Florida massage therapist arrested twice in a month for sexual battery at Naples spa: deputies

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Published  March 3, 2026 6:38am EST
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The Brief

    • A Florida massage therapist has been arrested twice in a month for sexual battery at a Naples spa, according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office.
    • The latest charges against 38-year-old Raoul Atkinson of Fort Myers stem from an incident on Nov. 29.
    • The sheriff's office has not identified the specific spa where Atkinson worked.

NAPLES, Fla. - A Florida massage therapist is back in jail after turning himself in on Sunday, marking his second arrest in less than a month for allegedly performing unwanted sexual acts on clients at a Naples spa.

The latest charges against 38-year-old Raoul Atkinson of Fort Myers stem from an incident on Nov. 29.

Courtesy: Collier County Sheriff's Office.

What we know:

According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, a woman reported that Atkinson performed unwanted sexual acts on her while he was providing a massage at the spa he worked at.

Deputies say that this is not Atkinson's first encounter with law enforcement this year, as he was previously implicated in a separate incident that allegedly took place on Nov. 6 at the same spa.

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Atkinson was arrested for the first incident on February 2 before bonding out of jail.

Charges

  • One count of sexual battery (related to the Nov. 29 incident)
  • One count of battery (related to the Nov. 6 incident)

What we don't know:

The sheriff's office has not identified the specific spa where Atkinson worked.

The Source: Information for this story was provided by the Collier County Sheriff’s Office.

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