Personal trainer accused of sex assault on Winnipeg client

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Winnipeg police sex crimes detectives have arrested a personal fitness trainer accused of sexually assaulting a client.

The victim, a woman, reported on Dec. 17 that she had gone to a training session at a gym in Winnipeg’s northeast the day prior.

The victim told police she was in a private consultation room when the trainer spoke to her in a “sexually suggestive manner” before sexually assaulting her, police said. She did not need to get medical help.

Joseph Patrick Luna, 26, has been charged with forcible confinement, overcoming resistance by choking and sexual assault. He was released on an undertaking.

Sex crimes detectives are still investigating and ask anyone with information to call 204-986-6245.