"The Insider" confirms that the father of "American Idol" runner-up David Archuleta was caught inside a massage parlor earlier this year and cited for soliciting prostitution. Police in Midvale, Ut say officers discovered Jeff Archuleta inside a purported massage parlor last January when the business was raided. Jeff was allegedly on a massage table and a masseuse was also in the room wearing only underwear, according to Sgt. John Salazar of the Midvale Police Department. Salazar said Jeff admitted to officers that he was there for "sexual gratification purposes." Jeff pleaded no contest to solicitation of a prostitute and paid a $582 fine. His lawyer, Eric Bauer, was quoted by local television station NBC4 as saying that his client was at the business getting legitimate massage therapy for his back. David Archuleta -- who released his first album late last year -- was a fan favorite on "American Idol" during its seventh season,...
- 6/18/2009
- by TheInsider
- TheInsider.com
"American Idol" contestant and alleged devout Mormon, David Archuleta's dad was arrested in a massage parlor staffed with prostitutes. Jeff Archuleta was accused of being a relentless controlling "stage-dad" during last year's "Idol." Now, according to the Salt Lake Tribune, Archuleta, 47, pleaded no contest in January to patronizing a prostitute and paid a $582 fine after a January 14 bust at the Queens of Reiki massage parlor in Midvale, Utah. Sgt. John Salazar said to the Tribune that the police had been investigating the business for several days after patients at a nearby doctor's office complained that the masseuses at the parlor were arriving at the building in skimpy outfits. The result was the business was cited for...
- 6/18/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Jeff Archuleta pleads no contest after bust at Utah massage parlor in January.
By Gil Kaufman
David Archuleta and his father Jeff Archuleta
Photo: Jordan Strauss/ WireImage
David Archuleta's dad made plenty of headlines when his son was chasing the "American Idol" crown last year, mostly for what some described as his stage-dad tendencies. Now, Jeff Archuleta is in the news again, only it has nothing to do with his son's career.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Archuleta, 47, pleaded no contest in January to patronizing a prostitute and paid a $582 fine after a January 14 bust at the Queens of Reiki massage parlor in Midvale, Utah. Sgt. John Salazar told the paper that police had been investigating the business for several days after patients at a nearby doctor's office complained that the masseuses at the parlor were arriving at the building in skimpy outfits.
After the raid, the parlor...
By Gil Kaufman
David Archuleta and his father Jeff Archuleta
Photo: Jordan Strauss/ WireImage
David Archuleta's dad made plenty of headlines when his son was chasing the "American Idol" crown last year, mostly for what some described as his stage-dad tendencies. Now, Jeff Archuleta is in the news again, only it has nothing to do with his son's career.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Archuleta, 47, pleaded no contest in January to patronizing a prostitute and paid a $582 fine after a January 14 bust at the Queens of Reiki massage parlor in Midvale, Utah. Sgt. John Salazar told the paper that police had been investigating the business for several days after patients at a nearby doctor's office complained that the masseuses at the parlor were arriving at the building in skimpy outfits.
After the raid, the parlor...
- 6/18/2009
- MTV Music News
Remember David Archuleta's dad? He was like super dadager while David was on American Idol. All that managing must have stressed him out so much that he needed a happy ending. Unfortunately for him that happy ending cost him $582, and a lot of bad press. Jeff Archuleta was charged with soliciting a massage parlor prostitute after cops raided a massage parlor back in January. "Two of our detectives went back to that room to stop the activity," Midvale Police Sgt. John Salazar told news outlets. "Inside they found a female masseuse and male client. At that time an...
- 6/18/2009
- Hollyscoop.com
David James Archuleta was originally born in Miami, Florida on December 28, 1990. Until he was six years old, David and his family lived in six different cities in Florida until finally in 1997 he moved to Murray, Utah. He was born to a famous Salsa singer and dancer from the Honduras, Lupe Archuleta, and a hard-working trumpeteer (Jeff Archuleta,) and has 4 siblings: Claudia, Daniel, Melissa (Jazzy), and Amber. Being that music seems to run through the family's veins, it's notwonder that David also became interested in music at such an early age. Most people will know David from Fox's American Idol from Season 7, but that was not his first appearance on the small screen. At just twelve years old, he performed on a hit TV show called Star Search and won the junior singing category for that season. From then until January 2008, David was just a normal high school boy, working at...
- 3/24/2009
- PopStar
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