Columbia masseuse pleads guilty to sexual misconduct
An unlicensed Columbia massage therapist pleaded guilty Wednesday to two misdemeanor charges of sexual misconduct.
Karl A. Swope was sentenced to pay a $4,000 fine and register as a sex offender for life.
Swope was charged in September 2018 with second-degree sexual abuse after he allegedly touched a woman inappropriately.
Police said the victim went to Swope’s home in Columbia because she was experiencing neck and shoulder pain. A probable cause statement said she received information about Swope from a person “close to her who had seen him.” That person said Swope had portrayed himself as a retired chiropractor.
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