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Dr. Steven Moon was charged with one felony count of sexual battery after a massage session in March, police said.

Dr. Steven Moon was charged with one felony count of sexual battery after a massage session in March, police said.


Concord chiropractor charged with sexual battery during massage


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A licensed Concord chiropractor was arrested and charged with one felony count of sexual battery on a patient during a massage session, police said Monday.

Steven Moon, whose Optimized Chiropractic office is on Clayton Road, allegedly touched the patient inappropriately during an appointment March 9.

The patient, a woman in her 30s who had been going to Moon’s office for several years, told police that he billed the session as a “muscle reconditioning deep tissue massage” but ended up touching her buttocks and breasts, said Corporal Christopher Blakely, a Concord police spokesman.

The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office filed the sexual battery charge, and Moon was arrested Friday. He did not immediately return calls to his office Monday seeking comment.

“The Board of Chiropractors assured our investigators this isn’t something they teach,” Blakely said. “I don’t know if he thought he’d get away with it.”

Moon received his license in 1983 and it’s set to expire Nov. 30, according to records from the California Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

So far, one patient has contacted police, but investigators are trying to determine if there are additional victims.

During the illicit massage session, police said, Moon recommended the woman try the new therapy technique, which she told detectives was awkward and uncomfortable.

“He started touching her buttocks, and he told her to turn over,” Blakely said. “He pulled down her gown and started touching her breasts.”

Kimberly Veklerov is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: kveklerov@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @kveklerov

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