Somerville assault suspect claims he didnt trick women into thinking he was a chiropractor Boston 25 News [Video]

SOMERVILLE, Mass. — A Somerville man accused of assaulting two women while posing as a chiropractor and running an unlicensed chiropractic business at his home denied the allegations against him when asked by Boston 25.

Jose Mendez, 60, was arraigned last week in Somerville District Court on two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14, indecent exposure and operating as an unlicensed chiropractor, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced Tuesday.

Mendez, pretending to be a chiropractor, assaulted at least two women who came for his services at his Cross Street home, according to investigators. The victims told police that they heard about his business through word of mouth and did notice other possible clients waiting for appointments at his home.

The victims went to see Mendez for leg or knee pain. According to court documents, Mendez told one of the victims to “flip over flip over and lie face up, and remove …