Massage therapist accused of assault kept practicing

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation issued an emergency order suspending the massage therapist license of Holt Marshall Field of Pflugerville, the agency said in a news release Monday. “Based on the pending charge and the need to protect public health and safety, the department took emergency action to suspend his license,” the release said.

Police have said Field sexually assaulted a client during a massage session in October. After he was arrested in January, Field was released on $40,000 bond on the condition that he stop providing massages at Pflugerville Massage and Skin Care and stay 200 yards away from the business, the release said.

“TDLR received information that Field continued to offer massage therapy services following his arrest,” according to the release. It was not clear from the release where Field was performing massages after he was arrested. 

“TDLR takes allegations of sexual misconduct extremely seriously and there is no place in this profession for those who abuse their position of trust,” agency Executive Director Courtney Arbour said in the release. “Protecting the public is our foremost responsibility and we will pursue every possible action under the law to hold licensees accountable.”