The massage therapist who sexually abused 40 women admits assault and indecent shooting

Of Eva Blandis For ABC

A former massage therapist was guilty in a South Australian court for almost 100 sexual abuse offenses against 40 women.

Sumit Satoh Rastogi, 38 years old, appeared on Tuesday at the District Court, where he said guilty for three indecent filming charges and 42 charges of indecently aggravated attack.

He advocated previously guilty for 52 other indecent shooting charges.

Rastogi worked as a massage therapist at Glenelg, in the West of Adelaida, when he was arrested by the police and accused of crimes that extend nine months from October 2021 until July 2022.

The 38-year-old became emotional in the dock, when Judge Carmen Matteo revoked her bail and asked her to give her “another day”.

“Can you give me another day, please, so I can inform my parents? Please, please,” he said.

Defense Lawyer, Adam Richards, for Rastogi, asked his client to stay on bail for several weeks to take his business, but Judge Matteo said he would be inadequate for the man to stay in the community after he admitted of serious offenses.

“I am not convinced that there is a convincing personal circumstance that requires the defendant to remain in freedom,” she said.

“Any convenience or preference from the defendant to have the freedom to organize his business is in my opinion significantly out of the severity of his admissions that make him improper for him to remain on bail at this time.”

Judge Matteo said that the crimes to which Rastogi was guilty of “refer to 40 adult victims”, with indecent aggression offenses being aggravated in nature, because he abused “a position of trust in committing crimes”.

The problem will return to court next month.

– This story was published for the first time by Abc