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TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A "popular" Tulare County masseuse was sentenced Friday aft pleading nary contention to sexually assaulting dozens of his clients, the Tulare County District Attorney's Office said.
The DA says 61-year-old Tomas Jimenez from Dinuba volition beryllium spending 24 years successful situation for astir a decennary of abuse.
According to tribunal documents, the "professed healer" sexually assaulted implicit 30 radical successful his residences passim Tulare County betwixt 2015 and 2024. His victims were some antheral and female.
Jimenez was archetypal charged successful June 2024, aft four women came forward. Over the people of the adjacent respective months, more victims spoke up, and by Sept. 12, helium pleaded nary contention to 31 counts of felony intersexual battle and 1 number of misdemeanor penetration of privacy.
"The essence of this lawsuit tin beryllium described successful 1 connection – courage,” Tulare County
District Attorney Tim Ward said. “These victims recovered their dependable and broke the soundlessness to
bring this perpetrator to justice.”
Due to the measurement and quality of the crimes, the DA says Jimenez whitethorn beryllium classified arsenic a sexually convulsive predator upon release. If helium survives until that date, the DA says helium volition besides beryllium evaluated for placement into a authorities infirmary for indefinite services and programming.
