{"id":693763,"date":"2026-05-26T01:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693763\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T01:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:07:08","slug":"victim-sexually-assaulted-during-massage-leads-to-charge-for-brampton-therapist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/693763\/","title":{"rendered":"Victim sexually assaulted during massage leads to charge for Brampton therapist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>York Regional Police say Thong (Tony) Tran, 55, of Brampton, was arrested on May 11, 2026, and charged with sexual assault. (Photo: YRP)<\/p>\n<p>Police have charged a Brampton man with sexual assault after a victim was sexually assaulted during a massage.<\/p>\n<p>York Regional Police say the incident happened on May 9 when the victim attended a wellness clinic in the area of Rutherford Road and Vellore Woods Boulevard in Vaughan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the massage, the suspect began to touch the victim for a sexual purpose,\u201d police say.<\/p>\n<p>Police say Thong (Tony) Tran, 55, of Brampton, was arrested on May 11 and charged with sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe there may be additional victims and have released a photo of the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact York police by calling 1-866-876-5423 ext. 7071. Anonymous tips may also be provided to Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-8477 or visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/ontariocrimestoppers.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.ontariocrimestoppers.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When you contact Crime Stoppers you stay anonymous, never have to testify, and could receive a $2,000 reward.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 51,560 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,358,694 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    1224 VOTES<br \/>\n    What\u2019s your favourite major concert venue in Toronto?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"York Regional Police say Thong (Tony) Tran, 55, of Brampton, was arrested on May 11, 2026, and charged&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-693763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693763","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=693763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}