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A Toronto-area reflexology therapist has been charged after police say a 29-year-old woman was sexually assaulted during treatment.

Police say it happened on Sept. 24 in northeast Toronto.

They say 52-year-old Masoud Jamshidian of Markham was arrested Tuesday and charged with sexual assault.

Reflexology is a type of alternative treatment that involves applying pressure to areas of the hands, feet and ears believed to correspond to other parts of the body.

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