New Jersey massage therapist loses license over misconduct claims

A Monmouth County massage therapist has lost his professional license for good, over allegations of unwanted, inappropriate sexual contact with at least two female clients.

Evans W. Chigounis has been permanently barred from working as a massage therapist in New Jersey under an agreement to resolve allegations that he groped a client in Manalapan and put his genitals into the hand of a different client’s hand at a business in Red Bank.

The state Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy has agreed to a final consent order for Chigounis.

Under the order, he agreed to immediately surrender his work license, with no possibility to reapply in the future.