Police have arrested a man who allegedly sexually assaulted two sisters, one a teen, in their Aurora home under the guise of being a massage therapist in training.
Robert Richard Beattie Smith, 28, is being held without bail, pending his first court appearance at the Arapahoe County Jail, the Aurora Police Department said Tuesday in a news release.
The incident happened Sunday after a 15-year-old girl “had posted the loss of her job on a social media website and was seeking employment” and Smith contacted her, according to the Aurora police.
“The victim received a call from an adult male who told her that he was a massage therapist in training and that he needed to perform a few hours of practical massage therapy toward the completion of his training,” Aurora police said. “He then offered to compensate the victim if he was allowed to provide her with a massage session.”
Smith showed up at the teen’s home and began massaging her, and police said as the session progressed, “the suspect sexually assaulted her.”
The victim initially did not protest, police said, because of “mental trauma” involved.
The suspect then started a session with the teen’s 21-year-old sister, and that also escalated into a sexual assault, police said. The older sister immediately protested and put an end to the session.
Smith left the home, and police were contacted.
Collaborative work between the department’s sex crimes unit and its crimes against children unit led to Smith, police said.
Smith has an outstanding warrant in California “for a similar offense,” police said.
