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So You Think You Can Dance Jailed on Multiple Rape Charges

by Bert on April 5, 2009

Alex Da Silva

Alex Da Silva

Cops arrested famed salsa dancer, Alex Da Silva, booking him on sexual assault charges and holding him on $3.8MIL bail.

The “So You Think You Can Dance,” dancer and choreographer has schooled many celebs on the fine art of salsa dancing including celebrities like J. Lo, Salma Hayek, Jennifer Love Hewitt, P. Diddy, Will Smith, Mario Van Peeples and Vin Diesel.

Authorities claim, Da Silva, 41, lured four of his dance students in to his bedroom on separate occasions and raped them.

It is not known if the students attended any of Da Silva’s current classes held at, Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio, The Mayan Club, Madilyn Clark Studios, The Edge Dance Studio, Sevilla Nightclub and Glendale College but a detective in charge of the case against Da Silva said, “We’re almost sure there are probably other victims out there and we hope they’ll come forward.”

Da Silva had previously been accused in 2003, 2004 and 2005 of sexual assault, however, prosecutors did not file charges until a forth woman came forward on March 28th indicating the same allegations of rape as the other women, who apparently, do not know each other.

Da Silva will appear before a judge Tuesday.

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