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California CEO made staff trawl raunchy gay massage website for ‘highly personal services:’ suit

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Louwerse, J. (2026, September 21). California CEO made staff trawl raunchy gay massage website for ‘highly personal services:’ suit. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/21/us-news/california-ceo-made-staff-trawl-raunchy-gay-massage-website-for-highly-personal-services-suit/

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New York Post · collected 2026-09-21 · by Jeremy Louwerse

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A lawsuit filed by Kaynaz Farhood against Amy Kossoris, CEO of LA-based Kossoris Search Inc, claims that in May 2025, Kossoris directed her employees to use the explicit LGBT website Masseurfinder.com to find male massage therapists willing to provide "highly personal services." The complaint alleges that when these masseuses refused due to concerns about Kossoris's abusive behavior, Farhood and other workers were instructed to continue searching or face termination. Farhood eventually resigned in September 2025 after experiencing multiple instances of alleged harassment and demotion.
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In May 2025, Amy Kossoris, owner of Kossoris Search Inc in Los Angeles, directed her employees to use a sexually explicit website called Masseurfinder.com to find male massage therapists willing to provide "highly personal" services for an at-home visit. According to a lawsuit filed by employee Kaynaz Farhood, Kossoris forced workers to review inappropriate content and communicate with potential providers about intimate details, even after the company blocked access to the site on work devices. The lawsuit claims that masseuses repeatedly declined requests due to safety concerns regarding Kossoris' abusive behavior.

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Topics

California Morning Report Kossoris Kossoris Search Inc Masseurfinder.com the United States

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Kossoris PERSON · 5× Farhood PERSON · 4× Masseurfinder.com ORG · 3× Amy PERSON · 2× Amy Kossoris PERSON · 2× California Morning Report ORG · 1× Kaynaz Farhood PERSON · 1× Kossoris Search Inc ORG · 1× Plaintiff PERSON · 1× the United States GPE · 1×

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A manager then informed the employees that they would be fired if they didn’t “provide multiple screened masseuses daily, advertise anonymously on several online platforms, and personally screen candidates before forwarding them to Kossoris,” the suit reads.
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🔮 Amy Kossoris, owner of LA-based Kossoris Search Inc, asked a worker to procure a male at-home massage therapist in May 2025, the papers say.

Claims (17 extracted, 4 hedged)

A recruitment CEO made her staff use a sexually explicit website to find her “in-home” masseuses — who then refused to visit her due to her “abusive” behavior, a lawsuit has claimed. asserted
lawsuit → make → behavior
Amy Kossoris, owner of LA-based Kossoris Search Inc, asked a worker to procure a male at-home massage therapist in May 2025, the papers say. uncertain
papers → base → May
Kossoris directed the employees to find one “willing to perform specific and highly personal massage services” and to use the LGBT site, Masseurfinder.com, the suit reads. asserted
suit → direct → site
It goes on to say workers were exposed to sexually explicit content on the racy site. asserted
workers → go → site
“Plaintiff and her co-workers were required to review sexualized content or otherwise inappropriate content and communicate with prospective providers about personal service details,” the papers say. asserted
papers → require → details
The site advertises itself as “the web’s best directory of LGBTQI-friendly massage therapists and bodyworkers in the United States. asserted
site → advertise → States
” Worker Kaynaz Farhood claims Masseurfinder.com was blocked by company filters so she was forced to use her personal device to find the candidates. uncertain
she → claim → candidates
But the masseuses continually declined the requests “due to safety concerns, including those who complained of Amy’s past history of being physically and verbally aggressive, ” the suit continues. asserted
suit → decline → history
Employees complained about the assignment in June 2025. asserted
Employees → complain → June
They were told to keep searching for an in-home male therapist for Kossoris but to stop using Masseurfinder.com, according to the lawsuit. uncertain
They → tell → lawsuit
Farhood complained the assignment “crossed professional boundaries” and made her “feel deeply uncomfortable”, the papers say. asserted
papers → complain → boundaries
A manager then informed the employees that they would be fired if they didn’t “provide multiple screened masseuses daily, advertise anonymously on several online platforms, and personally screen candidates before forwarding them to Kossoris,” the suit reads. asserted
suit → inform → Kossoris
Farhood resigned in September 2025 after being demoted to “cold caller”, stripped of her office, and forced to sit in the hallway facing surveillance cameras, according to the documents. uncertain
Farhood → resign → documents
At one point Kossoris yelled Farhood didn’t deserve an office in front of other staffers, the papers say. asserted
papers → yell → staffers
Farhood is suing for damages and attorney fees. asserted
Farhood → sue → damages
The Kossoris website says “Amy Kossoris is an established and internationally recognized legal recruiter who has worked with top-ranked law firms for over 20 years.” asserted
who → say → years
It adds: “Amy never delegates job placements to other staff, and personally executes every placement with extreme care.” asserted
Amy → add → care
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