A FORMER Victoria Secret model fitness instructor has been arrested following accusations that he filmed his clients in their changing rooms.

John Benton, 41, was taken into custody on Wednesday on charges of invasive recording. 

Court documents posted in the Dallas Morning News, alleges that he recorded clients during a period August 2020.

On Thursday his business issued a statement saying he was “stepping away,” effective immediately.

Via his website, Benton had previously described himself as the “hips whisperer” having been “known for making amazing strides in hip and waist reduction.”

He would regularly document his clients’ success by posting the number of inches they trimmed from their waists on his social media.

According to Harper’s Bazaar Benton's clients included Victoria Secret Models – claiming that models fly to Dallas just to train with him – and Miss USA winners.

He even marketed his online fitness classes as a way to avoid being “that gym creeper guy.”

Speaking with The Bridal Journey, he said: “All my clients can do my workouts from home if they want so they can avoid that gym creeper guy that is in every gym.”

But, since his arrest, his in-person classes have been suspended.

A statement from his business read “Our clients, their respect and their safety are of the utmost importance to us at JB Model Fitness.”

“With that, given the recent allegations and this ongoing legal matter, the founder is stepping away from the business effectively immediately.

“We take this matter very seriously.”

John Benton Model Fitness is yet to comment.

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