Former owner of a gay club in midtown New York City was found dead in his apartment earlier this month and his masseur has confessed to killing him during sex.

54-year-old Savyon Zabar was the ex-owner of Latin gay nightclub ‘Escuelita‘ on West 39th Street.

The Manhattan club was known by the local LGBTQ community as one of the best spots for Latin music, until its closing in March 2016.

On 4 January, Zabar was found unconscious by his two roommates in their apartment.

The 23-year-old masseur, Daquan King, who was with Zabar the night before had been the prime suspect.

Last Friday, King admitted to killing Zabar during sex, reports New York Post.

During the confession, King ‘was sobbing the whole time,’ one source said.

‘He said it started out with him massaging the victim. The massage led to them fooling around. They were doing weird sex stuff. And that led to them choking each other.’

The session ended with King choking Zabar ‘a little too hard’ and causing him to start ‘gurgling.’ According to the source, King was ‘so freaked out, he left.’

According to New York Daily News, Zabar was buried Friday morning on Staten Island.

‘He was mostly to himself, but if you got a chance to meet him, he was a good dude,’ a friend of Zabar said. There’s nothing I can say bad about him. He always treated me fairly when I worked with him. He always took care of me.’