Dancer and Choreographer Alex Da Silva Arrested in Sexual Assault Cases

Alex Da Silva, a dancer, choreographer and teacher who has appeared on the Fox television show “So You Think You Can Dance,” was arrested in Hollywood on Saturday on suspicion of sexually assaulting four dance students, The Associated Press reported. Mr. Da Silva, 41, is being held on $3.8 million bail. He is expected to appear in court on Tuesday. Detective John Eum of the Los Angeles Police Department told reporters that Mr. Da Silva had been accused in 2003, 2004 and 2005 of sexually assaulting three women, but that prosecutors had not filed charges. On March 28, another woman accused him of luring her into his home and raping her. The recent accusation led police to reopen the earlier cases and interview those accusers again.




Source: nytimes.com