{"id":114031,"date":"2022-09-13T03:46:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T03:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/50-year-old-murder-convict-turned-banned-masseur-s-parole-under-review-tdcj-tells-abc13"},"modified":"2022-09-13T03:46:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T03:46:04","slug":"50-year-old-murder-convict-turned-banned-masseur-s-parole-under-review-tdcj-tells-abc13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/50-year-old-murder-convict-turned-banned-masseur-s-parole-under-review-tdcj-tells-abc13","title":{"rendered":"50-year-old murder convict-turned-banned masseur&#8217;s parole under review, TDCJ tells ABC13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The parole for a convicted murderer, who has been banned for life from practicing massage therapy in Texas, is under review. Amanda Hernandez, director of communications for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, confirmed on Monday that the parole for Jimmy Simerskey, 50, is being reviewed following allegations of sexual misconduct and sexual assault. SEE MORE: Cypress man convicted of murder and out on parole banned from holding massage therapy license Simerskey, who was sentenced to 25 years for a 1999 murder, has been at the center of several ABC13 stories. He is on parole until May 2024. Last month, Eyewitness News reported that the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) banned Simerskey for life from practicing and teaching massage therapy after finding he engaged in sexual misconduct with clients during massage sessions. Some of what is in the Agreed Order, that Simerskey signed, is too graphic for television. SEE MORE: Alleged victim of murder parolee massage therapist comes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cypress man is already banned for life from practicing massage therapy after sexual misconduct allegations. His life outside of prison may be in jeopardy as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-114031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-public-safety"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}