Trappy Ending

An Asian-American masseuse in Fishers, Indiana was arrested last week for allegedly offering to finish an undercover officer off with a happy ending. The masseuse denies the charge. And I find her denial rings true -- beyond the obvious entrapment angle, even.

You see, the problem, according to the masseuse's recounting of what police told her, is that she charged too much for just any ole massage and so she must be some form of prostitute. (Not that I'd find anything wrong with that, if it happened to be true.) I'll let the masseuse, Chuen Hua Wang, 50, take over here.

But Wang said she did not perform any sexual favors. She said she had given the undercover officer a one hour and 40 minute massage when he stopped her and insisted on paying for it. She told the man she usually charges $80 per hour for a massage, plus a tip.

The undercover officer gave her $200, she said, and asked her to perform a sex act. Wang said she refused and told him she did not trade sex for money.

Police then came in and arrested her, she said, and one officer told her $200 was too much money for just a massage. [Emphasis added.]

She said she did not know the man was an undercover officer but thought he was acting suspiciously, often getting up from the massage table to read text messages on his cell phone.

Wang said she thought the officers were targeting her because of stereotypes about Asian massage parlors.

"I feel sorry for the ladies who work in the Asian places because everyone thinks they are prostitutes and most are not doing that," she said. "I am not."

More here.