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Apparently the incident occurred the day before the video was posted. (Should the date in the infobox be updated to reflect this?)
Undid revision 1043978012 by Boodlesthecat (talk) The sources don't say this. Did you mean to write "gender identity" rather than "identity"? (Also, please be mindful of WP:INTEGRITY - if this is restored in a corrected form, the citations should be rearranged so they match with the appropriate claims that they support)
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On August 30, 2021, a 52-year-old individual, most commonly reported as a trans woman,{{Efn-lr|The suspect's gender has been commonly-reported as a trans woman. In an interview with the ''[[New York Post]]'', the suspect said their legal gender designation was female.<ref name="QueallyChabria"/> However, ''[[The Guardian]]'' also claimed the suspect's "gender identity was also unclear".<ref name="BeckettLevin" />}} was charged by the [[Los Angeles County District Attorney]]'s office with five counts of felony [[indecent exposure]] in connection with the incident corresponding to the five individuals—four women and one [[minor (law)|minor]] girl—who previously filed reports in July, and an arrest warrant was issued.<ref name="BladeSept2">{{Cite web|last=Levesque|first=Brody|date=September 2, 2021|title=LAPD seeking registered sex offender in June Wi-Spa incident|url=https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/09/02/lapd-seeking-registered-sex-offender-in-june-wi-spa-incident/|url-status=live|access-date=September 12, 2021|website=Los Angeles Blade|language=en-US|archive-date=September 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911162431/https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/09/02/lapd-seeking-registered-sex-offender-in-june-wi-spa-incident/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 2, 2021|title=Indecent Exposure Investigation NR21234ll - Los Angeles Police Department|url=https://www.lapdonline.org/newsroom/news_view/67980|website=[[Los Angeles Police Department]]|access-date=September 12, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210911142649/https://www.lapdonline.org/newsroom/news_view/67980|archive-date=September 11, 2021}}</ref>
 
The suspect has previous convictions for the offense in 2002 and 2003, becoming a [[registered sex offender]] in 2006 as a result; the suspect also has an open case from 2018 to which they've pled not guilty to seven counts of indecent exposure in front of women and children in a Los Angeles park.<ref name="BladeSept2" /> Regarding the 2018 case, the LAPD circulated an internal flyer which describes the suspect as white male, and a "[[Homelessness|transient]]" alleging she "claims to identify as female" in order to gain access to women's locker rooms and showers. The ''Guardian'' newspaper reported that a spokesperson for the LAPD couldn't immediately comment on the identity of the suspect. <ref name="BladeSept2" /><ref name="QueallyChabria">{{Cite web|last1=Queally|first1=James|last2=Chabria|first2=Anita|date=September 2, 2021|title=Indecent exposure charges filed against trans woman over L.A. spa incident|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-02/indecent-exposure-charges-filed-trans-woman-spa|url-status=live|access-date=September 3, 2021|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|archive-date=September 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902220828/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-02/indecent-exposure-charges-filed-trans-woman-spa}}</ref><ref name="BeckettLevin">{{cite web |last1=Beckett |first1=Lois |last2=Levin |first2=Sam |title=Person charged with indecent exposure at LA spa after viral Instagram video |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/02/person-charged-with-indecent-exposure-at-la-spa-after-viral-instagram-video |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=September 3, 2021 |access-date=September 11, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210903025931/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/02/person-charged-with-indecent-exposure-at-la-spa-after-viral-instagram-video |archive-date=September 3, 2021 }}</ref><!-- While the New York Post is a deprecated source, it was cited by other reliable sources due to the exclusive interview with the suspect. Included per talk page consensus. -->
 
In an interview with the ''[[New York Post]]'' published on September 2, 2021, the suspect denied guilt, stating that she is the victim of [[Transphobia|transphobic]] harassment and that she is legally female.<ref name="BladeSept2" /><ref name="QueallyChabria" /><ref name="BeckettLevin" /> The suspect also said that she utilized the women's spa facilities and was in the [[hot tub]] when she was "accosted" by Angel, whom she said "never saw me naked. I was underwater with water all the way up to my chest."<ref name="BladeSept2"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ring|first=Trudy|date=September 2, 2021|title=Trans Woman Charged With Indecent Exposure in L.A. Spa Incident|url=https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/9/02/trans-woman-charged-indecent-exposure-la-spa-incident/|url-status=live|access-date=September 12, 2021|website=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://archive.ph/ruYmz|archive-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref>