Updated
Updated · Fox News · Oct 5
Laquan Holland Faces 7 Charges After Alleged Attack on 2 Women at Cambridge Planet Fitness
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Oct 5

Laquan Holland Faces 7 Charges After Alleged Attack on 2 Women at Cambridge Planet Fitness

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 5

Summary

  • Seven charges were filed against Laquan Holland, 40, after prosecutors said he attacked a woman and sexually assaulted an employee who intervened in a Cambridge Planet Fitness locker room on Oct. 1.
  • Prosecutors said Holland brought a woman he knew to the gym around 9 a.m. to use the showers, then allegedly beat her, tried to remove her clothing and blocked her from leaving the women’s locker room.
  • A female employee who entered the shower area to pull him off the woman was also allegedly sexually assaulted; police said they found Holland in the locker room trying to put his clothes back on.
  • Holland was ordered held without bail, a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf, and a dangerousness hearing is set for Oct. 16.
  • The case came weeks after a failing-to-register sex offender charge was dismissed once Holland completed registration; his record includes 2006 guilty pleas to 2 child-rape counts, and Planet Fitness said it canceled his membership.

Insights

How did a convicted child rapist secure access to a public gym locker room without raising any red flags?
Did a recently dismissed registry violation give a known predator the perfect opportunity to strike again?
What hidden dangers lurk in public locker rooms when corporate security policies fail to screen members?