A former SYTYCD choreographer Alex Da Silva, 41, who last Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges that he sexually assaulted four women, is scheduled to next appear in Van Nuys Superior Court on Sept. 30, according to dailybreeze.com.
"An arrest warrant filed Aug. 17 charges Da Silva with eight felonies: four counts of forcible rape and two counts each of assault with intent to commit rape and sexual penetration by a foreign object. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison, according to the District Attorney's Office," reported dailybreeze.
The alleged assaults occurred between August 2002 and March 2009 and involved four women, dancers or aspiring dancers, who met Da Silva through his dance instruction classes, said Deputy District Attorney Rosa Alarcon.
"Da Silva's attorney, Harland Braun, has maintained that his client's interaction with the women 'was consensual,'" reports dailybreeze which also reports that a request to have his client's bail, set at $6.2 million, lowered was denied without prejudice.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment