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'What we seem to have here is an activist trolling online to find different businesses that might not be complying with what they perceive to be the law,' she said. The Washington State Human Rights Commission, the individual investigator responsible for overseeing the case and Wilvich all declined invitations from DailyMail.com to comment on the inconsistency. Wilvich first confirmed in an interview with the Lynnwood Times that the basis of the complaint was that she was denied access after a phone call and not a physical visit.
'The story now is that she called ahead of girl's day at the spa with her girl mates. And we don't know what the day was. If we had that information, we could check the phone records,' she said. The family-owned spa, which has a branch on the outskirts of Seattle and one in Tacoma, is modeled on Jjimjilbang - sex-segregated bathhouses in Korea - and offers monthly memberships and day passes. The facilities include 'a bath area containing multiple whirlpools, a traditional Korean body-scrub service area, standing showers, sit-down showers, a steam room, and a dry sauna.' Patrons are 'typically fully naked' while in these areas and 'have visual access' to other nude patrons, court documents suggest.
In the order earlier this month federal Judge Barbara Rothstein wrote, 'Ms. Wilvich's complaint alleges that she went to Olympus Spa in January 2020 in search of services but was discriminated against.'The spa had always disputed Wilvich's claims that she was denied entry to the premises, and there was no record of her attempted visit on the electronic system it uses to track customers.
The president of Olympus Spa (pictured is its Lynnwood branch), Sun Lee, wrote to the commission after the complaint and said nudity was an important part of the business, which had been set up by his parents.
In an order throwing out the spa's case against the Washington State Human Rights Commission on June 5 (pictured), the federal judge suggested that Wilvich made a physical visit to the spa.
Tracy Tribbett, who represented Olympus Spa in a lawsuit against the Washington State Human Rights Commission, claimed Wilvich never actually visited the spa and that her complaint was therefore an attempt to 'light a fire'. Since making her confession to the local newspaper, Wilvich told Fox13 this week that she had been inundated with hateful messages including threats on her life. She also said that people who are victimized or suffer human rights abuses should be able to make complaints to the commission anonymously. 'I called ahead to see if I would be allowed to attend as a trans woman, unfortunately, I was told no,' she told the station. 'It's still disappointing to see the amount of animosity that goes towards our community every time these laws are upheld, she said. 'I think minority people who report hate crimes and violations of human rights laws should be protected from public disclosure.' Tribbett expressed remorse for Wilvich, but said that putting her in the limelight was part of the necessary process in which her client could claim justice. 'She's upset that there's a bunch of smoke being attracted around her situation and we didn't want this situation to happen,' she said. 'We're just trying to clear our client's name and protect their business interests and protect the interests of women in general.'
She emphasized that Wilvich was never a target.
'Haven Wilvich was the person who started it, but it's not about persecuting her or lighting her up in any way. But we do want to make mention of the fact that she lied,' she said.

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