A Miami massage therapist can’t massage women after an inappropriate conduct accusation

A woman said her Miami masseur touched her so inappropriately during an April massage that she told the Florida Department of Health she “froze and kept thinking that this could not be happening.”

That’s from the emergency restriction order (ERO) put on the state license of massage therapist Felix Bolanos Oliva. Until the ERO is lifted, which would follow a Florida Department of Health investigation, Oliva can’t massage women.

The ERO identifies Bolanos’ employer as Danihands, which was at 2300 Coral Way. A receptionist in a 2300 Coral Way commercial building office and Danihands’ Hector Rodriguez told a Miami Herald reporter that the massage business had moved a few spots east to 2292 Coral Way.

That’s the location for Bodysense. State records say Bodysense was registered as a company in 1999 by Angel Orozco and has had that location as an operating address since at least April 2008. Daniel Rodriguez registered Danihands with the state in 2021, but put its operating location as a house, 39 Phoenetia Avenue in Coral Gables.

Danihands’ Hector Rodriguez said the company spoke to the woman making the allegation against Bolanos and spoke to him to get his version. While Rodriguez said Bolanos’ reputation, especially with female clients, is “very good, very professional” and “we’re giving him the benefit of the doubt,” he said they’ll jettison Bolanos if the Department of Health investigation finds that the allegations have merit.

A Sunday afternoon massage

The ERO says the woman was in Miami on business and had neck pain. When she arrived at Danihands, she said she wasn’t asked to sign any paperwork or sign in and one man introduced her to Bolanos. She told Bolanos she wanted the focus on working out a knot in her neck area and firm pressure. The ERO says she left on her lower undergarments, got on the massage table, face down, covered herself with the sheet.

During the massage, the woman said, Bolanos moved the sheet and stretched each of her legs in such a way that she felt her buttocks separately fully exposed. The ERO said she “felt exposed and concerned, however, she was afraid she was being paranoid.”

Later, after she’d turned onto her back, she said Bolanos massaged her in such a way that the sheet repeatedly fell, exposing her full chest without her permission. She said Bolanos rubbed the sides of her breasts without permission.

She said when Bolanos put his hand inside her underwear and touched her genitalia, she grabbed his arm and said she wanted only a massage. She said he said, “OK, sorry,” put the sheet over her torso and massaged her shoulders and head.

The woman said after the finish, she got dressed quickly, “planning to tell the first person she could find what happened,” but Bolanos was the only person there. She said she feared running, because she didn’t know if the door was locked, so paid with a credit card sans tip.

Correction: An earlier version of the story misstated the corporate origin of Bodysense.