DORAL, Fla. – State officials recently issued an emergency suspension of a massage therapist’s license after police accused her of molesting a 17-year-old patient at the spa of the Trump National Doral Golf Club, according to documents obtained by Local 10 News on Wednesday.
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Court records show Yasmina Ponce Rodriguez, 56, of southwest Miami-Dade, faces a charge of lewd and lascivious touching of certain minors in connection with the case.
According to the administrative complaint filed by the Florida Department of Health on Thursday, Ponce Rodriguez lifted a drape covering the boy’s buttocks, “grabbed” his penis and “manually manipulated” it on the evening of March 1. Her license was suspended on April 23, records show.
“The victim stated that he reacted by attempting to slap (her) hands away, at which point she ceased the act,” an arrest report from the Doral Police Department states.
The boy is a club member and “a frequent patron of the spa facility” who “had previous sessions” with Ponce Rodriguez, police said.
Doral police took her into custody about four hours after the alleged incident.
Ponce Rodriguez “denied the allegations, asserting that no such act had ever occurred between her and the victim,” it states.
Following her arrest, she posted a $2,500 bond.
A hearing is scheduled in her ongoing criminal case next Wednesday.