A massage therapist with a troubling criminal history has received a nine-year term for sexually assaulting a client in Minneapolis.
Gregory Quinn Holmes, 62, of St. Paul, was sentenced in Hennepin County District Court this week after a jury convicted him of third- and fourth-degree criminal sexual assault in connection with what the woman told police had occurred on Aug. 30, 2024, at her chiropractor’s office in south Minneapolis.
With credit for time in jail since his arrest, Holmes is expected to serve the first 5⅔ years in prison. Once released, he will serve balance of his nine-year term on supervised release plus an additional 10 years under court supervision.
Massage therapy licensing in Minnesota is done at the municipal level of government. City officials in Minneapolis said they have no record of a license associated with Holmes.
According to the criminal complaint, the woman said Holmes penetrated her digitally one time, and she slapped his hand away. He then did the same a second time before trying to give her oral sex.
Holmes soon apologized repeatedly and asked the woman not to get him fired, the charges say.
Court records in Minnesota show that Holmes has a long and varied criminal history that includes convictions for violating court orders for protection, disorderly conduct, property damage, criminal vehicular operation involving bodily injury and leaving the scene of a crash involving death.
He also was charged in 2018 in Ramsey County with fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct stemming from when a woman accused him of assaulting her during a massage at the St. Paul Athletic Club. Prosecutors dismissed the case but reserved the right to refile the charge.
