Legal Corner

Happy Ending
hottonight93 7354 reads
posted

Is a happy ending in a massage leagl, or can you get arrested for it?

On a couple of occasions, up here in Mass., gals who run MP's have told that local LE have told them things would be copacetic as long as the gal remains dressed and nothing more than a happy ending takes place, so you might call that a form of de-facto legal.

(still not a lawyer)

where negotiations are made and they let ya know there terms for letting some things slide.

Yes you can.
Sometimes they will issue a citation and you would have to then go to court.
Some states it is a felony.
Check with your states massage regulations as they all vary.
good luck.

shudaknownbetter5032 reads

Many jurisdictions require masseuses to be licensed & I'm sure that H.E. will violate the code of conduct & result in license forfiture.

Offering massages without license is often prohibited.  Some offer "body work" but not defined as "massage" in an effort to escape the law.  I doubt that would hold up in court.  If you're in the same room with LE, it's probably too late already.

If the H.E. was in any way implied or contracted for, it's illegal.  Period.  The masseuse will claim (after they bust her) that "she got carried away".  Maybe she can convince a judge...  but I don't think it'll stop the bust.  
skb

licensed professions require, for the most part, that you use a specific term.

For example, I am a licensed engineer.  There was a celebrated case in Mass. about 15 years ago of a man who professed to be an engineer, but had no license.  He was also a holocaust denyer and used his "credentials" as an engineer to promote his theories that the Nazis could not have exterminated as many as is claimed, etc.  The legal system came down upon him like a ton of rocks and he landed in jail, which is fine by me.

Now, up to that point, many people in my particular profession professed to be "engineers" but had no such license.  After this debacle they all quickly dropped the term "engineer" and adopted the somewhat similar though legally passible term "designer" with no legal fallout evident.

By the same token, anyone can be a hair stylist but don't call yourself a hair dresser unless you possess a license for that.

Similarly, interior decorators swtiched from offering "archetectural" renderings to decorative designs; "psychological therapists" became councelors; etc.

It appears to be a case of the proverbial and ever vanishing fine line making its last stand; and it's holding so far.

(still not a lawyer)

Register Now!