Massage Envy allowed accused sex abuser to return to work

A Bend man under investigation for sexually abusing a Massage Envy client was allowed to return to work where he victimized two more women before being arrested.

Christopher Randolph Rosario, now 40, is named by three victims in a lawsuit along with Massage Envy (the national chain) and the operators of the Bend Massage Envy franchise for more than $10 million.

With more than 900 locations, Massage Envy is the largest chain of massage spas in the U.S. The company is currently named in 50 separate sex abuse cases in 15 states, according to a motion filed in circuit court by Tim Williams, attorney for the three sex abuse victims.

On Wednesday, in the courtroom of Deschutes County Circuit Court Judge Wells Ashby, the national Massage Envy company asked to be removed from the suit.

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