Masseur Accused Of Sexual Abuse Calls Encounter 'Awesome'
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CORAL SPRINGS (CBSMiami) - A masseuse accused of sexually abusing a woman took the stand in his own defense on Thursday.
According to the woman, Michael Ster sexually abused her in June of 2013 when she went to Massage Envy in Coral Springs.
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She is suing the franchise because she said the last few minutes of that two-hour session took a horrible turn.
"He ran both hands over my breasts," the woman cried as she told the jury.
During questioning, the woman said she never told Ster to stop.
"I was in shock. I didn't know what was happening," she said.
However, she said she tried to push him away.
"I put my hand on his head to try to push him off," she said.
When Ster took the stand, he had a completely different idea of what transpired on that day.
Ster fully admitted there was a sexual encounter and he thought it was consensual. According to Ster, the woman removed her sheet, leaving herself nude on the table.
"She had her eyes open, she wasn't sleeping. She had kind of that 'come hither look,'" Ster told the jury.
A look that Ster said implied, "Here I am. I just took off all my blankets for you."
He added that he read her language as enjoying the encounter.
"You could see it in her face. You could see by her physical body reactions and her looks that that's exactly what she wanted," he said. "It seemed like a pretty awesome encounter."
The defense is expected to wrap up Thursday evening. Closing arguments should be Friday, at which point the jury is expected to get the case.
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