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Aimee Plante
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A former massage therapist will spend five years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing two women and an 11-year-old girl at his massage studio.
Benjamin Lance Bowers, 39, admitted to sexually assaulting a woman at a business in Hillsboro in 2021 and another woman in a Beaverton studio in 2022. He also admitted to sexually assaulting a child he knew around this time.
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Bowers pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree sexual abuse, second-degree sexual abuse and attempted first-degree sexual abuse on Thursday, April 11.
In addition to his sentence, he will need to register as a sex offender and receive treatment. He is also banned from becoming a licensed massage therapist again.
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