{"id":617305,"date":"2026-04-20T20:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617305\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T20:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:54:09","slug":"edmonton-tattoo-artist-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-female-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617305\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton tattoo artist accused of sexually assaulting female clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Edmonton tattoo artist has been charged with five counts of sexual assault, and police believe there could be more complainants.<\/p>\n<p>The Edmonton Police Service alleges the 40-year-old man, \u201con multiple occasions,\u201d touched female clients in a sexual manner while tattooing them.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say most of the alleged incidents are reported to have happened in 2025, though at least one dates to 2021.<\/p>\n<p>He is known to have worked at two tattoo businesses in north and central Edmonton, including near 118 Avenue and St. Albert Trail and Kingsway Mall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tattoo-artist-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-736434\"  \/>An Edmonton tattoo artist, seen here from both sides, has been accused of sexually assaulting some of his clients. (Courtesy: Edmonton Police Service) <\/p>\n<p>Iskotew Gladu was arrested and charged on Saturday. He was released under certain conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are asking any potential additional complainants to contact them at 780-423-4567.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations against him have not been tested in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Edmonton tattoo artist has been charged with five counts of sexual assault, and police believe there could&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":{"0":"post-617305","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-edmonton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}