Party planner DJ, 35, with tummy fetish is charged with sexual assault after faking elaborate medical study to feel and photograph female employee for a year: Investigators find 1,000 photos and videos of other victims

A party planner DJ has been charged with sexual assault after faking a medical exam to touch and photograph women for a year.

Brian Casella, 35, of Bethel, Connecticut, is charged with sexual assault after allegedly fondling and imaging his employee’s stomach for a year.

Casella owns a company called Vivid Events that provides DJ entertainment, lighting and other services for weddings and parties.

A female employee alleged in August that Casella approached her with a fake clinical trial and then sexually assaulted her.

Casella described the study as “transmitting sounds from the victim’s digestive system to determine the nature of her food sensitivity.”

The DJ reportedly offered thousands of dollars to the victims and said the monetary compensation came from the company conducting the investigation.

Casella described the study as ‘transmitting sounds from the victim’s digestive system to determine the nature of her food sensitivity’

The so-called ‘tests’ took place on an office floor at Vivid Events (pictured), located on Federal Road, Brookfield in Connecticut

“Casella stated that throughout his life he has found ways to satisfy his fetish,” a criminal complaint obtained by NBC states.

He “told the victim that she couldn’t tell her co-workers because they would be jealous of the extra money she was making.

“Casella then also told the victim that she could not tell Casella’s wife about the sessions,” the arrest affidavit states.

Authorities said the alleged medical investigation lasted nearly a year, with Casella collecting more than a thousand photos and videos of victims on a hard drive.

The so-called ‘tests’ took place on an office floor at Vivid Events, located on Federal Road, Brookfield in Connecticut.

The alleged examination began by Casella using a stethoscope to listen to the victim’s abdomen, the complaint said.

Casella then gave up the tool and placed it his ear to the victim’s abdomen to “hear her digestive sounds better with his ears than with a stethoscope.”

“As the sessions went on, Casella became more comfortable with the victim’s body and began lifting clothing on his own to check certain areas and touch other areas,” the complaint said.

Casella made even more outrageous requests, including encouraging the victim to take sleeping pills as part of “a larger investigation.”

The woman said yes, but secretly took only half the pill and pretended to be asleep.

“She was afraid something would happen while she was sleeping, and it didn’t feel good to her,” the complaint reads.

The victim claims she slept on the floor for hours in scrub pants and only tape over her nipples while her boss took pictures of her.

After she again refused to take sleeping pills, Casella agreed, but tied her up with the company’s zip ties to keep her from moving during a test.

Casella also reportedly used various tools, including electrically conductive patches and ultrasound scans, to make the examination appear more realistic.

He allegedly placed those objects near the victim’s genitals and abused her.

The investigation ended when her boss swabbed her vagina during the last session and cleaned up the gel left over from an ultrasound test, the victim said.

The alleged examination began by Casella using a stethoscope to listen to the victim’s abdomen, according to the complaint

A female employee of the company came forward in August and accused Casella of approaching her with a fake clinical trial and then sexually assaulting her.

The business owner would turn off all surveillance cameras in the office during those tests, the victim alleged. A gastroenterologist told police they were “not aware of any company that would hire or pay a citizen without medical training or experience to perform medical tests.”

Police subsequently discovered more than 1,000 videos and photos of multiple victims during a search of Casella’s truck and office.

Casella turned himself in to police and was arrested last Friday.

He allegedly admitted that he acquired most of his victims by posting ads on Craiglist, which he had been doing “for years,” according to the party planner.

“Casella admitted that he lied to people while conducting such investigations, stating that he knew it was wrong,” documents said.

“Casella stated that he has had a fetish since childhood, which he has never really said anything about, and that he has had it his entire life,” the complaint reads.

He posted $10,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court on November 29.

State police believe more victims were compromised during his fake medical exam and are asking anyone with knowledge to come forward.