A masseur from Allentown, PA was just slapped with three years of probation after sexually assaulting a male client.
39-year-old Christopher Atanazy was employed as a masseur at a spa called Kneading Hands when his 18-year-old victim came in for a massage last September.
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According to the victim, when he arrived for his massage, Atanazy introduced himself and said he would be conducting the session. The victim requested that he concentrate mainly on his legs and calves.
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During the session, however, the victim says Atanazy slowly crept up his legs and towards his crotch. He eventually pulled out the young man’s penis from his boxer shorts. The victim froze, later telling police he was in “shock, scared and had no idea what to do.”
Soon Atanazy began performing oral sex on him. And that’s when the young man jumped up, put his clothes back on, and bolted for the door. He then called both a family member and police.
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In the police report, the victim said “he didn’t want this incident to happen and never gave permission” for Atanazy to touch him anywhere other than his legs and calves.
Police say Atanazy admitted to the sexual assault, though court records indicate that the counts of indecent assault and sexual assault were both withdrawn this week. Instead, he was charged with open lewdness and simple assault.
In addition to being placed on probation, Atanazy was banned from ever working as a masseur again. He was also ordered undergo random drug testing, to pay a $500 fine, and to refrain from making any contact with the victim.
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h/t: The Morning Call
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Phillip Bernal
1st why did the client let him finish, 2nd Masseur is a total idiot for even doing this, lucky he only got probation.
Brian
It’s wrong to abuse your position of trust and perform a sex act on an unwilling person. Even if the man enjoyed being massaged to the point of erection, that’s not a green light to cause an emission.
Sheldon Siegel
That sucks.
Eli Santiago
Good. Stupid ass.
John Kuehnle
Was the guy drugged?
James Rumsey
You sure it was a masseur and not a prostitute that does massages?
Sand Nierenberg
Oh please he got a blowjob and didn’t stop it that second please begone liar
Mark Reimer
Unless the “client” was tied-to-the-table and/or drugged; how could the BJ be considered “unwanted”?
Miles Hoffman
Um, I’m gay, and if this happened to me, I’d be pissed. You don’t do that to anyone with out permission.
Gary Kauffman
Whoopsie! He started to like it and got scared he turn gay. LMAO
John P Farinhas
who would not want a blowie!?
Fabricio Guerrero
Why people do not read the article before write something? Is such an stupid thing
Myk Gonzales
I think the guys didnt do a good job blowing that is why the supposed victim is whining. Hahaha
Brian
Sometimes guys get stiff but that doesn’t mean they want another man’s mouth on it.
Steve Russell
Why do all my fantasies happen to other unwilling people?
Richard Carrisosa
Jess Taniyama, Kyle Armour, Chantel Villalobos, Kaitlin Elgarico Alhambra, Allan Vincent Cruz,Angelenna Montoya,Dorie Sanchez
Irish Ryan
Now that is weird
Jackson David Taylor
If he let him finish….
Jason Ryan
This is not FUNNY by any means. This is a violation of privacy. This is a form of RAPE. And shame on ANY of you for laughing. The guy did not ALLOW this to happen. If you learn how to read, it says he got dressed when it started and ran out.
Philip Epstein
Buyers remorse
Glücklich
What? No tit play? No tip for that masseur.
o.codone
The kid’s a dipshit.
Mili Raki?
Christopher Wayne Lykins
What he did was wrong, without the clients permission..but, to take away his ability to earn money as a Masseur….thats pretty drastic, and uncalled for.
crowebobby
He didn’t “let him finish.” And if he was a fairly timid kid from a small town who had never had any dealings with gays, it is perfectly feasible he would not know how he was supposed to react in the situation. People on this site are always screaming about pedophilia when a guy his age is voluntarily involved with a man the masseur’s age, but in this case where the boy may have been legitimately intimidated by the man’s age, no one is willing to give the benefit of the doubt.
Daren Loyko
IF I WAS STR8 I WOULD HAVE JUST WENT WITH IT
Daren Loyko
JUST GET A GRIP GUYS THIS IS RIDICULOUS NOW JUST COME ON……ITS NOT LIKE HE GOT ANAL!
Stephen Meeks
What does drug testing have to do with this? Is that just something that is done regardless of the cause of probation?
Captain Obvious
So he waited until after his happy ending to cry and complain. Sure he “didn’t know” and it sure does sound “unwanted”. More like closeted kid gay panicing. What a pansy.
Brian
This is a form of oral rape in my view.
Justin Divas
Queerty is like a supermarket tabloid for basic queens.
Sondi Moore
However, if it had been a female, I doubt he would have filed charges. Surprise, even men get sexual abuse.
Xzamilio
Where does it say anywhere that he let him finish? I see where it says he began performing oral sex and then the 18 year old jumped up and ran out… so, how does one jump to the conclusion that he let him finish? It reads like unwanted sexual contact. Now, I’m not saying questions shouldn’t be asked, but it sounds more like conclusions being jumped to instead of probing.
James Sigmon
What ever the straight guy wanted it
Morris Spinetti
What a load of crap
Brian
I once accepted a massage from an Indian hotel manager at a resort in Australia. I went to his home and he asked me to lie on the massage table. I would have stayed longer except his breath smelt ghastly.
Wayne Bittner
Glücklich
@Xzamilio:
Maybe the lack of probing before the BJ was the problem.
rickhfx
Good lord, that never happens to me, bummer.
rickhfx
The massage isn’t finished until the client get relief.
Xzamilio
@Glücklich: As soon as I saw “probing” I knew the jokes were coming lol
southernscot
@Christopher Wayne Lykins: you did read the bit where the 37 year old male Masseur admits to sexually assaulting his 18 year old male client, I would not say the penalty was drastic or uncalled for, rather totally appropriate in terms of protecting the public. The customer went to a spa and the masseur was convicted of open lewdness which could lead to him being a registered sex offender. Would you really want to employ someone who appears on that list in this role? If he had been found guilty of indecent assault or sexual assault he would be doing time never mind losing his ability to earn money. Add in to this that the masseur is also HIV positive the charges could have been a lot worse. Oh and the spa has since shut down so he isn’t the only one out of a job!
Hollz Templeton
But was he drinking and wearing a tube top?
Prinny
The guy got too easy for this.
RIGay
As an LMT, the therapist is an idiot and got what he deserved. If you can’t maintain the boundaries, then you should not be in the profession.
Chris
When I started getting massages, therapists would tell me that getting a stiffie is not uncommon; but that, since they are professionals, I should not be embarrassed or worry. They would stop and give me a chance to recover. This masseur — who actively tried to stimulate his young client — does not strike me as being very professional.
Steven Burr
Some people don’t know how lucky they have it…………………..
Mark Pointon
What? He didn’t swallow?
skcord
@Fabricio Guerrero: your avatar is the best. I love Yellow D…
Jack Anthony Owen
I’m never that lucky!
Tim Michael Blake
“Unwanted”
Dizon Rey Xerxes
when I read the article it said the masseur crept from his legs and to his crotch, and he performed a Hand job,
the victim froze.
so, if that was me I would’ve stop the masseur immediately before he give me H.J.! what would the victim’s action indicate? it means he allowed it in the first place (in the mind of the masseur)
then the masseur assumed he wanted a B.J.
Jaime Enrique Sibauste
Don’t get a hard on when getting a massage. He could of grab and cover his nuts and penis if he didn’t want a happy ending.ð???
Captain Obvious
Straight 18 year old boys totally take random spa days to unwind and relax from all the stress of having no kids and no priorities. I’m sure afterwards he returns home for a nice glass of wine and Real Housewives of Atlanta.
Unless this guy was built like the Hulk there’s really no reason to “freeze” when some guy is pulling your penis out of your underwear let alone letting him wrap his lips around it. Gimme a break.
The kid wanted it, probably went along with it, and then gay panic’d. I’m not about to get up in arms over something so stupid let alone call it rape.
What kind of pampered 18 year old boy is going to get massages in the first place? I didn’t get my first massage until I was like 28. Jesus.
BigG
As a gay man, if a woman ever tried this with me I would raise holy hell and press charges. Good for the kid.
Saskia Vreedenburgh Brink
I maybe wrong but don’t they say what they want and work out a fee so this straight guy got a freebie you know he could have just said whoa mate I’m cool down there NOT wait for the grand finale just saying
Saskia Vreedenburgh Brink
Case of guilty feeling afterwards
Saskia Vreedenburgh Brink
How can he still be banned if the charges of sexual assault was drop to lewd conduct me thinks there’s more to this story
Blair Kemp
He loved it !!!!!!!! Just trying to get in the news .
Sluggo2007
“The victim froze, later telling police he was in “shock, scared and had no idea what to do.”” What a bunch of bullshit! The only thing he was scared about is that someone would find out he got blown by a man!
Tackle
Damn some of you LACK basic reading comprehension. Before you write, read the article carefully. No where did it say the victim ALLOWED him to FINISH. It CLEARLY states, ” Soon Atanazy began performing oral sex on him, and that’s when the young man jumped up, put his cloths back on, and bolted for the door. He then called both a family member and police.” I know it’s exciting to want to add your two cents, but by not reading the article carefully you come off like you have no sense…
Paco
Sheesh! The sex offender admitted to the assault and the rapey queens of Queerty still make a joke of it.
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
Blowie? Graham…it’s a blowjob. Just say blowjob.
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
@BigG: No you wouldn’t.
Bauhaus
@Brian:
It was most likely the turd you ate kicking back on you, not the guy’s breath.
Jake2432
I’m astonished by some of these ‘he wanted it, why didn’t he leave sooner’ comments. Personally, I would have just said no thanks and wouldn’t have called the police — but to call the masseuse the victim here is incredibly wrong.
And I shoud probably rethink my own instincts.
A semi-relevant story about a sort of similar situation: I go to a Y where,there’s constant action in the adult-only membership plus change room.
I’ve had guys regularly get grabby in the steam room, shower and hot tub at the Y and I just say ‘no thanks’. A while back, a guy followed me from the steam room (I left because he and a couple other guys were openly jerking off even though there were like 15 guys in there) into the bathroom. As I was closing a stall, he pushed his way in. I was suprised and confused. I didn’t want to get caught or make a scene and wasn’t sure what to do. I just said no thanks.
There was noise outside, he went ‘shhh’ and closed the door, motioned me to stand beside the toilet where my legs wouldnt be seen, and started beating off. I wanted to push my way out, but I also didnt want to get caught. And stupidly, I didn’t want to insult this asshole. I just kept whispring no and pointing for him to go. There was a guy outside at the sink so I waited. I thought about just letting stall guy finish off so I could get out of there.
Within like 10 seconds, a (gay) manager pounded on the door (I guess others had been complaining about the guy) and demanded we open it. We were ordered to get dressed and turn in our memberships. The other guy took off, I went to my locker. The manager followed me, watched me get dressed and then, outside the change room in the public atrium in earshot of like 30 people, including parents with young kids, told me I was suspended for “what you two were doing in there.” It was a public shaming. And now I’m suspended from the Y for six months.
What troubles me the most and what’s related to this article is that, if I’d gotten out of it without getting caught, I probably wouldn’t have complained because I wouldn’t have wanted to betray a fellow gay man or screw up the cruising for everybody else. I certainly wouldn’t have even considered calling the police.
The gay frends who I’ve told about it have has a similar reaction to a lot of people here — they’ve said things like “you must have done something to show him you were interested” or they say things like “did you deliberatley clsoe the door really slowly?”
Sansacro
Massuer was a dick, but tired of our victim culture. Man, I have had guys and girls physically impose themselves on me, but you either go with it, or reject it, and MOVE ON. Unless you are physically overpowered and held down and raped, get the f*&k over it. Called the police?! wtf. . . Might have threatened to tell his boss, just to keep the dude in check, but, that’s about it.
Sansacro
@Sansacro: *masseur
KJ
If this had been a male on female crime, I hope we wouldn’t be saying what is being written about this victim. Why we do when the victim is male, I have no idea.
Captain Obvious
Blowjobs are so scary. This new pansy society is ridiculous. Every bleeding heart in the world wants to turn every little thing into an excuse to form a lynch mob and cry bloody murder.
Man or woman I would say the same thing. Someone stuck their hand in your undies and you lay there still and “afraid”… you’re a dope.
Keep calling him a victim all you want. It belittles the real victims of rape. The ones held down, forced against their will to be PENETRATED.
You people who keep giving others shit for not buying it are total idiots. You can’t force someone to accept a blow job. Get out of here with your dense sheep like asses.
Paco
@Captain Obvious: Not everyone is living in a gay masturbation fantasy where the world is a giant bathhouse and it is appropriate to to touch people in a sexual manner without permission. The masseur is in a position that requires trust and violated that by not being able to control himself like some common animal without a brain. The young man went a week before and had a female masseur and didn’t get assaulted. He wasn’t forced to accept a blow job. It was clearly stated that he got up and left. The sex offender that couldn’t control his sexual urges admitted to his inappropriate actions. No mention of a denial or that the young man asked for it.
Learn your boundaries boys.
money718
Yuk. Creep should be in prison. Unwanted sex is not cool.
Captain Obvious
@Paco: Nothing about this article is a fantasy of mine, thanks. You can form a lynch mob over some kid claiming he was assaulted orally all you want. Have fun with that.
Franklin
Reading these comments, all I can say is some gay men have some serious issues. *shaking my head*
BobbyB
This is rape. Simple as that. Not some awesome fantasy. I have a feeling some of you didn’t read the article fully. Stating a “BJ is a BJ”… Had a women done this to you all or a man you’re not into at all you’d be mad as hell. And for those who are calling the guy gay for going to get a massage(sp) then you have an issue of jumping to conclusions. A lot of athletes get them to help ease their pain and recover quickly from injury and even prevent injury. I just don’t understand some people. The masseur was lucky that those were all the charges he got.
Stache
Clearly the guy lacks the ability to see the signs of mutual attraction. Lets say your massaging around that area and the guy pops a boner. Then you brush up against it to see if he’s receptive. This is all 101 stuff of dating too.
Captain Obvious
@BobbyB: Yeah yeah yeah and then some guy bashes you over the head and excuses his gay panic because you made an unwanted advance.
I have a feeling some of you don’t know the damage you do by going along with crap like this.
2 steps forward, 10 steps back.
Paco
@Captain Obvious: So your argument is that gay men have the right to do whatever they want to others without consequence? Go right ahead minimizing what masseur did. If you are so concerned about “gay panic” then perhaps you should stop encouraging behaviors that can cause it. Defending a sexual predator that used his position to get his rocks off because he couldn’t control himself doesn’t help eliminate gay panic. If he was interested in the young man, he could have waited until the massage was completed and asked if he wanted to meet up later instead of behaving like a sex starved predator. He had no right to physically impose himself on the young man like that.
Captain Obvious
@Paco: How do you know he was a sexual predator?
How do you know this kid didn’t purposely seek out a gay man to get intimate with, panic, and then tell a story?
You’ve already labeled someone a sexual predator based on one half of a story and zero evidence.
Fact of the matter is 18 is adult and able to consent. The only reason this guy was really wrong is that he was at work and he wasn’t allowed to do anything sexual on the job.
But I’m looking at facts that I do have.
A ‘straight’ 18 year old getting a massage from a man. Hmm. A man who also just so happens to be gay.
And this man who had no prior rape accusations suddenly decides to just start ripping this guy’s penis out and sucking on it?
Say whatever you want about me for not believing it. I really don’t care. The story doesn’t add up and I really will not change my position on that.
“I was too afraid to get up.” from an 18 year old doesn’t fly. 18 year olds think they’re invincible. Trying to talk them out of fighting is like pulling teeth. And yet this kid was too afraid to throw a knee in the face of the guy trying to wrap lips around his penis? Yeah right.
You’re the one minimizing what rape truly is by making this into some huge issue. There are people who were held down, unable to escape, and forced to be penetrated doing tons of bodily harm to them.
If this man was trying to rape him then he wouldn’t have just gotten up off the table and ran way. So why are you trying to label him a predator?
There was some sort of queue that kid gave him otherwise he wouldn’t have done all that. Gay men aren’t idiots. Teens on the other hand usually are and like to flip flop.
You all act like you forgot what it’s like to be a gay teen who isn’t out and wants to have sexual intimacy but is afraid to admit you want to be with a man.
It’s much more likely that this dumb kid went there seeking sex, changed his mind, felt guilty, and lied because he thought someone would find out.
There’s no such thing as raping someone with your mouth. No rapist in the history of rapists has ever done that. But you know we can sit and ignore the facts. Whip out pitchforks and light the torches.
Paco
@Captain Obvious: just read the story linked in this one and you will see how wrong you are about the kid magically seeking out sex with the poz massage therapist.
Stache
I’m 100% sure that the kid got an erection during this. A massage just feels good. At 18 just about everything will cause that to happen as we all know. Now if you’re the Masseur I can see that being a mixed signal. Especially, if the guy was attractive.
Stache
@Paco: Except the kid didn’t know that at the time so it’s not a good argument to make.
Stache
@Captain Obvious: This reminds me of the stories I’ve heard of rapes getting charged to guys thinking the women wanted it at the time. After the alcohol wore off she changed her mind and presto rape.
dinard38
Wow. Some of these comments are appalling! Blaming the teenager and saying that he wanted it and just panicked just because he didn’t immediately stop this dummy from touching him. I’m sure he did freeze up because he didn’t know what to do. And yeah, for a few seconds, it might have felt good to the teenager. After all he is 18, and anyone touching your dick at that age is gonna feel good. But the bottom line is he didn’t give the masseuse permission to touch him there or blow him off. And if it was ‘buyer’s remorse’ as some stated, I don’t think he would have immediately ran to the police and tell a family member.
Bottom line is that the masseuse was inappropriate, consensual or not. He’s damn lucky that he didn’t go to jail or added to the sexual offenders registry.
Paco
@Stache: He shouldn’t be acknowledging his mixed signals while doing his job. I’ll never understand the men that have no self control where their genitals are concerned. The place closed up shop, so maybe it was one of those places where happy endings are a common service and the young man wasn’t aware of this. Sounds like the guy took a plea deal since the charges were reduced. Hopefully he, and others, learned a lesson about appropriate human interaction with strangers when intent isn’t clear.
Straight guys have had to learn limits with women, guess in this new age, some gay men need to learn the same limits when interacting with straight men, because real life isn’t like the gay for pay porn fantasies.
zooby
@Captain Obvious: Except you can’t really request a “gay male masseuse” ahead of time at these places, so that makes your whole “he knew he was gay, he asked for it” argument invalid.
You people are insane and disgusting. I hope you guys never reproduce. If the victim had asked for it, the guy would’ve named that in his defense, yet he didn’t.
kuma6963
@Captain Obvious: “There’s no such thing as raping someone with your mouth. No rapist in the history of rapists has ever done that.”
Really?! Never in the history of Rape and Rapists? You know this how? You must be a big fan to keep up with what rapists do and don’t do. Do they have a newsletter that discusses raping fads or techniques?