NYC Ballet Star In Cocaine Bust

New York Daily News:

A top New York City Ballet dancer was busted with something to put a little extra spring in his jete - a plastic Baggie of cocaine, police said yesterday.

And now Nilas Martins is being cut from the rest of the troupe's summer performances in upstate Saratoga Springs, even though his dad runs the company.

A Saratoga cop spotted Martins, 40, and fellow dancer Amar Ramasar, 25, in a parked BMW on a downtown street early Tuesday.

As the cop walked by, he saw the elder dancer trying to hide the bag - which turned out to contain a half-gram of cocaine, police said.

"I'm sure there is soon to be an absolutely innocent explanation for this event," said Martins' lawyer Stewart Jones.

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