criminal Court for aggravated sexual assault, Mustafa Fevsi S., 71, was again indicted, and this time imprisoned, on April 8, for other alleged facts. The man, who presents himself as a specialist in lymphatic massages, is suspected of having reiterated his questionable practices, taking advantage of the lifting of his ban on exercising, granted because of a chaotic procedure. He denies any sexual deviance, highlighting the attestations of several of his clients, satisfied with his services.

The case, of which The world accessed the file, began in June 2017 with the complaint of Camille (the first name has been changed), 32 years old. The young woman denounces a traumatic scene, lived in the back of the herbalist’s shop, in the 2e district of Lyon. Cook by profession, she looked for plants against her sleep disorders. Introducing himself as a naturopath, the manager of the shop advised him to have a lymphatic massage to solve his problem. “He showed me a chart explaining the steps of massage. I let myself be convinced “, tell the World the young lady. Camille found herself on a massage table, in a small room with subdued light, surprised to see Mustafa Fevsi S. come back wearing a satin blouse. “It wasn’t a very medical appearance. His gestures were immediately tendentious. I was paralyzed, unable to react. It was so improbable to find myself there, almost naked, at her mercy ”, said the young woman.

The naturopath insisted that she follow several sessions, proposing to lower the price from 50 to 10 euros. With tears in her eyes, Camille made an appointment to escape her pressure, without following up. “A mechanism in my brain prevented me from realizing that I had been the victim of sexual touching. It took me weeks to accept that there had been a problem. I hesitated to speak about it to justice, for fear of not being understood ”, explains Camille. The liberation of the word instilled by the #metoo movement, encouraged the young woman to cross the door of the specialized police service.

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“A caricature of a sexual assault file”

Other victims stand out, describing a similar scenario of confused scientism, astonishment and shame. They tell the police that they were subjected to inappropriate gestures and comments during these massages carried out in the small room lit by a salt lamp, lined with diplomas and mystical images. Hand on the breast, or near the sex, insistent caresses, the supposed caregiver sometimes found himself in underwear, astride their buttocks, making lascivious movements. “I was looking for alternative care. At the third session, he asked me if it bothered me to be naked. I was in doubt, I did not trust myself, I wondered if I was not too sensitive, it seems crazy but suddenly we do not react. Today, I know it was not normal ”, says Marie, 33 years old.

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