To Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]
After a jury found defendant Randall J. Neustaedter guilty of nine felony counts in connection with the sexual assault of three women who had been patients at his clinic on Woodside Road in Redwood City in 2015 after less than a full day of deliberations last October, he was ultimately sentenced to 18 years in prison.
The District Attorney's office said the first victim had purchased three acupuncture sessions with the defendant through Groupon at the time. The first two sessions went off without incident, but during the third session, the defendant offered her an "acupuncture massage" in which he touched her genitals inappropriately, forcing her to flee the clinic.
Following the incident, the victim reported the defendant to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. After the defendant was arrested and the case appeared in the newspaper, two more victims came forward and informed the police that the same thing had happened to them in 2013.
Neustaedter's Oct. 6 convictions included gross sexual penetration, gross sexual assault, misdemeanor sexual assault, among other charges.
As Neustaedter was sentenced Friday, several victims spoke in court or read statements, while the convicted man spoke out and expressed remorse, prosecutors said.
At the time of the incident, the prosecutor was Alpana Samant and the investigating officer was San Mateo County Sheriff's Office Detective Scott Berberian.
Thus, Randall Neustaedter, 70, will serve his sentence in the San Mateo County jail.
The convict's next court appearance will be on January 27 for a restitution hearing.
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