It offered "different levels of sexual services at multiple price points," the documents state. The business was housed between a Thai restaurant and an optometrist in an upscale shopping strip across from an office building.
Matsuda, who court records say is 32, pleaded guilty Monday in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court to promoting prostitution, money laundering and failing to pay sales tax. Prosecutors say she used various forms of social media to advertise the prostitution operation. Matsuda spoke very little during Monday's hearing.
As Judge Charles Kubicki described how she faces a maximum of six years in prison, Matsuda began to wipe tears from her eyes. Her attorney, Hal Arenstein, emphasized to Kubicki that it wasn't a human trafficking operation, and no underage people were involved.
Matsuda, a Colerain Township resident, entered into an uncommon agreement with prosecutors that allowed her to plead guilty without the case first being heard by a grand jury. On Nov. Matsuda already was on probation for breaking into an ex-boyfriend's home in October and causing extensive damage.
In July, a Batavia woman was charged with owning and operating a brothel in a Blue Ash business park. That case against year-old Victoria Jarufe-Maher is still pending. Also in July, year-old Ping Wei was charged with running a prostitution operation out of a massage parlor, Relax Massage on Kenwood Road.
