The San Diego City Attorney’s Office is seeking to shut down a massage business in University Heights that it alleges operated as a front for prostitution, it was announced Friday.
In a lawsuit filed against the owner and operator of Osaka Oriental Spa on Adams Avenue, the City Attorney’s Office alleges the business’ employees have been offering sexual services to customers for years. During undercover San Diego Police Department operations into the business, “Officers were solicited for sex in nearly every undercover visit,” the City Attorney’s Office claims.
The lawsuit alleges that the business “has developed a reputation in the community as a location where prostitution activity takes place,” as well as in multiple online advertisements and reviews of the spa that have referenced sex acts.
Along with the prostitution allegations, the lawsuit states that city inspectors discovered building and zoning violations on the premises related to unpermitted additions and modifications to the property.
The lawsuit seeks to shutter the business and order its owner to pay civil penalties of $2,500 per day, per violation, in addition to paying investigative costs.
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