CHARLOTTE — A 39-year-old former massage therapist was convicted of sexually assaulting a client in January 2021 after she fell asleep on the massage table at a spa in south Charlotte, according to the Mecklenburg County district attorney.
Eugene Gatling also assaulted another woman at a different location in south Charlotte less than seven months before that.
He abused his position to commit the sexual assault, the DA said.
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The court tried and convicted Gatling of second-degree forcible sex offense and sexual battery.
He will be sentenced later.
The district attorney didn’t say where he was employed.