She has denied guilt, claiming harassment over being a trans person. The suspect had previously been convicted of indecent exposure in 20, being obliged to register as a sex offender since 2006 and convicted for failing to register in 2008. On August 30, 2021, an individual, commonly reported to be a transgender woman, was charged with indecent exposure relating to the alleged incident after four women and one minor girl filed police reports in July. Some media initially questioned whether the alleged incident had been a hoax. gender-critical feminists or TERFs) online and right-wing media, which led to protests and counter-protests on July 3 and 17 over the alleged access. The video went viral, attracting significant attention from trans-excluding feminists ( a.k.a. On June 24, 2021, a woman posted a video to Instagram in which she had confronted staff at Wi Spa, a Korean spa in Los Angeles, about the ostensible presence of a nude individual with a penis, most commonly believed to be a trans woman, in the women's section of the spa.