Two women have come ahead accusing a Florida beauty doctor of sexually battering them whereas they have been sedated in a medical spa, authorities say.
Dr. Eric Andrew Salata is going through two counts of sexual battery to a bodily helpless particular person, in accordance to jail information. The 54-year-old doctor, who’s labored within the medical subject for practically 30 years, was arrested Monday evening on the Pura Vida Medical Spa.
Salata was booked into Collier County Jail and launched on bond Tuesday, jail information present.
Since late October, each women have come ahead to Naples Police detailing how Salata assaulted them whereas receiving beauty medical therapies at Pura Vida, in accordance to officers.
One girl advised police she was given nitrous oxide, generally often known as laughing gasoline, to assist with sedation and ache. But because the gasoline wore off, authorities mentioned she realized Salata was having intercourse along with her during the process.
Utterly appalled, she known as the police, who started an investigation and carried out a sexual assault examination.
The second girl subsequently got here ahead with an identical story of being sexually assaulted whereas sedated below Salata’s care, police mentioned.
She advised officers that he elevated the dosage of laughing gasoline earlier than raping her, NBC 2 News reported. The girl additionally suffered a bruise on her lip from the place he kissed her.
Salata has been practising drugs because the Nineteen Nineties, acquiring a Florida medical license in 2013 and having no disciplinary actions on his file, in accordance to the Florida Department of Health. Additionally, he’s had medical licenses in Minnesota and Maryland, the place he additionally had no disciplinary actions nor malpractice fits, respective state information present.
Anyone with information on Salata or the case is requested to name the Naples Police Department at 239-213-3000.