Published 3 years ago

Indecent exposure charges filed against trans woman over L.A. spa incident that prompted protests

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Darren Agee Merager, 52, is facing five felony counts of indecent exposure in connection with the Wi Spa incident in June. Merager is a tier-one registered sex offender with two prior convictions for indecent exposure stemming from incidents in 2002 and 2003 in California. In 2008, she was convicted for failing to register as a sex offender. She denies the allegations and says that she is actually the victim of transphobic harassment.

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Yahoo News

Indecent exposure charges filed against trans woman over L.A. spa incident

Prosecutors have filed charges against a transgender woman at the center of a viral video that sparked violent protests outside a Koreatown spa.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Guardian

Person charged with indecent exposure at LA spa after viral Instagram video

Charges filed two months after woman’s claims about Wi Spa sparked anti-trans protestsLos Angeles authorities have charged a 52-year-old with indecent exposure at a popular Korean spa that was the subject of a viral Instagram post earlier this summer.The LA police department (LAPD) announced late on Thursday that it had put out an arrest warrant for Darren Merager, who is now facing five felony counts of indecent exposure at Wi Spa in the Koreat…

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Transgender person charged with indecent exposure at LA spa

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A person who identifies as a transgender woman was charged with indecent exposure for an incident at a Los Angeles spa that sparked protests in the transgender community. Darren Merager, 52, was charged Monday with five felony counts of indecent exposure and an arrest warrant was issued, according to a Los Angeles Police Department announcement Thursday.

3 years ago·United States

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New York Post

Sex offending suspect claims transgender harassment in Wi Spa case

Darren Agee Merager, who spoke exclusively The Post, denies the allegations and says that she is actually the victim of transphobic harassment.

3 years ago·New York, United States

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Washington Examiner

Trans woman hit with indecent exposure charge over Los Angeles spa incident

A transgender woman who entered the women's section of a Los Angeles spa in June has been hit with multiple felony charges of indecent exposure, reports said.

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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Los Angeles Times

Indecent exposure charges filed against trans woman over L.A. spa incident

L.A. County prosecutors filed indecent exposure charges this week against a transgender woman at the center of a viral video that sparked violent protests outside a Koreatown spa.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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