And then at first it was just like massages around my the top of my clothes but then he started putting his hands under my shirt and I kept covering myself like this but he wouldn't put his hands on me and and then he kept doing it and I told him please don't touch my stomach and he worries me. >> On January 10th 2024 officers rushed to a local gymnasium after a chilling call. A girl in her 20s was found crying uncontrollably. What's up? >> He he touched my girlfriend. >> Okay. Where's this guy? So, what what exactly happened? >> I was sitting with waiting for him cuz I my friend by the door so we can start a workout and then it came up and he was like about to go in and then he saw me. He was like, "Do you want to participate in our free massage?" And I was like, "Oh, I don't know. Um, maybe I have to go through my workout first." And he was like, "You know, you just went with." And then I I don't do really well under pressure. So I just said, "Yeah." And then he took me to the room and he told me to just stay on here for a little bit. He said I could walk it, but I was paranoid like I was paralyzed. And then he he came back a couple times and and he started massaging me. He was like, "You could give me a good tip after this or whatever." And he started massaging. Like at first it was just a massage bed that I was on, but then he started massaging me, took off my shoes, started massaging my feet and touching like getting up here, but he put like a thing in between here cuz he was like, you know, just don't you don't feel like I'm going to touch you. The girl seemed naive from the start and he exploited it. He wasn't staff, not tied to the gym in any way, yet intimidated by him, she followed into the massage room, a mistake that was about to spiral into her worst nightmare. And I started panicking a little and then he took my phone and he put on the tear so I couldn't really reach in and text him to come in and I I started just kind of feeling paralyzed and I they told and he started telling me that like if we the only way I could relax was like if he if he wanted me if he wanted him to bring my boyfriend in so we could have sex on there. And he said that's like the that's like that's what I could make for you. He said he wanted to have sex with the two of you. >> No, he wanted us to have sex with their >> with him present. >> No, he never said present. He was like, I can make that happen to I can make that happen for you. And I was like, no, thank you. I'm okay. And he was like, you know, I He was like, "Let me stare at those really pretty eyes." He's like, "You're really nice." >> Given the situation, the right move would have been to get up and leave. But the girl froze. Fear locked her in place. The kind of fear that swallows every instinct. What made it worse? Not a single staff member was around to oversee what was unfolding inside their own massage room. >> And then at first it was just like massages around my top of my clothes. But then he started putting his hands under my shirt and I kept covering myself like this. But he wouldn't put his hands on me and and then he kept doing it. And I told him, "Please don't touch my stomach." And he was like, "Don't worry, it's okay." I was like, "I'm feeling bloated right now. like please don't worry. We'll make it I'll make it better. And he started to feel my stomach and I started to question if he really worked there. >> He's in the hot tub. >> And I and I came out and and I was like I was looking for my boyfriend cuz I was like I don't even know if he actually wants cuz I've never seen you before. Maybe it just when it kind of started hurting you. >> Even though it never escalated into sexual misconduct, [music] the man still allegedly crossed the line by making unwanted contact with her. In the eyes of the law, consent isn't optional. [music] If the touching causes offense or distress, it can still be charged as battery. And battery, even without physical injury, carries consequences. [music] Fines, probation, or in some cases, jail time. Which room did it happen in? >> It was in the sun room. >> Is there any cameras in there? >> I believe so. There's a camera like in the hall. I don't know if it's facing. >> Does this guy work for you? >> No, he has a membership. Like I said, um, since I started and apparently he's been here all day cuz the people before me, I talked. They told me that like three and can't get them out cuz he has a membership. He's been paying for stuff. So, I'm like really scary. >> I understand. Um, just so you know, if [music] if you are pressing tri I still have to talk to him and I'm hoping that you guys have some sort of video just to help your case, but that would mean you'd have to go to court. Just so you know. So, you're okay with that? Okay. According to recent reports, 56.4% of female gym members admit to experiencing harassment while training. But the humiliation cuts so deep that barely 7.7% ever report it. The rest, they simply vanish from that space, switching gyms, carrying the weight of silence instead of justice, while the perpetrators get away unscathed. Am I coming out? I want to ask you some questions about what happened. >> Come on, man. >> Okay. I'm asking you to get out. >> Huh? >> You got to get out. >> Okay. Well, there's somebody out there that said you put hands on them. So, >> sir, I'm a federal officer. I ain't put my hands on nobody. Richard, >> none of your business. Give me your captain here. Cut on. >> Hey, you touching me? >> Yeah, cuz you're coming up to me. >> Most Stephanie, I am cuz I know my right. >> I'm not coming up at you, Aggressor. Calm down. touch me over here to do what I must do to desist myself. >> I need you to get out. >> You don't need me to do >> Yeah. >> Get out. >> As it turned out, the man wasn't some outsider. He was a long-term member of the gym. And the confidence with which he denied everything. The way he tried to intimidate the officers only hinted at something darker. His aggressive tone wasn't fooling anyone. If anything, it only dug his hole deeper. >> Okay. But you me what's up my brother? I don't know what you talking about. What's going on? >> With one of my friends. >> Your friend? >> Yes. >> A female? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> What your friend look like? >> Okay. Um, chubby girl. >> His refusal to even provide a name wasn't just hostility. It was a red flag. In law, a witness or suspect isn't obligated to volunteer personal information unless lawfully detained. But here, the issue wasn't silence. It was his hostility and deception. >> No. No. Just leave her alone. Leave her alone. Leave her alone. Leave her alone. We'll go talk right there. Why don't you tell me what happened with her? >> No, I don't know. You tell me what happened. >> Get over here, man. Talk over here. >> What? Nothing. You come on, man. >> Come on. >> What's going on here? >> Well, I'd like to talk to you. >> Okay. What's going on here? >> I'd like to talk to you. >> I don't got to move because nothing. >> You put hands on it. What? She didn't want you. Put hands on. >> Sir, please stop playing. So, >> next time trying to talk to you. Let's go over there. >> No, we would stand right here. >> She doesn't feel Well, take her and Take her to the hospital then. If I put hands on her, there would be marginal on her. >> You were rubbing on her? >> No. >> So, what were you guys doing in the massage room? >> None of your business, young man. >> Okay. Well, so you're admitting that you were >> No, I was not admitting anything until you get me your sergeant here. >> You don't even You don't need my >> Oh, sir. I need your sergeant. >> No, you don't. So, what's your name? >> None of your business. >> I'm asking you to identify yourself. and I'm telling you to go get your son. >> Overconfident, he walked straight toward the victim as if he could simply talk his way out of this mess. But the incident was already laid bare in front of the officers. No amount of swagger or denial was going to erase it. Calling for the sergeant felt less like confidence and more like stalling for time. A desperate hope that maybe somehow he could still twist the narrative in his favor. >> Domestic battery investigation or I'm sorry, battery investigation. Go get your sergeant, sir. >> No, we're not playing this game. We're not You're not going to walk around. You're going to stay right here. Sir, why is you touching me when you told me to step over here away from her now? And you grabbing me because officer, I didn't do anything to you. And you grabbing me? Why is you touching me? It's against my first amendment right. I'm not talking to nobody until you get your sergeant here because I understand my constitutional right. >> Give me your Sergeant here because you antagonizing me. >> No, you you're the one that started all here. >> I didn't do nothing. Get me your sergeant, boy. Just trying to talk to you. What's your name? >> Give me your sergeant, boy. >> What's your name? >> None of your [ __ ] I'm a pan member. >> You're failing. You're failing to identify yourself. >> I'm a pan memory. >> Okay, sir. I just want your son. I gave you a direct order or a direct >> You're not my supervisor to give me. In the US, officers are permitted to physically restrain a suspect, but only under clear grounds. During an investigative detention, that means reasonable suspicion. During an arrest, it requires probable cause. Any restraint must remain reasonable, necessary, and proportionate under the Fourth Amendment. What they cannot do is use excessive force or maintain a grip longer than needed. Once a suspect complies, the law expects the officers to scale back control immediately. But while it seemed like he was ready to comply, things were about to spiral. >> Let's start off with your name and I'll get you my sergeant >> person. That's not your name. What's your full legal name? >> Person. Okay. What's your birthday, Mr. >> Person, sir? Give me your sergeant here. You can't get nothing. That's against the law. That's against the company's policy to give up my information. I don't give a large go to court. >> I know. That's why there's always >> I don't give a that's going to argue for the judge. >> I know that's that's why there's always two sides to >> I don't give a I didn't do nothing at the judge and the lie detective set it all. >> Refusing to identify yourself when an officer has reasonable suspicion isn't just unwise, it's unlawful. In the US, once that threshold is met, you are legally obligated to provide your real name and identifying information. Giving a false name only makes things worse since knowingly providing false information to law enforcement is a criminal offense. All right, Richard, my boss is here now. So before you say anything, I just want to let you know you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in court. One will be appointed to represent you for any questioning [music] if you wish. Do you understand these rights? >> Dodge, what's up, my man? Good. We're here to talk. So, we ain't going to do nothing wrong. What's up, Charge? You disturbing my peace, SEG. What's up? >> We're here for a battery. >> What's up? I ain't did nothing to nobody on camera. My brother and I would take a letter detector, a breathalyzer and a fingerprints analyzed. I did not touch no one inappropriate. I did not assault anyone. Okay? >> Everything that I did was recorded and I got recorded. But you got to call corporate to allow me to play the recording for you because everything I do is recorded. Where was >> um sir? With my personal. So you talk to corporate. So when you're uh uh sir, talk to corporate because if corporate told me to surrender the video to you, I will surrender the video to you. And when the sergeant arrived, it was clear he had already spun his version of events. But it didn't add up because no matter what story or video he claimed to have, the CCTV had already captured the truth. So this confidence, it wasn't strength. It was just fake bravado stacked on a lie. Okay. Sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir, sir. I work for PNC Investment Group, a private company that analyze business from the inside out, and we make things pop. Okay. >> I've been giving out free promotional to everybody in the gym tonight, man. Women. >> Okay. What is the promotional? Um, the promotional is I buy them uh h um anything that they want on the company credit card account. >> Any gym membership, >> any gym membership. I have multiple clients throughout that been taking me up on my offer. I've been walking people around helping people picking up weights, but I never disrespected nobody because corporate training in the way of avoiding lawsuits. [music] >> I'm not sir. I understand and I'm explaining it to him where the police woke up to me early. I didn't know what they was looking for because what was I doing officer? >> You're in the hot tub. >> In the hot tub, swimming, jumping out the pool, doing what corporate what PNC Investment Group is paying me to do. >> That's who you work for? >> Yes. I do not work with him, but DNC Investment Group is an independent company that evaluate businesses and get it to pop. >> His story wasn't just unbelievable to hear. It was unlawful at its core. In a private gym, no one can advertise or promote without the owner's explicit permission. Doing so isn't just inappropriate. It can amount to trespassing or solicitation without consent. and worse, making promises of anything you want when there's no real service to provide. That could cross into false advertising under the Federal Trade Commission Act, if any of this was even real. >> Okay. What was the last thing that you bought for somebody here today? >> Uh, let's see. Um, about that young lady a massage right there. >> I don't know because whatever she said it happened. >> I I didn't talk to her. >> I Well, go talk to her and see. I don't know. She's there. I'm She's not working right now. >> Well, sir, I don't know because I'm not a part of that company. I'm with you investing group. >> How much? >> I'm tired. Huh? It didn't cost her nothing. >> Well, how much does it cost you? >> It didn't cost me nothing cuz it cost with the company. >> Are you the person that gives the massages? >> No, I'm not the big get of massages. >> Who does? [music] >> Oh, the the bed. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> I don't do nothing to nobody. >> Gotcha. Okay. [music] >> Without their permission. >> What's that? >> Without their permission. >> Gotcha. >> So, you ask permission to do anything you want. So you can have your whole sister walk around the gym because I've been giving it to everybody. >> Okay. [music] >> How long are the massages? >> Um I don't Well, there's a time setting on the massage field. So that's 5 minutes, [music] 10 minutes, 25. I think the young manager here said it for 26 minutes and I think she was done in 20 [music] and she got on the step facade. So whatever she said happened. We got video. >> I don't You got to go ask her, sir. Stop patronizing me, young man. Arrest me and get me my lawyer or please take me at face value. [music] >> Sir, sir, sir, I ain't got no story. I'm telling you what it is. >> Do you have a recording of this? >> Yes, sir. I do. And once PNC tell me to lower it to you, I will give it to you. >> And the recording is on your phone or what? >> Um, sir, it's on company um database. And when they tell me to surrender it to you, I will surrender you upon their request because everything that I did today was actually recorded. >> The man dragged the conversation in circles, burning through precious minutes. The officers tried patience, but it was wearing thin. The girl's account, raw and trembling, rang true in every detail. He was given one last chance to explain himself. Yet, every word only deepened the hollow of his defense. At that point, patience was no longer an option. Action had to be taken. >> Every transaction with everybody. >> Rush for a battery right now. >> Okay. Put me whatever you choose to do. >> Okay. Could I get dressed? >> Oh, so I'm going to have So, I'm not going to need my mother gym. Oh, that's my property right there. >> Yes, sir. In that gym. all that stuff. I'm not leaving my stuff here. May I get dressed? I'm not giving y'all no problem. >> Charge, please. I'm not giving y'all no problems. My son is in this gym. >> He's underage. He's in this gym. He's back here. You got it. >> Right there with the red hand balls on. Hey, S. >> I I will get you. >> Sir, >> my SE, grab my material. Charge. I'm not walking out of here. GIVE ME MY LAWYER RIGHT NOW. >> THAT'S NOT THE way that it works. >> We want to make sure that your son's not left here on the right. >> Give me my lawyer right now because you are bowing. >> Being a father to an underage son only magnified the disgrace of his actions. Yet even now, his concern wasn't his child. It was his clothes, his things, the trivial comforts he might lose. That selfishness said more about his character than anything else. May I get dressed and walk around out of here rap? >> You just is my >> What to bring it? >> No, I would not walk out of here in shorts. No, it's winter time. I will get dressed like a man. I will get dressed like a man. >> I will put your coat over you. >> I will GET DRESSED LIKE A MAN. THIS IS AGAINST my constitutional right. If I was under arrest, you should have told me to get dressed. >> Not [music] the way that works. >> Sir, are you denied? Get me a lieutenant here, please. >> There's no lieutenant. This is as high as it gets. >> Get me a lieutenant here, please. >> Not not happening. We don't have one working. >> I would not walk in the winter in wet clothes when I could get dressed. >> I would not. Yes, I got jacket and jacket pants over there. >> No, I would not put on a wet jacket over my wet clothes. I would not walk out OF HERE IN WET CLOTHES IN THE WINTER. >> You can't change right now. All right. >> I could change right now. Officer, why is YOU TAKING MY STUFF OUT THE DOOR? I WOULD NOT MOVE WITHOUT getting >> officers torn between disgust and duty wanted to show no mercy. Still, they tried to honor protocol, though his combative attitude made even that restraint nearly impossible. >> I would not go out of here wet. >> Grab a hobble and then >> I WOULD NOT GO out of here wet. >> That I am wet. I JUST GOT OUT THE POOL AND I GOT DRY CLOTHES. THIS IS AGAINST my constitutional right. >> We're going to give you one last opportunity. Are you going to walk on your own? >> No, I'm not going to walk outside. This against my constitutional right. I am wet and I'LL DEMAND MY DRY CLOTHES. THAT'S ALL I ASK. >> OKAY. >> We're going to carry on. >> Okay. So, >> come on. Come on. That hurt me. I need to get drunk. They hurt me. GET MY LAWYER. GET MY LAWYER. THEY'LL HURT ME. >> NOBODY'S hurting you. >> They hurt me. >> I got a constituent. >> Help. >> Help. I NEED MY LAWYER. HELP. THEY TAKING ME OUT IN WHITE. >> LEGALLY, officers don't have to give an arresty time to change clothes or gather belongings. That's entirely at their discretion, guided by safety and circumstances. Once in custody, basic needs like clothing or medication are handled during booking. The priority in any arrest is control and safety. Officers can take a suspect exactly as they are. So in this case, whatever leeway they granted him was already more than fair. When he realized he wouldn't get his way, his composure cracked and he began to spiral. >> Please listen to me. You're going to catch. I don't give a >> All right. Come on. Come on. Come on. Ready. Come on. Ready. >> You ready to set up? >> You ready? >> Are you ready to set up? Give me my lawyer and give me DRY CLOTHES. GIVE ME MY lawyer and give me my dry clothes. >> I CAN WALK OUT LIKE A MAN IN MY DRY STUFF. I JUST GOT OUT THE POOL. >> We can put your jacket on for you. >> No, we're not taking it kicking. We're not taking the handcuffs. You can put dry clothes on at the station. >> No, I will put on my dry clothes and walk from here. All right, watch this. Help. I need an ambulance. Help. I need an ambulance. >> I need an ambulance. >> There you go. We got an ambulance coming. >> Once again, in a desperate attempt to buy time, he demanded every possible delay he could think of. A lawyer wasn't required yet. Questioning hadn't even begun, and an arrest can be made with or without one. So, he switched tactics, suddenly insisting on an ambulance. But that only dug his grave deeper. >> Hey, now let me sit up, officer. You want to sit up? >> Yes. >> All right. Thank you. Sit me in the chair like a man. >> No, we're going to sit. Stay right here. >> Oh, now I'm on the floor like a dog. >> Will you put yourself out? >> No, because you trying to make me walk out in wet clothes. Get me my lawyer. Get me my lawyer. >> Dare me out here when I ask for ambulance. >> My My hernia is bothering me. I need ambulance. >> Okay, ambulance is coming. >> Please. Why is you holding my foot like I'm under? >> We don't want you to fall back. >> You are under arrest. >> Yes, because you try to carry me against my will. >> Cuz you're under arrest. >> Okay. You're still under arrest. >> All right. >> After kicking an officer expecting to be released in the name of pain was absolutely useless. Even if the pain was real, the law doesn't bend for theatrics. And any sympathy he thought he could gain vanished the second his foot made contact. Sir, you are hurt my ankles. Would you stop stepping on the court? >> Thank you. >> Officer, you are hurting my leg. >> You are hurting my leg. >> YOU ARE HURTING MY LEG. THIS MAN WAS DIGGING IN MY LEGS. NO, I DON'T. OFFICER, take this off me. >> We're not going to let you pick. One, I'm going to break your leg off. That's going to make for you. Don't do that. do. >> That's why we're >> Also, would you please release me? >> No, cuz you're going to kick us. Absolutely not. >> All right, watch this. Huh? >> You're not going to hurt one of us. >> All right, watch this. But y'all hurt me. I don't give a >> I don't give a guess how many I have deep. Could you please stop stepping on this? >> Officer, Officer, how I guarantee you. Would you please stop hurting my body? >> In the US, battery against a law enforcement officer, such as kicking, striking, or any unwanted physical contact, is treated as a felony in most states. Penalties vary, but often include significant fines, probation, and potential prison time, far more severe than ordinary battery, because the victim is a peace officer performing official duties. >> I'm in pain. Oh, I'm in pain. >> Yeah, I know. No one's coming. >> Officer, I'm in pain. Ah, >> would you stop LETTING THIS METAL DIG IN MY SKIN? >> AH, IT'S DIGGING in my skin. >> Not on your skin. >> So, you don't see this metal on my skin? >> Not on your skin. And you're not we're not going to get hurt because Okay. And you hurting me instead? >> No one's hurting you, >> sir? No one's hurting me. >> So, you saying I'm lying that this thing is >> No one's hurting me. Correct. [music] So you said show your officer please put on I'm not resisting the arrest. Give me my clothes. >> Give me my clothes. >> I'm not walking in nowhere wet. >> That's fine. You're going on the grave. >> All right. >> Just making it more difficult. >> Okay, that's fine. Say it. Say it more time. It's not going to change. >> By the time the ambulance finally arrived, their restraint had run its course. With protocol in place and his behavior deteriorating, the officers prepared to transport him not out of sympathy, but out of necessity. >> Mix it up. You tear my back. I got screws in my back and you tear my back. I cannot sit up. I got a wounded. [screaming] There we go. >> I'll make you play. >> Thank you. We got one. Let me get another car. Here's something bigger on you so we can slide the board underneath. >> Here you go. F. What are you doing? >> Double lock it. >> So you just let me know when I'm ready to do the other one. >> Trying to kick. >> I ain't trying to kick you now. The more the officers tried to give him leeway, the more entitled and impossible he became, turning every second into a test of patience. >> Stop. >> Stop. >> You are doing this. Officer, you got my hand. >> Take the cuffs off. >> YOU GOT MY HAND. IT AIN'T MY YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE THE CUFFS OFF. >> You first. You're rookie. So you making me It's my fault cuz you don't know how to take off. I'm the one that's holding your hand. Most you squeezing my hand for no reason. Thank you. >> I ain't did nothing. There you go again moving. >> There you go again moving. >> So if y'all putting straps on me, why? How am I moving? And y'all got my hands? Come on. Slack. Okay. >> Come on. The fire department on y'all team because they letting y'all do this to me. So you going to let them do this to me? Fire department without not resisting the fire department. I got to rope also. This hurt. This hurt. I got to screws in me. >> Pick them up. >> I got torn screws in me. >> And this hurts. I'm not refusing. >> In the US, resisting arrest, whether by fleeing, struggling, refusing handcuffs, or obstructing is a crime. It is classified as a misdemeanor. Escalating to a felony if vehicles, force, or injury are involved. The reason doesn't matter here because the man had the chance to walk out respectfully but chose defiance. >> No. IF YOU TURN ME ON MY BACK, I'm going to sue the out of you. >> Like this. >> Get away from the house. >> Don't do that. >> Okay. See you at court. >> Don't do that. >> See y'all at court. >> Bring y'all evidence. >> HELL THIS HURT. THIS is very am. I'm not refusing you. These officer is being rough to me. No one's being rushed. >> They being to your own mother on these cops. >> Nobody's being robed. >> Look how he pressing me down. >> Ambulance are not refusing. LOOK HOW THIS OFFICER IS PRESSING ME DOWN. >> NO ONE'S PRESSING ME DOWN. >> THIS HURT, OFFICER. >> I'M [screaming] IN PAIN. >> I'M IN SUPREME BANK. So you going to hook me up like this, Ablab? And I didn't refuse to do anything am >> could you readjust me? What began as a battery investigation spiraled into something far more chaotic. [snorts] The man hobbled and taken to the hospital was medically cleared before being booked into county jail. Ultimately, he faced a mountain of charges: sexual battery, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, obstructing justice, criminal trespassing, and battery on an officer. turning a reckless outburst into a lifealtering downfall. What do you have to say about the unexpected turn of events in this case? Drop your thoughts in the comments below. Make sure to watch the next video for another thrilling case. [music] >> [music] [music]