A woman is alleging in a lawsuit that a fitness center operator in Wright County watched her several times with a secret camera as she undressed in the facility's tanning booth.
The personal injury suit, filed in District Court last week, says that franchisee Randall D. Roiger installed the surveillance camera in the booth of his Snap Fitness in Annandale and watched the woman as she "repeatedly removed her clothing … without knowing she was being viewed."
The woman noticed the camera while in the booth on Jan. 18, 2019, and notified police. Roiger was subsequently charged with interference with privacy, a gross misdemeanor.
The criminal complaint alleged that Roiger watched "to make sure the individuals had purchased tanning booth minutes and quit watching once that was confirmed or when people started undressing."
And while Roiger "agreed use of the camera was an invasion of privacy," the complaint continued, he has pleaded not guilty ahead of a tentative trial in March.
Reached for comment Monday, Roiger said the camera "has been down for over a year." He declined to say more.
Along with Roiger, 45, of Cokato, Minn., and his business, the lawsuit names as a defendant Chanhassen-based Snap Fitness, which has more than 2,000 clubs in 48 states and 26 countries.
In a written response to the woman, the defendants' attorneys said the suit should be dismissed and denied that Roiger viewed her while she was in the tanning booth.
