A 51-year-old professional massage therapist who was arrested following several reports of sexual assaults committed against female clients pleaded guilty last week to two charges.
Matthew Mandel pleaded guilty Thursday to Attempted 1st Degree Assault and Attempted Sexual Contact, both felonies. Eight other counts of sexual contact and a felony sexual assault charge were dismissed, according to online court records.Complaints were filed by Mandel’s clients in late 2019. The incidents were believed to have occurred between April and September.
Mandel was arrested in December of that year. The state suspended his professional license the following month.Logan Smith is an assignment desk editor at CBS4 with more than 30 years of journalism experience in print and television media.
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