El Cajon police confirm they responded to a sexual assault call at Foot Spa on Arnele Avenue and Johnson Avenue Thursday.
Susan Estell spoke exclusively to NBC 7 describing the incident. She said she had been to the business several times before and never had an incident like this latest one.
Estell said the masseur started massaging her back and told her to take off her underwear.
“By the time I could say no he had his hands slipped in and my panties were down to my legs,” she recalled. “I kept questioning myself, ‘Is this really happening?’ And I had total fear over me. I was in shock.”
Estell said it didn’t stop there.
She said the man in his 40s told her to turn over, then massaged up her thigh and touched her private parts more than once.
“I just jumped up and was like ‘This is not right, touching me! You violated me!” she said.
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Estell said the man ran out of the room. She called the managers who, she said, tried to quiet her. They offered her a refund.
“She wanted to give me my money back…and I said no I’m calling the police right now,” Estell said.
El Cajon police confirm officers were dispatched to the sexual assault call. They took a crime report. Not much more information was released Thursday evening to NBC 7.
Estell said the masseur left the business in a car just as the police car pulled up.
“I feel violated. I feel almost like I was raped,” Estell said emotionally. “I’m very emotional. I’m hurt! I’m angry. Like, he hurt me! You don’t do this to somebody. I thought he was a professional.”
NBC 7 visited the business and spoke to the managers there. They refused to comment. One left the building while the other walked into a back room.
The decision to come forward wasn’t an easy one, according to Estell. She feared people would jump to conclusions. However, she decided to speak out because she doesn’t want anyone else going through what she went through.
Estell said she plans to press charges.
