A Democratic candidate for the Oregon Home of Representatives is suing the proprietor of a therapeutic massage parlor in Woodburn, Oregon, after he says she tried to provoke sexual contact with him.
Oregon Public Broadcasting stories that in a go well with filed in Marion County Circuit Courtroom Thursday, Anthony Medina claims the proprietor of Woodburn Spa triggered him "emotional harm and psychological anguish, trauma, an incapability to type shut relationships, nightmares" and different damaging results within the incident.
Medina is requesting damages of $450,000. He is additionally asking a courtroom to dam the proprietor from working parlors in Woodburn, Portland and Eugene that have been registered with the state beneath her title.
"They're working with impunity," Sean Riddell, the Portland legal professional representing Medina, mentioned on Thursday. "My shopper's want is to close down these companies."
Medina is certainly one of two Woodburn public officers who went to police in February, after they mentioned they visited The Woodburn Spa for a therapeutic massage in separate cases and have been shocked when an worker initiated sexual contact.
Medina, the chair of the Woodburn College Board, is at the moment the Democratic nominee for Home District 22, a district that stretches from Woodburn to Salem.