Massage Therapists Caught in Prostitution Dragnet File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Over Warrantless Searches

Massage Therapists Caught in Prostitution Dragnet File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Over Warrantless Searches
Theresa Vondra of The Massage Company, Billings, Montana. Photo courtesy of Pacific Legal Foundation
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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Licensed massage therapists in Billings, Montana, are suing the city in federal court over its law forcing therapists to submit to unannounced, warrantless searches in order to stay in business.

Billings recently enacted an intrusive local ordinance targeting massage therapists as part of a crackdown on prostitution.