• A couple from Béziers aged 56 and 58 was sentenced to two years' suspended imprisonment, a fine of 50,000 euros and the seizure of two vehicles and 100,000 euros.

  • The investigation was opened on the strength of anonymous information.

    She had updated the employment of masseuses performing their services naked and working under a status of self-employed.

  • After their indictment in 2016, they continued their activities by opening an online site and receiving clients at their home in Boujan-sur-Libron.

A couple in their fifties was sentenced to two years' suspended imprisonment, and a fine of 50,000 euros (25,000 euros each) by the Béziers criminal court.

They were found guilty of aggravated pimping (multiple perpetrators or accomplices) and carrying out covert work.

The investigation by the police officers of the Béziers (Hérault) police station was opened on January 4, 2016 on the basis of an anonymous information indicating to them that a massage establishment run by the couple and located in Béziers was in fact a place of prostitution. .

Massages performed in total nudity

The investigation had established that the services provided in this establishment included acts of a sexual nature.

The massages were performed in total nudity according to a protocol established by the couple who had recruited and trained several masseuses.

These who worked under the guise of an autoentrepreneur status.

The couple had been arrested on April 4, 2016 and placed in police custody, after which a judicial investigation was opened by the Béziers prosecutor's office.

Presented to the investigating magistrate, they claimed to practice massages with a naturist and tantric philosophy.

After the show closes, they bring home work

Despite their indictment and placement under judicial supervision on April 6, 2016, they had continued their activity through a new man-made website advocating naturist and tantric massages.

The woman received clients at the couple's home in Boujan-sur-Libron, which led to a new arrest of the couple and new indictments.

Both are prohibited from exercising a care or welfare activity for five years.

The Béziers Criminal Court also ordered the confiscation of a sum of around 100,000 euros, as well as two vehicles seized during the investigation.

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  • Languedoc-Roussillon

  • Montpellier

  • Massage

  • Beziers

  • Prostitution

  • Justice