Aug 18, 2009 5:47 pm US/Pacific
TV Salsa Star Arrested, Charged With Rape
LOS ANGELES (AP) ―
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Celebrity choreographer Alex Da Silva was arrested on April 4, 2009, on suspicion of sexually assaulting four of his students.
www.alexdasilva.com/AP
A salsa dance instructor who choreographed routines for the Fox television show "So You Think You Can Dance" has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting four women.
Prosecutors say 41-year-old Alex Da Silva was arrested at his Los Angeles home Tuesday and charged in Superior Court.
Deputy District Attorney Rosa Alarcon says Da Silva is charged with four counts of forcible rape, two counts of assault with intent to commit rape and two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object.
Alarcon says the four alleged victims, ages 20 to 26, met Da Silva through his dance classes.
Da Silva is being held on $6.2 million bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday.
He faces up to life in prison if convicted.
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