A skin care clinic operator charged in two alleged sexual assaults at his Burnaby business has surrendered his passport to local police and will not be allowed to leave B.C. again without permission from the court, according to a new court order issued Friday.
Farshad Khojsteh Kashani, the owner of FAB Skin Care at 5481 Kingsway, was released on $70,000 bail on March 17.
The court ordered Burnaby RCMP to return his passport the following day for the purposes of traveling to Dubai.
But he was required to surrender his passport again before March 28, according to the bail order.
Khojsteh Kashani, 47, was back in Vancouver provincial court Friday and given a new, $500 release order without surety or deposit.
He had already surrendered his passport, according to that order, and he is now banned from applying for any travel documents or leaving the province without permission from his bail supervisor.
He is also banned from performing any laser or ultrasound treatment “relating to vaginal tightening procedures” and from being alone with any girl or woman unless she is over the age of 16 and he has informed her of the sexual assault charges against him.
That restriction doesn’t apply if the girl is a family member, if she is accompanied by a responsible adult or if Khojsteh Kashani is in public.
His $70,000 bail deposit has been ordered to be refunded, according to the Vancouver provincial court registry.
Khojsteh Kashani was charged on March 14 with two counts of sexual assault with a weapon, a “probe,” according to court documents.
Burnaby RCMP said they launched an investigation in 2019 after a person reported she had been sexually assaulted during treatment at FAB Skin Care.
A second alleged victim came forward in 2021, police said.
Within minutes of police announcing the charges against Khojsteh Kashani, the Fraser Health Authority sent out a news release urging anyone who has received high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) vaginal tightening services at FAB Skin Care to seek screening for sexually transmitted infections immediately.
The allegations against Khojsteh Kashani have not been proven in court.
The NOW cannot report on information presented at his bail hearings because of a publication ban.
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