Former So You Think You Can Dance salsa dance instructor and choreographer Alex Da Silva “was arrested again for allegedly sexually assaulting four women – but this time he’s actually being charged with a crime … or eight, to be exact,” reported foxnews.com
Alex Da Silva, 41, was arrested at his home after the District Attorney filed an arrest warrant that charges him with eight felony counts of assault, according to police and Foxnews. There are four counts of forcible rape, two counts of assault with intent to commit rape and two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object, cites Fox.
The alleged assaults, according to the D.A., occurred between August 2002 and March 2009 – and the four alleged victims were described as dancers or aspiring dancers, aged 20 to 26, who claim to have met Da Silva through his dance instruction classes, police report.
Da Silva was earlier arrested in April as he taught at a performing arts center, but after being jailed briefly was released after the D.A.’s office decided not to file charges and asked police to resubmit the case with additional evidence, reports the latimes.
“Los Angeles police investigators alleged that Da Silva raped four female students using various ruses to get them into his bedroom, such as wanting to show them new clothes or asking for help fixing his computer.”
Da Silva's, born in Brazil, has been credited with contributing to the LA Style of salsa dancing. He was a choreographer for the So You Think You Can Dance show between 2005 and 2008.
Da Silva’s attorney Harland Braun, at the time of the original arrest, called the case a misunderstanding of “the difference between seduction and rape,” the Times reports.
Da Silva, reportedly scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday, is being held on $6.2 million bail.
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