10 Most Shocking Celebrity Massage Scandals

In November 2006, Denver escort and masseur Mike Jones claimed that had been paying gay-hating evangelical Pastor Ted Haggard for sex for three years - and also that the fire-and-brimstone reverend had bought crystal meth from him. In an interview, Haggard admitted that he had bought the drugs, but denied having sex with Jones. He also said he never did the meth: "I was tempted, but I never used it." Yeah, right - and I never inhaled.


When the allegations were made public, Haggard - a married father of five who also wanted to ban same-sex marriage - resigned as president of the 30-million strong National Association of Evangelicals. He was also removed from his post at the New Life Megachurch for having committed "sexually immoral conduct." Although he sought treatment and was declared "completely heterosexual" by another minister, Haggard told GQ in February 2011:

...probably, if I were 21 in this society, I would identify myself as a bisexual.

Like most grown men, New York congressman Eric Massa enjoyed the occasional asexual tickle battle with co-workers. A married father of two, Massa was investigated the House Ethics Committee in 2010 after a member of Massa's staff filed a complaint. The file outlined Massa's sexual advances and harassment of a younger male staff member. When he recounted the details to Glenn Beck, here is what they sounded like:

Now they're saying I groped a male staffer. Yeah, I did... Not that I groped him; I tickled him until he couldn't breathe, then four guys jumped on top of me. It was my 50th birthday. … It was kill the old guy. You can take anything out of context.

Do what? Apparently, the congressman had long been known for his manly touching. A former Navy shipmate shared some old Gulf War stories:

"Stuart's at the edge of the bed," Clarke says Borsch told him at the time, "and [Massa] starts massaging him. Massa said, 'You'll have to get one of my special massages.' He called them 'Massa Massages.'"

...Tom and Massa shared a stateroom together. Massa climbed up on the top of his bunk, which is hard to do - you never crawl up on somebody else's bunk. He wakes up to Massa undoing his pants trying to snorkel him.

I don't want to get in trouble for Googling "snorkeling" at work, but I assume it's something unwelcome from a war buddy.

He also loved swordfights.
In March 2010, Massa resigned his seat in Congress.

Virginia Senator Chuck Robb admitted that once - and only once - in 1988, he had been alone in a hotel room with 1983 Miss Virginia Tai Collins. The two had had a little champagne, and then Collins gave Robb a nude massage. It was no big deal. After all, what's a chaste drunk naked rub-down between friends?

In October 1991, Collins appeared on the cover of Playboy to tell the rest of the story. Turns out she had carried on a full sexual affair with Robb (who had been governor of Virginia at the time) for at least 18 months.

Nobody cared. Robb won reelection in 1994, and is still married to married to wife Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of Lyndon & Lady.

During the campaign for the Canadian federal election in 2011, NDP candidate Jack Layton became the target of a political attack. A retired police officer reportedly told newspapers that in 1996, Layton had been discovered naked in a "massage parlour" in the Chinatown section of Toronto. At the time, Layton was the Metro councillor, and the police were working on "Project Cobra," looking to bust "bawdy houses" of underage Thai prostitutes. The setup was so impressive that the informant detailed it, and I am going to repeat it for you now, because I am also impressed:

The guy who ran the place controlled traffic with a red and green light system from the second floor where he could see down a stairway to the street.

The setup was amazing … When the police showed up, the manager flicked on the red light switch — which told the girls to pretend it was a legitimate business — rubs only, keep it clean — and the green light meant they could perform sexual services.

They've thought of everything. More NSFW details here.

Layton denied wrongdoing, saying hey, he was just there for a massage. He never returned to the scene of the raid.

In October 2004, a spa worker at the posh Old Course Hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland, was called in to massage Kevin Costner, who was in town playing the Dunhill links pro-celebrity golf championship. He was also on his honeymoon with brand new wife Christine Baumgartner. The unnamed masseuse later claimed that the Tin Cup actor removed his towel in front of her, exposed his no-no, and started masturbating in front of her. When she complained of harassment, the hotel bosses fired her - so she sued them. The case was settled with an employment tribunal.

The issue of Costner's indecent exposure went unresolved. The plaintiff told the tribunal:

Kevin Costner abused me and I considered that a criminal act.