A faked orgasm study means a real arrest for Anthony Lasirena. No, he wasn't studying fake orgasms. For that matter, he wasn't studying real ones - he was paying women $10 an hour to join in a supposed study of the female orgasm - a study that never really existed, according to authorities here. And it took a Fort Collins policewoman working undercover as a project respondent to catch him.
From March 29 through April 14, Lasirena ran ads in both his local newspaper and the Colorado State University newspaper, soliciting subjects for the "project" he ran at home, authorities said. He also told the women who responded that he worked for Research Associates - a company that doesn't exist, according to published reports.
Fort Collins police said he claimed the project was aimed at spotting "potential physiological changes in women before and after the G-spot orgasm." He had the women complete surveys and waivers, conducted physical exams on their genitalia and breasts, and used a surgical pen to mark various bodily areas, police added, before photographing them and repeating the process when they had achieved orgasm through self-stimulation; police said that Lasierna allegedly offered to help the women reach orgasm if they couldn't do it themselves.
Police have identified four victims and think there's a fifth. The four are said to feel violated and betrayed by the scam. One woman tipped off police, leading to a policewoman posing as a potential subject and talking to Lasirena.
He faces criminal impersonation and sexual exploitation charges - the latter because police found child porn at his home. He's free on $10,000 bond, with his first court appearance scheduled May 10.
