The freaked-out man told the front desk, but nobody took any action, the man, identified only as GB in court papers, alleges.Įquinox “had known for as much as 10 years prior that similar wrongful acts were occurring in its steam showers,” he alleged in a Manhattan Supreme Court filing against the fitness chain.
“I thought, ‘No escape, I’m going to be sexually assaulted,’” just before fleeing, he recalled. The out-of-place gym-goer really began to sweat when he realized a third man in the tiny space was also staring at him and masturbating. “He’s looking right at me, his towel’s off and he’s masturbating,” the victim said. This gentleman, sitting pretty close, his towel is open, his legs are spread and he’s looking right at me, and the guy next to him was rubbing inner thigh,” the victim told The Post. “I’m relaxing, I’m sitting in the corner, it’s very meditative,” the alleged victim said of the initial vibe during a quick lunchtime steam at the Equinox gym on Broadway in Gramercy Park. Things got too hot in the steam room of one Manhattan gym, a lawsuit claims, after three men fixed their gazes upon an unwitting visitor, dropped their towels and started pleasuring themselves. Gabby Petito's mom files lawsuit against Brian Laundrie's estateĮlon Musk, Twitter sued by shareholder over $44B takeover Texas pastor sues Kanye West over use of sermon in song Battle looms over $1.5M 'Wizard of Oz' dress found in storage closet