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Alex Da Silva: Celebrity choreographer Alex Da Silva arrested

Posted on April 5, 2009

Alex Da Silva: Celebrity choreographer Alex Da Silva arrested
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police have arrested a choreographer featured on the FOX television show “So You Think You Can Dance” on suspicion of sexually assaulting four of his dance students.

Officer Jason Lee says Alex Da Silva was taken into custody Saturday and held on $3.8 million bail.

Detectives say the alleged assaults occurred between May 2003 and March 28. The female accusers told police Da Silva lured them to his homes in North Hollywood and Van Nuys, used a ruse to get them into his bedroom and raped them.

It’s not immediately known whether the 41-year-old Da Silva has retained an attorney. The voicemail for a phone number posted on his Web site was full and wouldn’t accept messages.

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Alex Da Silva Biography

As a biography, Alex Da Silva was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His name is sometimes misspelled “Alex De-Silva”. He was a child dancer but was only introduced to Salsa dancing when he was 20 years old. From that point he developed into one of the most famous Salsa dancers in the world. This is why he is so good.

He taught 15,000 people how to dance in his San Francisco studio before relocating to Hollywood California. There he showed the moves to some of the biggest names in show business, including Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek, P. Diddy, Will Smith, and Vin Diesel.

Alex Da Silva’s reputation led to choreography contracts in the movie business and occasional acting opportunities as well in movies and commercial advertisements. You can study the details of Mr. Salsa right here.

According to police:
“The four victims in this case were all students of DeSilva at the time of the assaults. The victims alleged that he lured them to his homes in North Hollywood and Van Nuys. He then used a ruse to get them into his bedroom where he raped them.”

See more photos below and a video with hot dance partner Lauren Sanchez from So You Think You Can Dance.

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